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Madonna lilyInordinately slow to increase and even slower from seed. if they seed and I have yet to find any. My bulbs have been with me, more of less the same number for 25 years.So at least they are as tough as old boots. Mine are in the shelter of a hedge so short of water, but not too wet in win...

Striking foliage in sun or shade. A great addition to the arsenal of "grasses" available in New Zealand. Hakone grass or Japanese Forest grass. An easy grass that prefers moist soils in shade or part shade. Best out of the heat and/or brightest light that can bleach the foliage. 60cm tall, spreads o...

Striking foliage in part sun or shade.A great addition to the arsenal of "grasses" available in New Zealand. Hakone grass or Japanese Forest grass. An easy grass that prefers moist soils in shade or part shade. 60cm tall, spreads only slowly. Wonderful in shaded borders and shingle gardens, looks be...

A special and rare purple-blue flowering plant for enthusiasts and those who love variety.Mescal bean or Texas mountain laurel is an evergreen, usually multi-trunked shrub or small tree ranging from just a few feet tall to more than 9m in height, though its usually much less, especially on poor soil...

A special flowering, drought tolerant rariety. A dessert willow-looking begonia.Southern California's desert regions.The desert willow is a small, multi-trunk tree, fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers in shades of pink, lavender, and white. These are seedlings so we don't know. The flowers attract poll...

Bright and winter cheerful. A must have pot plant, forget it behind the shed in summer.A fall blooming (April to June in habitat) South African species with a leafy, often branching stem, and grey-green tri-foliolate leaves and salmon-orange flowers. It grows on flats and slopes in the north and sou...

Bright and winter cheerful. A must have pot plant, forget it behind the shed in summer.A fall blooming (April to June in habitat) South African species with a leafy, often branching stem, and grey-green tri-foliolate leaves and bright pink flowers. It grows on flats and slopes in the north and south...

A perfect addition to your border or meadow-look garden. Let it resow which it does so well.Plants available now only as they want to be planted out soon, not hang around.Beautiful white corn cockle with thin speckled line down the centre of each petal. Hardy annual. 75cmSeeds originally from the UK...

A perfect addition to your border or mediterranean garden. Let it resow which it does so well.Plants available now only as they want to be planted out soon, not hang around.Delicate and airy annual, but don't let that put you off. It flowers early and heavily on blue green leaves self sowing. Such a...

Essential border plant. Clusters of clear pink, daisy-like flowers.Prairie Aster becomes an autumn seasonal focal point as myriads of light lavender and pale periwinkle flowers nearly cover the entire mounded plant. The cool-colored petals encircle bright yellow centers that become rich burgundy aft...

Rare and special.A very desirable rock garden plant that I have at last. It has spreading mats of small green leaves carrying heads of large violet snapdragon flowers in early summer. It looks good whether trailing over the edge of a stone trough or in a selected spot on the rock garden in sun and w...

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Dwarf Turkish Alpine Wallflower. Smothered in the spring with incredibly sweetly scented, lemon, blooms. An excellent rock garden or edging plant for sunny areas, and tolerant of hot, dry sites with poor soil. Also great spilling out of cracks in rock walls, or between flag stones. Small species, fi...

Dwarf Turkish Alpine Wallflower. Smothered in the spring with incredibly sweetly scented golden yellow flowers. An excellent rock garden or edging plant for sunny areas, and tolerant of hot, dry sites with poor soil. Also great spilling out of cracks in rock walls, or between flag stones. Small spec...

From the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula. Small, 1cm long, narrow leaves on a petite shrub, bright white flowers 2cm diameter with a yellow blotch. Long flowering over summer. Hardy and drought tolerant. It is small and tidy, not lax (this and C. libanotis are often confused) It has a habit not unlik...

Nearly ready,Larkspur or Redcap, orange-red flowers even in winter. Sweet and unusual, a joyous bright splash of colour through winter. Nice clump in a border or rock garden. Hardy and easy. 40cm H. Not long lived but wonderful when you have it. Collect the seed and resow to ensure it is always abou...

Spanish foxglove. A lovely smaller growing variety, having lovely pink pendulous flowers in early summer. Similar to the common and rather course by comparison, D. purpurea in general appearance but are more compact and perennial. They have foliage covered with yellowish, glandular hairs and are per...

Chinese Mint Bush. The bushy hardy and drought tolerant plant has beautiful flowers, which bloom until late autumn, is perennial, even though its above-ground parts freeze in winter to regrow in the following year. Back of the border. 120-160cm, chop down in winter to half size or less. Bees love it...

A must have toughie.This Mexican native has a rosette of broad, strapped leaves. The central, three-petalled, large, bright white flowers are borne over a long period in late spring and summer. Usually under snow in winter its an easy plant for those tough spots. It likes perfect drainage especially...

The Pineapple Lily. South African bulb, hardy here in Canterbury. Deciduous, coming up with broad fleshy leaves in spring followed by tall pineapple-like spires of fleshy florets in late summer. spent seed heads add interest into winter. Easy in full sun, unless very hot and then happier in part sha...

Pale blueEastern Europe, Caucasus, Southwestern Asia: mountain meadows. Pale blue with darker stripes. A valuable late spring bloomer, (and sporadically thereafter), the compact growth is excellent for pots and troughs.Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Get them now, they flower early in spring and can't be posted when too big.Native to South Africa, but quite hardy.Cream-coloured flowers with splashes of red, creating a lovely contrast between the two shades. Late spring flowering, 50-70 cm tall. Lots of bulblets and a couple large plus in between...

One bulb has so many flowers.Whiter than white, small goblets in comparison to the huge standard autumn crocus which is really a colchicum. Autumn flowering without any leaves which grow in spring and early summer.Light woodland or full sun. Humus rich soil preferred, needs good drainage. A special...

Clusters of fairy-like, star-shaped white flowers.Littleleaf cotoneaster from Himalayas. It is low-growing, evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub, that typically grows to 60-90cm tall but spreads alot. From rocky and alpine areas. A great Bonsai or fairy garden specimen. Keep it trimmed to the form and...