Special Seeds 2020/21 Special Plants Seeds £2/packet, add £1.50 postage per order (£5 for Europe, £6 for elsewhere) Choose a free packet for every 10 packets ordered! Minimum order 3 packets.

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Abbreviations HA - hardy annual (flowers, sets seed and dies in one year) TA - tender annual (protect from frost) HP - hardy herbaceous perennial (lives for years) TP - tender perennial (lives for years if no frost) BHP - borderline hardy perennial (may survive winter outdoors in sheltered position or mild winter) SLP - short-lived hardy perennial (flowers outdoors for more than one year, usually 2, 3 or 4 years) HB - hardy biennial (takes 2 years to flower, then sets seed and dies) BH - borderline hardy M - monocarpic (takes 3 or more years to flower, then sets seed and dies), may be hardy or tender Shr - shrub Tr - tree Bu - Cl - climber AGM - Award of Garden Merit, given by the RHS to plants of outstanding merit # - needs cold to germinate, usually best sown fresh in autumn x - a cross between two ex -from a named hybrid, won’t come true, but may be interesting

Seeds which need to be sown fresh are in a separate list on green paper at the end. They are available from time of harvesting, indicated at end of each entry. They can only be ordered on the website.

Acacia baileyana Purpurea Achillea ‘Cassis’ Adlumia fungosa Agastache ‘Apricot AGM Fine blue-grey leaves Dark -red flat-topped Hardy biennial climber, Sprite’ Spikes of coral- flushed with purple. Yellow flowerheads, fade to ferny foliage, swags of pale orange tubular flowers, mimosa flowers Feb. Small burgundy. Likes sun & pink lockets. Likes shade fragrant minty-liquorice tree 15ft (5 seeds) BH Tr drainage 24” HP 15ft HB Cl leaves. Sun 20” BHP

Agastache Golden Jubilee Agastache ‘Rose Mint’ Agastache rupestris Agrostemma Spikes of blue flowers, Spikes of pink flowers, Coral flowers, fine grey- ‘Ocean Pearl’ bright gold sweet-scented fragrant leaves. Likes sun green fragrant leaves. Beautiful white corncockle. foliage, compact. Likes & drainage 24” HP Likes sun & drainage Faint speckled tan lines on sun & drainage 18” HP 20” BHP . Likes sun 36” HA Agrostemma shawii NEW Alcea rosea nigra Allium carinatum Amsonia hubrichtii Anagallis ‘Blue Light’ Androsace septentrionalis Anomotheca laxa ‘Purple Queen’ Deep yellow nodding Black Hollyhock pulchellum AGM Blue-grey stars early Blue Pimpernel Glistening white flowers. Easy-going iris relative. Silky purple flowers with almond-scented flowers all Blackest of black. Arching sprays of small summer. Very fine leaves, Gentian blue flowers for 6 Fine stems turn dark red, Sprays of little red flowers. white throats. Lovely with summer. Flowers 1st year Perennial but replace often purple flowers like an bright gold in autumn if in months. Tender, grow as tipped with tiny red seeds. Self sows, likes sun & grasses, good cut 36” HA from seed 24” BH Bu to limit rust 5ft HB / SLP exploding firework 24” H Bu sun 24” (10 seeds) # HP annual, sun 10” TA / TP Self sows, likes sun 8” HA drainage 5” (10 seeds) HP

Allium carinatum Allium narcissiflorum Allium obliquum Alonsoa ‘Bright Spark’ Anthyllis montana Antirrhinum ‘Black Prince’ Antirrhinum molle Antirrhinum pulchellum album AGM Clusters of pale pink bells Tight round heads of lemon Bright orange flowers, ‘Rubra’ AGM Dark red snapdragon with Perennial Snapdragon ‘Rocket White’ Arching sprays of small in June. Likes sun & yellow flowers in June. blue-green leaves. Easy, Soft pink/red clover flowers dark leaves. Easy, good Velvety grey leaves, white Tall spikes of white flowers. white flowers. Likes sun & drainage 6” # HBu Keeps its angled leaves likes sun, treat as annual above fine silky grey-green cut flower. Likes sun & flowers, pink buds. Hardy if Long-blooming & fragrant. drainage 24” H Bu Sun & drainage H Bu 24” 30” TA / TP leaves 6” (10 seeds) HP drainage 18” HA well-drained, sun 10” SLP good for cutting 30” SLP

Alonsoa ‘Peachy Keen’ Althaea cannabina Alyssum spinosum Amaranthus Aquilegia ‘Black Barlow’ Aquilegia canadensis AGM Aquilegia chrysantha Aquilegia Peachy pink flowers all Tall willowy stems of pale Roseum AGM ‘Autumn Palette’ AGM Very double purple-black Scarlet spurs swept back ‘Denver Gold’ NEW ‘Munstead White’ summer. Tender, can treat pink mallow flowers Aug- Fine evergreen grey Arching bronze flower granny’s bonnets. Seeds from yellow eye, on airy Large lemon yellow flowers (=A. vulgaris ‘Nivea’) AGM as annual. Likes sun & Sept. Few leaves, airy leaves, smothered in little spikes. Long-blooming, true if isolated 24” HP stems. Seeds true if with long spurs. Seeds Wide-petalled short-spurred drainage 15” TA / TP effect. Likes sun 7ft HP pink flowers June 12” HP good cut flower 36” TA isolated 30” HP true if isolated 24” HP white flowers 18” HP

Amberboa muricata Ammi majus AGM Ammi visnaga Amorpha canescens Aquilegia ‘Tequila Sunrise’ Aquilegia viridiflora Asclepias curassavica Asclepias incarnata Sweet Sultan Giant white cow-parsley 4” white platters of fine Lead . Dense spikes Big swept back coral-red Chocolate Soldiers NEW Bright red-orange Swamp Milkweed Fragrant Fragrant fringed pale flowers, dark green foliage. cow-parsley flowers, fine of tiny deep purple flowers. flower with gold corolla. Fragrant, subtle green and flowers with yellow centres. rose pink flowers summer, purple flowers. Good cut. Excellent cut flower. Likes dill-like leaves. Excellent Fine grey-green aromatic Flowers first year from brown flowers, elegant 12” Long-blooming. Can grow great seedpods. Loved by Likes sun 30” HA sun & drainage 4-5ft HA cut flower. Sun 3-4ft HA leaves. Sun 2-3ft HP early sowing 30” HP (10 seeds) HP as an annual. Sun 40” TP butterflies 3-4ft HP Asclepias tuberosa Aster (= Callistephus) Atriplex hortensis rubra Baptisia australis AGM Carex ‘Prairie Fire’ Catananche caerulea Catananche caerulea Centaurea atropurpurea Butterfly Weed chinensis ‘Hulk’ NEW Purple Orache Spikes of dark blue pea Shining orange-flushed Cupid’s Dart Alba White Cupid’s Dart Wine red knapweed flowers Clusters of bright orange -like green bracts Purple leaves & stems. flowers, handsome leaves, evergreen grassy leaves, Papery soft blue chicory- Papery white chicory-like (similar to C. benoistii) from flowers in summer. Likes around broad yellow and Edible easy annual. Sun, black seedpods. Likes sun red-gold in autumn. Sun or like flowers on thin stems flowers on thin stems beautiful intricate shiny sun & drainage 24” HP white centre. Sun 24” TA self sows 36” HA & drainage 36” HP light shade, not dry 18” HP glossy seedheads 24” HP above neat foliage 24” HP buds. Likes sun 36” HP

