To 8 cms. Scalloped deep green leaves. Magenta or purple flowers with yellow eyes. Early flowering. Sun to part shade. Moist soil.
Commonly called Double Primrose. Beautiful double, lavender flowers in spring. Height to about 18 cms. Some shade best.
(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.
(Burning Bush). Plants are 2 years old. Mature plants are up to 90 cms in height. Purple-mauve flowers with darker veins early summer, highly fragrant lemon scented leaves. A beautiful plant when in flower and a favourite of mine. Lovely as specimen plant where you can brush past it. Usually take 4 years to flower. Winter dormant.
Sun or partial shade. To one metre +. Fertile humus rich, well drained soil. Smothered in showy clusters of pure white, sweet pea-like flowers among grey-green leaves. A vigorous climber, it looks lovely scrambling over a sunny wall or through a hedge or evergreen shrub, although initially it needs to be tied into supports. No fragrance. Cut back the plant to ground level in early spring. Winter dormant.
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