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2017 • order online at www.broadleighbulbs.co.uk Broadleigh Gardens 2017 Mail order • 01823 286231 Celebration of South African Bulbs Specialists in small bulbs Broadleigh Gardens Bishops Hull, taunton, Somerset ta4 1ae Telephone: 01823 286231 Fax: 01823 323646 www.broadleighbulbs.co.uk Welcome to our new look 2017 catalogue. In it you will find most of the plants we usually sell in the spring but arranged in another format. Despite being semiretired I am still collecting- especially S. African bulbs. These provide a welcome splash of colour in late summer into the autumn. Most are not fussy, just requiring a sunny position and to be left alone; their performance improving each year. nerines – and their close relatives the amarine have some of the most exciting new introductions of recent years. Initially bred for the cut flower industry their extra large flowers are equally welcome in the garden. The RHS has just concluded an initial AGM assessment of the Crocosmia which has shown just how good the new cultivars are. We have also rearranged the agapanthus collection to help you chose just the right one for a particular spot. We have not neglected our core collections and there are some newer snowdrops to whet your appetite and more Our full autumn catalogue of tulips, crocus and standard will be added online as they flower. Many of our dwarf daffodils will continue to be posted in May. I have some bearded iris and day lilies are now online only where exciting new pot collections for 2017! you will also find many more species Hellebores. Just give us a call if the Internet is not your thing. Our collections Mac the feral cat is proving to be the scourge of the offer excellent value for money. local rabbit population and earning his keep. He is still very nervous and will not be touched but now plays The last 4 pages (with a yellow tint) cover the reduced grandmother’s footsteps around the nursery in the selection of spring flowering bulbs that we continue to hope of some biscuits. grow here in Taunton. This concentrates on our National Collection and other similar small species and unusual The garden continues to flourish, the first snowdrops are varieties of narcissus and our PC iris. Do not miss our well out as I write, even as the last sternbergias fade. disposal sale of Colchicums. As stocks are small do order Do pop in a see us and help a very worthy cause. now but we will not take the payment until they are posted in the autumn. Please use the yellow order form. They cannot be sent at the same time as items in the main part of the catalogue. = those plants given the Award of Garden Merit by the RHS. Front cover picture: Our core collections: Eucomis, Agapanthus, Galanthus, Crocosmia & Nerines. the garden and nursery are open to view every weekday (9am - 4pm; £2.50) in aid of the St. Margaret’s Somerset Hospice. We have limited seasonal plant sales. We are a working mail order nursery but you may collect your orders in season (please give us advanced notice). These bulbs are for garden decoration only and should not be eaten. CeleBRATION oF HardY SoUtH aFriCan BUlBS and PlantS We have long grown these colourful plants which add a touch of the exotic to the late summer/autumn garden. All need full sun and a well drained soil. Many make excellent pot plants for a sunny patio. aGaPantHUS (African Lily) This is our largest collection growing unprotected in our field. We sell divisions not plugs. They make superb and easy plants for a sunny border. We can only list a handful here. See online or phone us for many more varieties. We have grouped them by size to make choosing easier. All can also be grown in pots if wanted. All are vigorous and free flowering having proved themselves here for thirty years. taller VarietieS Agapanthus Bressingham Blue Agapanthus Midnight Star (Navy Blue) Agapanthus Blue Moon BROADLEIGH BaBe MidniGHt STAR (navy Blue) BlUe Giant One of our own seedlings this Large heads of intense deep blue. One of the x intermedius cultivars distinct variety produces masses of One of the darkest and always with intense dark blue flowers on relatively small heads of rich deep a show winner. 36” July-Aug dark stems. 30” July blue flowers on very upright stems £8.00 each; 3 = £22.00 £7.00 each; 3 = £18.00 and is much later than most. 3’ Aug-Sept £7.00 each; 3 = £18.00 BlUe Moon Snow SHadowS A truly magnificent plant, long This variety is very popular at the DonaU admired here. It is the last to flower, Tatton Park show where it was Another of the excellent Rivers of named by competition. The white with huge grey-blue flowers on Europe series with intense deep flowers are heavily marked with stiff stems. Picture inside front cover. blue flowers on very stiff, upright blue/purple and have dark stems. 