Bigelowia nuttallii NEW Briza media NEW Brodiaea californica NEW Bukiniczia cabulica NEW Centaurea cyanus Centaurea cyanus Centaurea orientalis Cephalaria dipsacoides Dense haze of fine bright Quaking Grass. Nodding Loose cluster of up-facing Flat rosette of beautifully Cornflower. ‘Black Ball’ Clear yellow knapweed NEW Pale cream flowers yellow flowers, fine leaves. tiny purple-green lockets flared blue-purple flowers mottled pink/grey/brown Bright blue annual, once a Double Black Cornflower flowers from beautiful on airy 5ft stems. Good Likes sun & drainage, not fade to buff. Dry sun. Self on wiry stems. Drainage & semi-succulent leaves 4” weed of cornfields, now Deepest purple 1” heads of intricate shiny buds. Easy, seedheads stand all winter, too rich 12” HP sows gently 20” H SLP sun 12” (15 seeds) HP HB / H M rarely seen 20” HA ragged petals 24” HA likes sun 24” HP Self sows 5ft HP

Bupleurum griffithii Calamagrostis brachytricha Calendula ‘Bronze Beauty’ Campanula lactiflora blue Cephalaria gigantea Cephalaria transylvanica Cerinthe major Chamaecrista fasciculata Acid yellow flowers, lime Diamond Feather Grass Pale cream double daisies Seed from deep blue Giant Yellow Scabious Tall airy plant with small Purpurascens NEW Bright yellow flat green leaves. Excellent cut AGM Many-faceted seed- tipped with bronze. Easy plants. Blooms profusely Large pale yellow pale mauve scabious-like Glaucous leaves, deep pea flowers. Acacia-like flower. Self sows gently heads catch dew or frost annual, self sows. Good July, reblooms Sept if pincushion flowers on tall flowers, few small leaves. blue bracts, violet flowers. leaves fold up when 15” HA Aug-Jan. Sun 40” HP cut flower 30” HA deadheaded 4-5ft HP stems, easy 6ft HP Sun & drainage 4ft HA Sun, self sows 18” HA touched 18” HA

Campanula patula Campanula punctata Campanula pyramidalis Cardoon Chasmanthium latifolium Chicory Chionochloa flavicans Chionochloa rubra AGM Blue-purple stars on ‘Rubriflora’ Chimney Bellflower Cynara cardunculus Nodding seedheads like Cichorium intybus Graceful arching plumes of Shimmering fountain of fine slender branching stems. Profusion of large drooping Tall spires of blue bells. Ornamental Artichoke ironed hops, green in Wild Chicory flower above 30” tussock of bronze arching leaves year Very pretty, self sows in white bells flushed with red. Or C.p. ‘Alba’ white bells. Big grey cut leaves, edible summer, bronze in winter, Blunt-petalled blue flowers glossy evergreen foliage. round. Sun & drainage poor soils 10-20” HA Flowers in June 30” HP 6-10ft HB young shoots 7ft HP rustle in the breeze 36” HP all summer 4ft HP Sun 5ft HP 36” x 36” HP Cirsium canum Clematis integrifolia Clematis Mongolian Bells Cleome ‘Helen Campbell’ Cosmos ‘Purity’ Cosmos ‘Rubenza’ AGM Cosmos ‘Sunset Orange’ Cosmos ‘Xanthos’ Bold -green leaves ‘Blue Ribbons’ Big blue, pink or white AGM White Spider Flower Big pure white flowers 4ft Single deep red flowers NEW replaces ‘Bright Lights’ Pale yellow and white erupt with tall stems of Big deep blue flowers with flowers with twisted petals. Elegant white flowerheads or Cosmos ‘Sonata’ 20” fade to old rose. Good cut Glowing orange flowers, simple flowers on compact purple thistles in Aug & twisted petals. Bushy, not a Herbaceous, not a climber with long stamens, scented fine foliage. Good cut flower. Easy annual, likes some tipped with red. Hot plants. Deadhead often. Sept. Likes sun 6-8ft HP climber 18” HP 15” (10 seeds) HP leaves, sun 5ft TA flower, likes sun TA sun 36” TA colour. Likes sun. 18” TA Likes sun 24” TA

Clianthus puniceus AGM Cobaea scandens AGM Cobaea scandens alba Consolida ajacis Crambe cordifolia AGM Crepis rubra Cuphea viscossisima Dahlia ‘Black Beauty’ Bright red 3” flared flowers, Cup and Saucer Vine Big greeny-white cup & Larkspur. Explosion of fine white Pink Hawksbeard Adorable annual. Deep NEW big shiny inflated seedpods Pale green buds like eggs saucer flowers. Usually Airy spikes of deep blue flowers June. Scruffy after Flowers like crisp pale pink purple mouse-eared Deep red-black velvety fine leaves. Drainage & sun open cream, turn purple 12ft grown as annual 12ft+ flowers above feathery flowering, good seedheads. dandelions. Greyish leaves, flowers all summer. Easy, petals around a yellow 10ft (10 seeds) BH Shr (10 seeds) TA / BHP Cl (10 seeds) TA / BHP Cl foliage 15” HA Sun 7ft (10 seeds) # HP Sun & drainage 12” HA likes sun 24” TA boss of stamens 18” TA

Coreopsis ‘Amulet’ Cosmos ‘Apricot Cosmos ‘Cupcakes Cosmos Dahlia coccinea hybrids Dahlia merckii Dahlia Datisca cannabina Deep red daisy-like flowers, Lemonade’ NEW Blush’ NEW Single or ‘Cupcakes White’ Shades of red and orange Hardy Dahlia ex ‘Twynings After Eight’ Greenish-white flowers Aug fine leaves. Compact & Pale creamy coral flowers semi-double palest pink Pure white petals fused single Dahlias. Blooms 1st Smallish single lavender Most will have pale pink followed by fabulous long floriferous. Likes sun & with pink eye. Fine foliage. flowers, some with petals into a simple cup. Unusual year from seed. Protect flowers on long stems. Sun flowers and dark leaves. drooping seedheads. Bold drainage 12” HA Likes sun 24” TA fused together 4ft TA Good cut, likes sun 4ft TA tuber 36” (10 seeds) TP 40” (10 seeds) HP Fairly hardy 40” BHP hemp-like foliage 7ft HP

