Perennials

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.

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.

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.

Papaver orientalis 'Beauty of Livermere'

$12.00

To 1 metre. Huge, deep red, satiny flowers late spring/early summer. Pick flowers just as buds begin to open. Sun. Winter dormant.

Papaver orientale 'Princess Victoria Louise'

$12.00

Perennial Poppy. To 70 cms. Really large, salmon pink flowers late spring/early sumer-very stunning. A light flowering usually in autumn. Clump forming, ground cover. Sun. Easy to grow. Winter dormant.

Pachyphragma macrophylla

$15.00

Beautiful, long flowering ,clump forming ground cover. To 40cm high with rounded, scalloped green basal leaves up to 10cm across in rosettes and smaller stem leaves. Flat clusters of small white flowers winter to spring, followed by small green fruits which are shaped like upside-down hearts. Brightens up garden with the large bright white flowers.

Ourisia coccinea

$12.00

Rare sell-out variety. Height to 30 cms. Stunning. Large, long, tubular red flowers in summer. Shade. Consistent moisture but well-drained soil. Winter dormant.