Shade

Roscoea alpina 'Royle'

$12.00

Pretty pink and white, orchid-like flowers early summer. Light shade and good drainage. Hardy. Winter dormant.

Disporopsis Pernyi

$15.00

To 45 cms. Upright-arching, purple-spotted stems with shiny, leather leaves. Evergreen. Pendulous, tubular, creamy-white, bell-shaped flowers from late spring. Purple-blue berries ripen in early autumn. Rhizomatous, clump forming ground cover. Moist, well-drained soil for part shade.

Primula chungensis

$12.00

To 70 cms. Candelabra style primula. From mid spring, stout stems carry tiered whorls of flowers. The striking red/orange buds open to orangey yellow. Some shade best and moist soil. Winter dormant.

Roscoea auriculata

$15.00

30 – 45 cms. Long, lance-shaped, grass green leaves. The brilliant purple flowers resemble orchids and display white to pale violet markings on each plant. Plant the tubers deeply in light shade on the edge of the woodland garden. Good winter drainage is best. Summer flowering. Winter dormant.

Primula hybrid 'Avondale' - Pink

$12.00

(Irish Primrose) – Pink flowers, very pretty. Light shade ideal. Good drainage.

Hypoxis hirsuta

$12.00

To 20 cms. Low, tufted, grass-like perennial,. Eastern yellow star-grass grows from a hard, hairy corm. The hairy, grass-like leaves originate from the base of the plant. Slender, thread-like flowering stems may be erect or reclining. They carry star-shaped, yellow flowers below the top of the leaves. Flowers in winter and spasmodically throughout the seasons.