Cosmos Cosmos ‘Double Click Cosmos ‘Double Click Cosmos peucedanifolius Daucus carota Daucus carota Delphinium exaltatum Delphinium requienii ‘Double Click Cranberries’ Rose Bonbon’ NEW Snow Puff’ NEW Hardy Cosmos ‘Black Knight’ ‘Purple Kisses’ Slender spires of elegant Shiny leaves avoided by Double, sometimes fringed, Very double, sometimes Very double, sometimes Big pink flowers on rather Big grey-pink cow-parsley Flat lacy heads in shades purple-blue flowers July - slugs! Subtle mauve-grey purple-red flowers. Good fringed, pink flowers. Good fringed, pure white flowers. lax stems. Tuberous, likes flowers. A fast-blooming of red, from dark red to August. Sun or light shade flowers. Likes sun, self cut, sun & drainage 4ft TA cut, sun & drainage 4ft TA Sun & drainage 4ft TA sun 30” (5 seeds) HP carrot 40” HA / HB pink to white 40” HA / HB 3-5ft HP sows (10 seeds) 40” HB Dianthus arenarius nanus Dianthus carthusianorum Dianthus japonicus Dicentra scandens Echinacea purpurea Echium amoenum Echium ‘Blue Bedder’ Echium vulgare ‘Little Maiden’ Small bright pink flowers NEW Shiny purple-flushed Climbing Bleeding Heart ‘Magnus Superior’ ‘Red Feathers’ AGM Bright blue flowers, Tall spikes of bright blue Pure white fragrant fringed held high above grassy green rosette 1st year. 2nd Delicate ferny foliage, little Deep rosy red daisies on Upright stems densely pink buds. Loved by flowers on bristly stems. flowers. Likes sun & green foliage. Sun & year pink flowers. Sun & yellow lockets. Herbaceous sturdy stems. Improved packed with dark pink/red/ butterflies & bees. Likes Loved by bees, moths & drainage 6” HP drainage 20” HP drainage 20” SLP Shade 10-12ft # HP Cl form of ‘Magnus’ 36” HP purple flowers 15” HP sun, self sows 15” HA butterflies 30” HB

Didiscus ‘Blue Lace’ Dierama pulcherrimum Dierama pulcherrimum Digitalis ferruginea AGM Edraianthus tenuifolius Emilia javanica Erigeron aurantiacus Erigeron karvinskianus (= Trachymene ‘Blue Lace’) Angel’s Fishing Rods ex ‘Blackbird’ Tall spires of densely Upturned campanula-like Small bright red-orange Red-orange daisies with AGM Profusion of tiny Beautiful pale blue lacy Arching stems dangle Arching stems dangle packed honey-coloured purple flowers on tight mat fringed flowers like powder yellow-orange centres. pink and white daisies all glittering umbels. Fragrant, elegant pink flowers. purple flowers, silver flowers. Self sows 45” SLP of grassy leaves. Likes puffs. Long slender stems Likes sun & drainage summer. Sun & drainage, sun & drainage 24” HA Likes sun 3-4ft HP bracts. Sun 3-4ft HP good drainage 4” HP good to cut 15-20” HA 10” HP self sows 6” HP

Digitalis heywoodii Digitalis mariana Digitalis mertonensis AGM Digitalis parviflora Erodium pelargoniflorum Eryngium ebracteatum Eryngium yuccifolium Eschscholtzia californica ‘Silver Fox’ Dwarf white Rose pink flowers on Perennial Foxglove ‘Milk Chocolate’ AGM Looks tender, but isn’t. Wiry 5ft stems with purple Tight white flowerheads ‘Alba’ California Poppy foxglove with furry silver slightly furry grey leaves. Fat flared bells the colour Narrow spires of small White flowers with purple then brown Sanguisorba- high above grey-green Shining pale cream poppies leaves. Sun or shade, good Perennial if very good of crushed strawberries. rusty-brown tight packed blotch. Self sows, likes like tight flower heads. serrated sword-like leaves. Fine grey-green leaves. drainage 15-24” HB drainage 30” HB / HP Likes light shade 36” SLP flowers 30” HP sun 6” (10 seeds) SLP Likes sun 5ft # HP Sun & drainage 4ft HP Self sows, sun 12” SLP

Digitalis purpurea ‘Alba’ Digitalis purpurea Digitalis purpurea Echinacea pallida Eschscholtzia californica Eucalyptus nicholii Euonymus quinquecornutus Euphorbia corollata AGM ‘Anne Redetzky’ ‘Pam’s Choice’ AGM Pale Coneflower ‘Red Chief’ Willow-Leaf Peppermint AGM Orange seeds from Myriad white flowers on Spires of white bells. Seeds White petals split and curve Tall spires of white bells Narrow pale pink petals Red-orange poppies. Fine Eucalyptus Fragrant blue- tips of bright pink jester’s erect stems. Like Baby’s true if no other Digitalis slightly outwards, beautiful with dark purple throats. droop from central cone, grey-green leaves. Self grey leaves, red stems & hat Oct-Nov, slender leaves Breath on long stalks. Likes purpurea nearby 5ft HB and unusual 30” HB Likes shade 5-8ft HB sun & drainage 36” HP sows, likes sun 12” SLP young growth 30ft BH Tr 6ft (5 seeds) # H Shr sun & drainage 36” # HP Euphorbia marginata Euphorbia stricta Francoa sonchifolia Galium odoratum Helichrysum bracteatum Helichrysum bracteatum Helipterum ‘Pierrot’ Hesperaloe parviflora Showy white bracts. Cloud of fine lime-green ‘Pink Giant’ Sweet Woodruff Whorls ‘King Fireball’ ‘Salmon Rose’ NEW Pure white everlasting Red Yucca White-edged green leaves flowers all summer, fine 2ft wands of substantial of fragrant leaves. Tiny Giant red strawflowers, Shiny double strawflowers flowers with black central Yucca-like plant with long Likes sun & drainage. Self leaves. Stems bright red in pink flowers July-Sept white stars May. Dry shade yellow centres. Good in in shades of peach. Good disc, fine grey green leaves stems of red flowers. Likes sows 2-3ft HA autumn. Self sows 24” HA 24” HP groundcover 6” # HP garden & dries well 36” HA in garden & dried 36” HA Sun & drainage 18” TA sun & drainage 40” HP