4’ Late Aug-Sept dark stems. Late flowering. The whole flowers takes a deep £7.00 each; 3 = £18.00 4’ August pink tinge as it ages. 4’ July-Aug BreSSinGHaM BlUe £6.00 each; 3 = £16.00 £7.00 each; 3 = £18.00 Vigorous plants producing a mass Ice BlUe Star of intense blue compact heads. Dense heads of the most delicious StorM CLOUd Late flowering.30” Aug-Sept ice blue. Vigorous and free Huge heads of powder blue flowers. £6.00 each; 3 = £16.00 flowering. One of the very best. Although evergreen it is hardy in our Picture page 2. 36” July open field.Picture page 2. £6.00 each; 3 = £16.00 5’ August £7.00 each; 3 = £18.00 Agapanthus Broadleigh Babe Agapanthus Snow Shadows Agapanthus Donau New or re-introduction. 1 Order [email protected] eVerGreen VarietieS for containers This is a selection of our evergreen varieties. These are less hardy and require protection from frost, although they are hardy by the sea or in similar sheltered positions. Most produce fewer but much larger heads and have leek like foliage. Agapanthus Ice Blue Star Agapanthus Storm Cloud ProFUSion SHorter VarietieS This lives up to its name; producing a mass of small mid blue flowers mid season. Ben HoPe 24" July-Aug One of the excellent ‘Royal’ series, £6.00 each; 3 = £16.00 producing masses of well shaped, mid blue flowers. One of the earliest to flower. Good front of border plant. 36” July £6.00 each; 3 = £16.00 JonnY’S wHite One of our own hybrids with waxy white flowers on stiff stems. Compact and perfect for the front of the border. 24” August £6.00 each; 3 = £16.00 Agapanthus Megan's Mauve Agapanthus Profusion liliPUt DOUBle diaMond Narrow leaves and masses of tiny Fully double flowers smother deep blue heads. 14” July this tiny growing Agapanthus. £7.00 each; 3 = £18.00 Best in a pot. 8” July £7.00 each; 3 = £18.00 littleCoUrt The beautiful white flowers with dark eniGMa stems completely cover the plant. One of the very best. Huge heads From a friend’s garden, this compact of white flowers that have brilliant hybrid is one of the last to flower. blue bases. 3’ August £8.00 each Ideal front of border plant. 18” Aug-Sept £6.00 each; 3 = £16.00 Agapanthus Littlecourt Agapanthus Liliput Agapanthus Ben Hope Agapanthus Silver Moon New or re-introduction. 2 Order [email protected] Agapanthus Queen Mum Agapanthus Snow Crystal Agapanthus Megan's Mauve MeGan’S MaUVe snow CrYStal Stunning large heads of rich lavender Fabulous new plant with large aMarYlliS blue. Very beautiful. dense heads of pure white flowers. 3-4’ July-Aug Reasonably hardy. Young plants. The true outdoor plant! Useful for late £8.00 each 36" August £6.00 each autumn display. They are best planted in a warm, sunny border where they can QUeen MUM STRAWBerrY iCe be left undisturbed. One of the best new introductions. A dramatic new cultivar that lives up The large white heads have bright to its name. The upright buds are blue bases to the flowers. Taller pink tipped. Young plants. than Enigma. 3’ July-Aug £6.00 each 4’ July-Aug £8.00 each TWISter REGal BeaUtY The most distinct of the new The giant of the genus with Agapanthus. Probably hardy but absolutely enormous heads of dramatic in a pot. White flowers dep purple-blue flowers. Patience with a very obvious dark blue base required but worth the wait. to the petals. Free flowering and 5’ August modest stature. Few. £10.00 each 24” July-Aug £10.00 each Amaryllis belladonna SilVer Moon Belladonna Nearly deciduous and hardy it is Lovely clusters of pink lily-like probably best appreciated in a pot. flowers on naked stems. Dramatic silver variegated leaves Huge bulbs! contrast well with the mid blue 18” Sept-Nov £5.50 each flowers.18” July £10.00 each 'HATHor' Pure white flowers open from creamy buds. My bulbs originally came from Lady Walton. Probably not as hardy as the pink forms. Few. 18” Sept-Nov £15.00 each Agapanthus Twister Agapanthus Regal Beauty Agapanthus Strawberry Ice Amaryllis Hathor New or re-introduction. 3 Order [email protected] aMarine CroCoSMia We are offering 3 shades of this dramatic Once included under Montbretia, these plants appreciate a little humus on planting and very vigorous hybrid between Amaryllis and prefer shade for at least part of the day. They do not flower well in hot dry & Nerine.