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.

Phyteuma scheuchzeri

$10.00

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

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 'Patty's Plum'

$15.00

Very popular and seldom available. Very few perennials will add the character and colour of the flowering poppy. They are perfect for borders or rock displays, and very effective as cut flowers. They are very easy to grow and very attractive. Rich plum coloured Poppy, which is one of the most popular cultivars. Height 70cm. Sun.

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.