Gaura lindheimeri AGM Geranium ‘Bill Wallis’ Geranium maderense Geum ‘Blazing Sunset’ Hesperis matronalis Alba Hibiscus trionum Hordeum jubatum Graceful wands of palest Small vivid violet flowers ‘Album’ Big double brilliant deep Dames Violet or Sweet Sweet-scented white Large wide open creamy Squirrel Tail Grass pink & white flowers June- over low mound of leaves. 36” head of pink-centred red flowers most of Rocket Fragrant lavender flowers, attractive to bees trumpets with nearly black Pink-flushed silky flowers. Oct. Ravishing. Likes sun Delightful. Self sows, likes white flowers on sturdy trunk. summer. Likes sun, not flowers. Self sows, ok in etc. Self sows, easy even throats. Easy, likes sun Easy short-lived perennial, & drainage 36” SLP sun 12” # HP Monocarp 4ft (10 seeds) TM too dry 24” HP dry shade 30” SLP in dry shade 30” SLP 18” TA / TP Sun & drainage 15” SLP

Geum triflorum Gillenia trifoliata AGM Glaucium corniculatum Glycyrrhiza yunnanensis Hunnemannia fumariifolia Impatiens arguta ‘Alba’ Iochroma australe AGM Iochroma australe Alba Nodding soft red flowers Starry white flowers from Horned Poppy Wavy Big inflated bristly AGM Mexican Poppy Hardy perennial Busy Deep purple-blue flowers White flared trumpets like followed by extraordinary red calyxes in June. grey leaves, red flowers, 9” seedheads turn from green Bright yellow shining Lizzie. White flowers like like tiny Daturas. Said to tiny Daturas. Hardy shrub feathered plumes of Elegant. Sun or light seedpods. Sun, drainage, to rust, good cut. Pinnate poppies on finely cut blue- suspended fish. Prefers be tender, but hardy for me once woody. Likes sun seedheads 12” HP shade 36” # HP self sows 24” SLP leaves 4ft (10 seeds) HP grey leaves 30” HA shade 24” (10 seeds) HP for 15 years 8ft H Shr 9ft (10 seeds) H Shr

Gomphostigma virgatum Gypsophila ‘Snowflake’ Hedysarum coronarium Helenium ‘Helena Red’ ‘Kniola’s Black Isatis tinctoria NEW Knautia macedonica Narrow grey leaves, Double Baby’s Breath Big bright red clover-like Deep red (some yellow) Knight’ Morning Glory Cypress Vine Dyers Woad. 3ft cloud of Crimson Scabious. Myriad arching stems tipped with Mostly double clear white flowers, handsome leaves. single flowers late summer Saturated deep purple Scarlet 1” stars in a tangle golden yellow flowers small dark red flowers. white flowers. Shrubby, pompoms, good for cutting. Sun & drainage. Short- and autumn. Sun & trumpets. Tender annual of feathery bright green above blue-green leaves. Long-blooming, likes sun, Sun & drainage 40” HShr Sun & drainage 30” HP lived, but easy 18” SLP drainage 30” HP climber for sun 6ft TA Cl leaves. Sun 6ft TA Cl Dark seedheads 36” HB self sows 30” SLP Knautia macedonica Kniphofia citrina Lablab ‘Ruby Moon’ Lathyrus aureus Linaria purpurea Linum grandiflorum Linum grandiflorum Linum grandiflorum ‘Mars Midget’ Showy heads of cool lemon Hyacinth Bean Clusters of apricot flowers ‘Springside White’ ‘Rubrum’ AGM Scarlet Flax rubrum ‘Bright Eyes’ rubrum ‘Charmer Crimson Scabious & lime flowers. Bold arching Purple leaves, violet flowers in early spring, summer Slender spires of tiny white Shiny deep red flowers on Simple white flowers with Salmon’ NEW Simple Compact & long-blooming evergreen leaves, strong shiny dark purple flat pods. dormant. Sun or light flowers, narrow leaves. fine leaves. Likes sun, can deep red eye, fine leaves soft coral flowers with deep 15” (10 seeds) HP vertical stems 36” HP Tender 10ft (5 seeds) TA Cl shade 15” HP Self sows 36” SLP sow in situ, easy 15” HA Can sow in situ 15” HA red eye 15” HA

Lathyrus odoratus Lathyrus odoratus Lathyrus odoratus Lathyrus odoratus Linum narbonense Lobelia tupa Lobelia vedrariensis Lophospermum ‘Albutt Blue’ ‘Blue Velvet’ ‘Bristol’ AGM ‘Just Julia’ AGM A more substantial flax. Exotic-looking curved dark Spikes of deep purple-blue erubescens AGM Large Very fragrant Sweet Pea. Very fragrant deep purple- Very fragrant pale grey- Very fragrant mid-blue Sky blue flowers on thread- red flowers on tall stems. flowers July & August. deep rose flared trumpet White with blue edge blue Sweet Pea blue Sweet Pea Sweet Pea like stems. Likes sun & Evergreen, greyish felted Hardy, likes sun, not too flowers. Easy 5ft HA Cl 5ft HA Cl 5ft HA Cl 5ft HA Cl drainage 24” SLP leaves. Likes sun 4ft BHP dry 36” HP 6-10ft TP / TA Cl

Lathyrus odoratus Lathyrus odoratus Lathyrus sativus Lepechinia hastata annua Lunaria annua Lunaria annua ‘Variegata’ ‘Matucana’ AGM ‘Mrs Collier’ Tutankhamen’s Pea Tall spikes of maroon ‘Alba Variegata’ AGM ‘Chedglow’ Purple ‘Munstead Purple’ AGM Purple-flowered, white- The Original Sweet Pea Very fragrant pale cream Found in his tomb. Small flowers July-Oct, grey- White-variegated white- flowers, dark purple leaves Deep red-purple flowers, variegated Honesty. The most fragrant of all Sweet Pea bright blue flowers, no green aromatic foliage. flowered Honesty. Great in and seedpods. Self sows purple flushed stems later. Spectacular in shade, easy, 5ft HA Cl 5ft HA Cl scent 4ft (10 seeds) HA Cl Sun & drainage 3-5ft BHP shade, self sows 36” HB 36” (10 seeds) HB Self sows 36” HB Self sows 36” HB

