Foliage

Semiaquilegia ecalcarata

$11.00

(False Granny's bonnet). To 40 cms. Graceful, nodding flowers in shades of pink/wine purple/violet, from late springto summer. Finely divided ferny-like foliage. Suits damp bright woodland areas, edging or rock garden. Suitable for areas with morning sun or shade. Winter dormant.

Astilbe simplicifolia 'Sprite'

$12.00

Dwarf variety. Foliage to 20 cms tall. Glossy, dark bronze-green leaves. Shell-pink flowers to 30 cms tall in early summer. Moist soil. Winter dormant.

Corydalis flexuosa

$9.00

To 40 cms. Upright slender, long spurred, tubular blue flowers with whitish throats late spring to early summer. May be summer dormant, then autumn flowering. Rhizomatous ground cover for shade. Winter dormant.

Thalictrum aquilegifolium alba

$10.00

1.2 metre stems of pretty foliage topped with a myriad of small white flowers with prominent stamens, creating a cloud like effect. Has a lavender/white appearance. Sun or semi shade, rich soil. Moisture in summer. Winter dormant.

Geranium x oxonianum 'Frank Lawley'

$12.00

To 40 cms. Sun or part shade. Pink flowers in summer – long flowering. Ground cover, Attracts bees. Winter dormant.

Peltiphyllum peltata

$12.00

(Darmera peltata) .90 to 1.3 metres. Rounded cymes of numerous 5-petalled pink flowers to 1.5 cms across in late spring followed by large rounded leaves. Rounded, deeply lobed, coarsely toothed, dark green leaves with conspicuous veins to 60 cms across, that turn red in autumn. Slowly spreading, rhizomatous perennial that suits part or full shade. Winter dormant.