Perennials

Primula megaseifolia

$12.00

Seldom available. To 20 cms. Evergreen, thick, leathery dark green leaves. Purply pink flowers with a yellowish throat. Shade and good drainage.

Primula marginata

$12.00

Early flowering alpine. Irregular leaf edges- silvery margins. Purple flowers. Very good drainage.

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.

Potentilla Verna

$10.00

To 15 cms. Small light yellow, cup-shaped flowers from spring. Suits rockery or edge of border. Sun.

Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty'

$39.00

RARE SPECIMEN PLANT. 1.5 litre pots. To 45 cms. An exotic hybrid with huge, lobed umbrella shaped leaves which are splashed and spotted. Unusual maroon red flowers are followed by fleshy fruits (May apples). Woodland, rich moist soil. Full shade. Mainly winter dormant, may retain some leaves if given more protection.

Podophyllum emodi (May Apple)

$12.00

(May Apple). To 30 cms. Trillium like mottled leaves that are deeply lobed. White/pink flowers followed by a large red tomato-like fruit. Moist peaty soil and part to full shade. Part shade. Winter dormant.

Phyteuma scheuchzeri

$10.00

Lovely unusual spikey ball-shaped clusters of deep blue flowers. Suits rockery. Winter dormant.

Phlox maculata 'Omega'

$12.00

To 90 cms. Narrow leaves. Cylindrical panicles of fragrant white flowers, each with a reddish eye. Summer flowering. Sun or part shade. Suits cottage and informal garden, wildlife gardens, flower borders and suitable for cut flowers. Winter dormant.

Penstemon 'Stapleford Gem'

$12.00

To 45 cms. Beautiful, large lilac-purple flowers which have pale lilac-pink upper lips and white lower lips and throats, marked with purple lines. Sun/partial shade. Seldom available.