Lespedeza thunbergii AGM Liatris pycnostachya Liatris scariosa Alba Linaria purpurea Lunaria ‘Corfu Blue’ AGM AGM Lupinus texensis Lychnis coronaria Arching stems tipped with Tall deep purple-pink fluffy NEW Weird buds, long- ‘Canon Went’ Blue-purple flowers, purple- Perennial Honesty Texas Bluebonnet ‘Blood Red’ purple & pink flowers, fine flower spikes July-Sept. lasting white fluffy flower Slender spires of tiny pale flushed seedpods. Perennial Fragrant lavender flowers, Bright blue annual lupin, Grey felt leaves, magenta grey-green leaves. Prune Likes sun & drainage. spikes. Good cut, likes pink flowers. Self sows, (suckers) & self sows. Some pale elliptical seedpods. tip of spike white. Likes flowers age to deep red. hard in spring 4ft H Shr Good cut flower 4ft HP sun & drainage 24” HP likes sun 36” SLP flowers all year 36” SLP Shade 36” # HP sun & drainage 12” HA Easy, self sows 30” SLP Lychnis coronaria Lysimachia atropurpurea Lysimachia ephemerum Malope trifida ‘Alba’ Nemophila ‘Penny Black’ Nepeta kubanica Nepeta nervosa Nicotiana alata ‘Oculata’ Angel’s Blush Spires of small red-purple AGM Elegant. Grey-green NEW Round white-edged black Clusters of large dark blue ‘Blue Carpet’ Tobacco Plant Grey felted leaves, white flowers on serpentine leaves, narrow spires of Simple white mallow flowers, crinkle-edged flowers on 30” stems June- Bluest of all Catmints. White flowers very fragrant, flowers, centres turn pink stems. Rippled narrow grey many small white flowers in flowers. Easy annual. leaves. Adorable, self sows, Aug. Stunning. Likes sun Dwarf form. Likes sun & especially in evening. Sun Easy, self sows 30” SLP leaves. Sun 30” HB summer. Likes sun 36” HP Long blooming 20” HA sun or light shade 5” HA & drainage 36” HP good drainage 9” HP or light shade 4ft HA

Malva ‘Bibor Fehlo’ Mandevilla laxa AGM Matthiola perenne ‘Alba’ Meconopsis cambrica Nicotiana ‘Hot Chocolate’ Nicotiana langsdorfii AGM Nicotiana ‘Lime Green’ Nicotiana mutabilis Large purple flowers Beautiful fragrant white 3” Perennial White Stock ‘Frances Perry’ Mahogany flowers, pale Pale apple-green tubular AGM Profuse pale green July-Nov amazing white streaked with darker flowers, evergreen climber Very fragrant white flowers Red Welsh Poppy Bright green reverse, larger than flowers flared at mouth flowers go with everything. flowers which turn pink. purple. Fast-growing, for South wall or on mound of grey leaves. red-orange poppies. Self ‘Tinkerbell’. Long flowering dangle delicately. Sun or Long flowering, easy, sun Annual/short-lived. Sun or short-lived. Sun 4ft SLP conservatory 12ft BH Cl Fast, easy, sun 30” SLP sows, likes shade 12” HP 36” HA shade 36” HA or shade 24” HA shade, easy 5ft HA / SLP

Melianthus major AGM Melittis melissophylla Mentzelia decapetela Michauxia campanuloides Nicotiana ‘Perfume Purple’ Nicotiana suaveolens Nicotiana sylvestris AGM Nicotiana ‘Tinkerbell’ Architectural jaggedly cut White flowers with purple Big (3-4”) fragrant white Very reflexed 2” white Deep purple scented NEW Fragrant white Very fragrant long-tubed Strange pale green flowers glaucous foliage. Dies lip. British native. Likes flowers with golden petals. Spectacular but flowers. Long flowering, flowers flushed with purple white flowers in graceful with dark red faces! Long down outdoors, mulch when shade. Self sows 20” stamens. White buds open hard to grow. Likes sun & easy, sun or light shade dangle from slender stems. whorls on 5ft stems. Sun or flowering, sun or light young 4ft (10 seeds) HP (5 seeds) # HP in afternoon 36” HA / HB drainage 3-5ft HB 20” HA Sun or shade 30” HA shade, easy 5ft HA shade 36” HA

Mina lobata AGM Molucella laevis Morina longifolia Muhlenbergia capillaris Nigella damascena ‘Alba’ Nigella papillosa Nigella papillosa Oenothera odorata (= Ipomoea lobata) Bells of Ireland. Fragrant Looks like a thistle until the Amazing cloud of fine AGM White Love in a Mist ‘African Bride’ ‘Midnight’ Big fragrant cream flowers, Curved flowers of red, pale green flowers & leaves. whorls of flowers emerge, bright pink seedheads late Easy, self sows. Good cut White flowers, black horned Deep purple flowers, ageing to apricot, upright. orange, yellow & cream. Easy annual, good cut and first white then pink. Likes summer & autumn. Needs flower, fresh or dried seedpods. Good cut flower, horned purple seedpods. Sun & drainage, self sows Likes sun 6ft TA Cl good dried. Sun 30” HA sun 36” (5 seeds) HP a hot summer 36” HP 30” HA fresh or dried 30” HA Good cut, fresh or dried 30” SLP 30” HA Omphalodes linifolia AGM Ophiopogon planiscapus Orlaya grandiflora AGM Paeonia cambessedesii Papaver somniferum Papaver somniferum Papaver spicatum Patrinia punctiflora Venus’s Navelwort ‘Nigrescens’ AGM Exquisite white umbel, like AGM Light pink flowers, ‘Single Black’ ‘Single White’ Furry leaves stems & buds, Pale lime green flowers in White forget-me-not Black Lily Turf Shiny black broderie anglaise, large red stems. Silvery leaves Pure black single opium Pure white single opium large pale apricot flowers. summer, luminous pale flowers, blue-grey leaves. grass-like leaves, black and small petals mingled. flushed red below 15” poppy 36” HA poppy 36” HA Many flowers per stem. seedheads until Christmas Self sows, sun 8” HA berries 6” (10 seeds) HP May self sow 18” HA (3 seeds) # HP Sun & drainage 30” HP 40” HP

Paeonia mlokosewitschii Panicum Papaver commutatum Papaver dubium ssp. Patrinia scabiosifolia Pelargonium Pennisetum Penstemon heterophyllus Molly the Witch AGM NEW ‘Frosted Explosion’ AGM The Ladybird Poppy lecoqii albiflorum Golden Lace quinquelobatum Eerie ‘Purple Majesty’ ‘Blue Springs’ Pure pale lemon flowers. Sprays of tiny seeds like a Shining deep red poppies Badly named! Small pink Bright yellow flowers on tall pale greenish bronze, Dark purple leaves, dense Brilliant blue flowers in Young shoots red in spring. mist. Good cut, fresh or with black blotches. Self poppies on long slender airy stems July-Sept. Sun almost iridescent, small purple bottlebrushes Aug-Oct June, narrow leaves. Likes 24” (3 seeds) # HP dried 18” HA sows, likes sun 15” HA stems 18” HA or part shade 4ft HP flowers 15” (5 seeds) TP Sun 3-4ft (10 seeds) TA sun 24” # HP

Papaver ‘Paradise’ Papaver rhoeas Papaver rhoeas Papaver rhoeas Penstemon spectabilis Persicaria orientalis Persicaria virginiana var. Petalostemon ‘Stephanie’ The brightest red poppy I ‘Amazing Grey’ NEW ‘Bridal Silk’ ‘Mother of Pearl’ Showy Penstemon Kiss Me over the Garden Gate filiformis Russet chevrons Purple Prairie Clover know, most with black Semi-double or single grey- Exquisite shimmering white Exquisite stippled pale Purple-blue flowers in Bizarre stout stems topped on leaves. Tiny deep pink Purple tutus on narrow blotch (species?) 18” HA blue ruffled flowers stippled corn poppies. Self sows pink, lavender, grey, white June. Hardy, likes sun and wth deep pink drooping flowers & seeds on conical flowerheads, fine purple, self sows 24” HA 18” HA poppies. Self sows 24” HA dry conditions 30” # HP plumes 6-8ft HA threadlike stems 30” HP leaves 12” HP

Papaver rhoeas ‘Pandora’ Papaver rupifragum Papaver somniferum Papaver somniferum Petunia exserta Physochlaina orientalis Primula cockburniana Primula florindae AGM NEW Semi-double flowers Semi-double orange ‘Black Beauty’ ‘Lauren’s Grape’ Unusual star-shaped red NEW Clusters of lavender AGM Deep orange-red Giant Himalayan Cowslip streaked deep red, purple, poppies June-Oct. Blue- Big sumptuous double Deep purple single opium flowers on bushy plants. bells on thick grey-green flowers in June. Stems Fragrant yellow bells July, lavender. Self sows, likes green leaves. Self sows. purple-black opium poppy poppy 36” HA Only discovered in Brazil in leaves. Summer dormant have silvery farina. Likes handsome seedheads. sun 24” HA Sun & drainage 18” SLP 36” HA 2007! 15” TA 10” (10 seeds) HP damp 12” SLP Moist soil 40” HP Primula florindae ‘Apricot Primula florindae Primula vialii AGM Puya mirabalis Salvia nemerosa Salvia patens AGM Salvia patens Salvia patens Giant form Giant Himalayan Cowslip ‘Sunset’ Deep red buds in tight NEW Dangling pale ‘Violet Queen’ Large vivid deep blue ‘Cambridge Blue’ AGM Like S. patens, but bigger Peach/orange/yellow bells Giant Himalayan Cowslip cone above lavender yellow-green flowers on Spikes of red-purple flowers. Likes sun. Protect Large light blue flowers. in all its parts. Protect in smelling of apricots! Fragrant bells in shades of flowers. Light shade, moist long arching stems above flowers midsummer. Likes tuber in winter or grow as Protect tuber in winter winter or grow as annual Moist soil 40” HP red. Moist soil 40” HP soil 18” SLP stiff spiky leaves 30” BHP sun & drainage 30” HP annual 30” BHP / TA 30” (10 seeds) BHP / TA 40” (5 seeds) BHP / TA

Ratibida pinnata Ratibida ‘Red Midget’ Rhodochiton Ricinus communis Salvia splendens Salvia turkestanica Sanguisorba menziesii Sanguisorba officinalis Bright yellow petals droop Mexican Hat or atrosanguineus AGM ‘New Zealand Black’ ‘Lighthouse Purple’ Spectacular biennial. Big AGM Maroon bottle-brush Tight dark red bottlebrush gracefully from central dark Prairie Cone Flower Black flowers dangle from Big metallic very dark red Saturated violet flowers & pale pink bracts, lavender flowers on 24” stems, grey- flowers hover above the cone July-Oct. Sun & Reflexed mahogany petals. purple bracts. Tender Castor Oil Plant. Fast- dark purple bracts in dense flowers. Easy, sun 4ft HB blue pinnate foliage. Sun, leaves “like a swarm of drainage 3-4ft HP Sun & drainage 18” SLP climber 4ft TA / TP Cl growing 7ft (5 seeds) TA spikes 20” TP or S. t. ‘Vatican White’ not too dry 15” HP raspberries” 24” HP

Romneya coulterii AGM Rudbeckia hirta Rudbeckia laciniata Rudbeckia maxima Scabiosa ‘Black Knight’ Scabiosa columbaria Scabiosa ‘Derry’s Black’ Scabiosa ‘Fama’ California Tree Poppy ‘Cherry Brandy’ Cutleaf Coneflower Big blue-grey leaves. Yellow Big purple-black pincushion subsp. ochroleuca NEW (or rather, returned) Deep blue large pincushion Huge white flowers with big Big single dark velvety red Large lemon yellow daisies, daisies on sturdy 6ft stems flowers. Blooms 1st year Myriad small pale lemon Purple-black pincushion flowers. Likes sun & gold boss, blue-grey leaves. flowers with nearly black deeply cut leaves. Young July-Sept, dark conical from seed. Likes sun scabious flowers. Sun & flowers. Likes sun & drainage 24” (10 seeds) Invasive, sun 5ft HP centres 24” HA / SLP leaves edible 6ft # HP seedheads. Sun 6ft HP 30” HA / SLP drainage. Elegant 18” HP drainage 30” SLP HA / SLP

Rudbeckia missouriensis Rudbeckia triloba Salvia glutinosa Salvia ‘Marble Arch Blue’ Schizachyrium scoparium Scutellaria baicaulensis Scutellaria incana Semiaquilegia ecalcarata NEW Big golden yellow ‘Prairie Glow’ Jupiter’s Distaff. Hardy (=S. horminum, =S. viridis) ‘Prairie Blues’ (Andropogon) NEW Deep blue hooded Fat spikes of little hooded AGM Delicate nodding daisies with very dark Red/orange/brown daisies pale yellow salvia, hairy Clary Sage Deep purple- Fine blue upright stems flowers, aromatic leaves. lavender-blue flowers from flowers on dainty foliage, centres. Blooms late some edged yellow. Very leaves. Good in dry shade, blue bracts all summer. gradually flush purple in Used in traditional Chinese grey buds, aromatic leaves related to Aquilegias, but summer & autumn 30” HP long blooming 36” SLP self sows 36” HP Sun & drainage 18” HA autumn 30” HP medicine 12” HP 36” HP no spurs 10-18” HP Senecio polyodon Setaria ‘Red Jewel’ Sidalcea ‘Rosaly’ Silene fimbriata Tagetes lucida Telekia speciosa Teucrium hircanicum Thalictrum delavayi Masses of bright purple Darkest purple leaves with Thick clusters of pale pink (= Silene multifida) Mexican Tarragon Bold single yellow daisies ‘Purple Tails’ Cloud of light purple small daisies above narrow fluffy red-purple nodding mallow-shaped flowers. Fringed white flowers June. Edible leaves smell of on sturdy stems July-Aug. Purple spikes all summer. flowers in July, delicate shiny leaves mid to late seedheads. Easy annual, Like a small hollyhock Good even in dry shade. cloves & anise. Small gold Good seedheads all winter. Good seedheads all winter. ferny foliage. Good soil, summer. Likes sun 15” HP good cut 18” HA 30” HP Easy, self sows 20” HP flowers 18” TA / TP Shade, not too dry 6ft HP Self sows. Sun 24” HP sun or shade 4-5ft HP

Silene flos-cuculi ‘White Silene regia NEW Silphium laciniatum Silphium terebinthaceum Thalictrum delavayi Thalictrum delavayi var. Thalictrum Thalictrum tuberosum Robin’ White Ragged Robin Royal Catchfly. Brilliant red Big handsome cut leaves Enormous leaves at base ‘Album’ decorum Cloud of large rochebrunianum AGM Adorable tiny thalictrum Ragged white petals on showy 2” flowers loved by on enormously tall stems of 8ft almost leafless stems Cloud of white flowers in pale purple flowers amid Light purple flowers June, with relatively large white thin stems. Damp soil, sun insects. Needs good topped with yellow daisies. topped with yellow daisies. July, ferny foliage. Sun or delicate ferny foliage Good purple seedheads. Sun or flowers, grey-green leaves or shade, self sows 20” HP drainage 24-48” HP Sun & drainage 8ft+ HP Sun 8ft+ HP shade 4-5ft HP soil, sun or shade 4ft HP light shade, not dry 5ft HP Sun 12” HP

Sphaeralcea coccinea Sporobolus heterolepis Stipa barbata Stipa ichu AGM Thunbergia Thunbergia ‘Suzie White’ Tithonia rotundifolia Trachelium ‘Black Knight’ NEW Scarlet Globemallow Airy mound of fine scented 2ft long slender feathery (= Jarava ichu) ‘African Sunset’ Pure white flowers with ‘Red Torch’ Lacy deep violet flower- Pink-orange flowers, greyish flowers. Fine seedheads silver pennants float on the Silvery plumes all summer, Flowers change from cream black eye on tender annual Brilliant red-orange 3” heads on purple stems, velvety cut leaves. Needs stand all winter. Sun & breeze. Sun & drainage tawny in winter 4-5ft HP to coral to red 4ft climber 4-5ft (10 seeds) daisies on sturdy plants. purple leaves, good cut. sun & drainage 12” BHP drainage 30” HP 36” (10 seeds) # HP (10 seeds) TA Cl TA Cl Fast growing, sun 4-6ft TA Likes sun 36” TA / BHP

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Streptanthus Stylophorum laciniatum Succisa pratensis Tagetes ‘Cinnabar’ Tragopogon crocifolius Trifolium Trollius ‘New Moon’ Tulipa sprengeri AGM farnsworthianus NEW Blood Poppy ‘Derby Purple’ from Great Dixter Jack Go To Bed At Noon ‘Frosty Feathers’ Globe Flower Elegant bright red slender Surreal purple leaves and A poppy for shade! Yellow Good purple form of Devil’s Deep rusty red single Spectacular dandelion-like Pure white 2-3” long white Exquisite pale cream Tulip. Last tulip to bloom. bracts clasp the stem. flowers May-July, red sap Bit Scabious. Likes sun & flowers flecked with yellow. seedheads. Flat lavender clover flowers with soft rounded flowers. Stronger Ok in shade, self sows Small white flowers 18” HA hence the name 15” HP drainage 20” # HP A taller form 36” TA stars. Self sows 18” HA feathery feel 24” HP than ‘Alabaster’ 24” # HP when happy 12” # H Bu Special Plants Seeds which need to be sown fresh The seeds in this green list are not long-lived. They should be sown as soon as possible after harvesting, certainly within six months. They need to experience winter temperatures for a considerable time before they Valeriana officinalis NEW Verbascum creticum Verbascum phoeniceum Verbascum roripifolium Upright stems of small white ‘Cotswold King’ ‘Violetta’ NEW Lemon yellow flowers will germinate in spring. Sow immediately on receipt and leave outside for the winter. Or mix with damp fragrant flowers flushed Large shiny yellow flowers, Spires of deep purple on finest airy stems. vermiculite, put in a plastic bag or glass jar and keep warm for a month, then put in fridge for 2-3 months. faintly pink. Self sows. pale in middle, dark anthers flowers in June. Likes sun, Flowers seem to float. Sprinkle seed and vermiculite on compost to germinate. Loved by insects 4-5ft HP Fragrant, likes sun 36” HB self sows 36” SLP Sun, self sows 36” HP Usual harvest time for each variety is at the end of each seed description.

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Verbena bonariensis AGM Verbena officinalis Verbena rigida AGM Vernonia lettermanii Bold architectural narrow ‘Bampton’ Shimmering Purple-blue flowers in tight Clusters of deep purple stems, fine purple flowers. cloud of shiny dark purple heads on branching stems. flowers in late summer Actaea pachypoda Anemone hupehensis Anemone multifida ‘Major’ Anemone pavonina red Loved by bees. Self sows, leaves & stems, tiny deep Long-blooming, likes sun & adored by insects. Very ‘Silver Leaf’ ssp. hupehensis alba Round cream flowers Brilliant red flowers in early sun 6ft # SLP pink flowers 30” # HP drainage 12” # BHP fine green leaves 40” HP Fluffy white flowers, shiny From wild collected white above neat foliage in June spring. Summer dormant. white berries on red stems. Japanese Anemone, purple 12” # HP Aug Likes sun & drainage 30” (5 seeds) # HP Oct reverse 36” # HP Nov 10” # HP June

Veronicastrum virginicum Viola corsica Zea japonica ‘Variegata’ Zinnia elegans ‘Album’ AGM Corsican Violet Green & white striped ‘Benary’s Giant Lime’ Anemone sylvestris Anemonopsis Angelica archangelica Angelica gigas Elegant white spires July- Big purple flowers spring till leaves flushed pink. Purple Big double yellow-green Pure white slightly fragrant macrophylla Big pale green rounded Deep purple domed flower Aug. Dark seedheads frost. Hardy, self sows, kernels & pink tassels flowers on strong stems. single flowers in spring. Waxy lilac-white flowers. flowerheads on stout 6ft heads, statuesque purple stand all winter 5ft HP drought tolerant 8” HP 5ft (10 seeds) TA Good cut. Sun 36” TA Good in shade. Will spread Likes shade, dislikes wind stems. Stem can be candied stems, green leaves 15” # HP July 30” (10 seeds) # HP Sept 6ft # HB July 5ft (10 seeds) # HB Sept

Zinnia ‘Benary’s Giant Zinnia ‘Benary’s Giant Zinnia ‘Queen Lime Zinnia ‘Queen Red Lime’ Angelica sylvestris Anthriscus ‘Ravens Wing’ Astrantia maxima AGM Athamanta turbith Salmon Rose’ AGM NEW Scarlet’ AGM Orange’ NEW AGM Dusky purply-pink ‘Purpurea’ Black Cow Parsley Large pink flowers Finest feathery foliage, Big double salmon flowers Big double deep red Double apricot-orange double flowers fading to Dark purple leaves, grey- White flowers May. Dark surrounded by pink bracts. white umbels on branching on strong stems. Good cut. flowers on strong stems. flowers, lime in middle. lime at centre. Good cut. pink flowers. Architectural. leaves Nov-May. Self Blooms later than A. major. stems. Sun & very good Sun 36” TA Good cut. Sun 36” TA Good cut. Sun 26” TA Sun 26” TA Sun, self sows sows, summer dormant Sun or shade drainage 4-5ft # HB Sept 24” # SLP July 30” # HP Aug 12” (10 seeds) # HP Sept Beesia calthifolia Bupleurum falcatum tall Bupleurum fruticosum Bupleurum longifolium Laserpitium siler Ligusticum lucidum AGM Lilium martagon album Melanoselinum decipiens Shiny evergreen leaves, form Fine yellow umbels, The flower arranger’s Subtle shades of purple, 5” white domed platters Fine evergreen leaves. White Turks Cap Lily Big tropical leaves. Young reddish in winter. Tiny white sparse narrow leaves. Airy. favourite. Fast-growing brown & gold. Hardy, likes above 36” mound of After a few years becomes Up to 20 elegant small leaves bronze. After 3 or 4 flowers Apr-Aug. Shade, Likes sun and drainage, evergreen shrub. Shiny sun & dry. Self sows gently handsome divided leaves. hemisphere of white cow- reflexed flowers per stem. years covered in pink humus 6” # HP Aug self sows 30” # HP Sept leaves 5-6ft # H Shr Sept 20” # HP Aug Likes sun & drainage parsley flowers. Sun. Self Sun or light shade umbels. Monocarpic 4ft # HP Aug sows 36” # H M Aug 3-4ft HP Sept 7ft (10 seeds) BH M Oct

Cardiocrinum giganteum Cenolophium denudatum Chaerophyllum hirsutum Corydalis ochroleuca Mertensia maritima Molopospermum Myrrhis odorata Paris quadrifolia Giant Himalayan Lily AGM White umbels above Roseum Like a pink Cow Froth of creamy white Oyster Plant peloponnesiacum Sweet Cicely A larger, Elegant thin green stars Big fragrant white flowers fine dark green foliage. Parsley. Graceful, easy, flowers for months, fine Prostrate blue foliage, blue Big fine-cut glossy leaves, later cow-parsley. Anise- with golden stamens above flare out from top of stem. Flowers July and August. blooms late spring, light leaves. Sun or shade. flowers. Likes sun & big cream umbel June. seed leaves can be used to whorl of 4-6 leaves. Offsets live on Sun or light shade, good soil shade Self sows drainage Dormant late summer sweeten dishes Shade. Spreads slowly 8ft # H M Nov 36” # HP Sept 30” # HP July 12” # HP July 5” (5 seeds) # HP July 4ft # HP Aug 36” # HP Aug 15” # HP Sept

Dodecatheon meadia Eryngium alpinum Eryngium giganteum AGM Eryngium giganteum Peucedanum officinale Peucedanum verticillare Pimpinella major ‘Rosea’ Selinum wallichianum AGM NEW White or pink Spiny leaves, purply blue Miss Willmott’s Ghost ‘Silver Ghost’ AGM Super fine curling leaves. Layers of big cut leaves on Deep pink umbels of small AGM Milk Parsley flowers, very reflexed flowers in big soft silver Spiny leaves & silvery Spikier, more silver bracts. Yellow umbels, then tall stout purple stems. Flat flowers in June. Sun or Stately umbel, white lacy petals. Sun or shade, not lace ruffs. Likes sun & bracts. Good seedheads. Later blooming. Likes sun glowing gold seedheads. lime-green flowerheads. light shade. Self sows if platters Aug-Sept, fine dry. Summer dormant drainage Sows itself, sun & drainage & drainage, sows itself Likes sun Likes sun. Monocarpic well drained leaves, purple-flushed 10” # HP June 4” # HP Aug 36” # HB Aug 36” # HB Sept 4ft (10 seeds) # HP Sept 7ft # H M Sept 40” # HP Aug stems 4ft # HP Nov

Ferula communis Helleborus sternii ‘Pewter’ Helleborus ‘Ushba’ NEW Heptaptera triquetra Seseli gummiferum Seseli hippomarathrum Smyrnium perfoliatum Zizia aurea NEW Giant Fennel Bruised purple-grey flowers Pure white large flat Small yellow flowers in very The Queen of Umbels NEW Small white umbels Bright acid yellow leaves Brilliant yellow umbels 3ft mound of beautiful fine & stems, pewter leaves. flowers in spring. open lacy umbel. Glows Crisp ever-grey foliage. turn pink then red. Fine and flowers in March and spring & summer, good for leaves Nov-June, 8ft of Unlike other Hellebores, Vigorous, disease resistant. yellow even in seed White umbels, pink when dark foliage. Likes sun & April. Self sows, sun or insects. Sun or light yellow flowers June. Likes likes sun & drainage Bred by Helen Ballard 40” (10 seeds) # HP Sept young, sun drainage shade. Monocarpic shade. Self sows sun 8ft # HP Aug 18” # HP June 18” # HP June 24” # H M Sept 24” # HP Oct 30” # H M Aug 18-36” # HP Sept our “MUSTHAVES” please note here which seeds you would like to grow: Our best gardening gloves no Fresh Seeds from green pages please (they are available online only) all with waterproof fronts and breathable backs minimum order 3 packets fully machine washable, comfortable remember to give yourself one free packet for every ten you order! adult sizes: x-small (purple only), small, medium, 1 12 large or x-large (£7 each, 2 pairs for £12) sturdy green ones - long-lasting 2 13 thin white, green or purple ones - for fine work 3 14 thermal ones - for winter 4 15 children’s gloves - (£4 each) 5 XXS 3-5 years, XS 6-8 years 16 6 17 Waterproof permanent labelling pens - £2.50 7 18 after a one year trial Gardening Which declared this the best and most permanent pen, very fine line 8 19 9 20 Derry Watkins guide to taking cuttings - £10 practical how-to course on an easy to use DVD, 10 21 step by step instructions for taking cuttings, explaining the underlying principles 11 free 22 free in case some are sold out, please list a few alternatives: Gift vouchers available

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