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Perennials not only provide beautiful flowers but can also have dramatic foliage and make stunning specimens in their own right. Many of the plants we offer are unusual species or new varieties. Whether you are planning a tropical, Mediterranean or cottage garden there is probably something suitable amongst the species we grow.

Displaying specimens 1 to 61 of 61

Ref #: 342 Type: Hardy Cost: £8.50
Agapanthus 'Black Pantha'  
 Stunning new evergreen variety with darkest blue flowers. Height : 90cms.

 Available from summer 2008
Ref #: 369 Type: hardy Cost: £8.50
Agapanthus 'Enigma'  
 A beautiful new variety with large heads of bicoloured flowers, blue in the throat to white on the petal's edge. Broad evergreen foliage. Height : 60cms.

 Avaialble from summer 2008
Ref #: 98 Type: Half Hardy Cost: £8.50
Agapanthus 'Glenavon'  
 A new variety with huge flowerheads made up of hundreds of blue florets with dark stripes on each petal. Evergreen and may need some winter protection in the coldest areas. Height : 1m.

 
Ref #: 409 Type: hardy Cost: £8.50
Agapanthus inapertus Graskop  
 A striking new Agapanthus with pendulous dark violet blue flowers in July. Deciduous variety but will nee protection in cold areas. Ht. 90cms.

 Available from summer 2008
Ref #: 349 Type: Hardy Cost: £8.50
Agapanthus inapertus 'Sky'  
 An unusual and beautiful Agapanthus in which the light blue flowers are pendulous from the tops of the stems. Deciduous foliage. Spectacular in containers. Height : 1.2m.

 
Ref #: 99 Type: Hardy Cost: £8.50
Agapanthus 'Jack's Blue'  
 A new, vigorous New Zealand hybrid with prolific deep purple blue flowers from July to October on tall stems. Should be hardy in most places. Height : 1.5m

 
Ref #: 101 Type: Hardy Cost: £7.50
Agapanthus 'Navy Blue'  
 A very hardy deciduous variety with dark blue flowers in clusters from August to September. Height : 60cm.

 
Ref #: 368 Type: hardy Cost: £8.50
Agapanthus 'Regal Beauty'  
 A strong evergreen variety with dark violet blue flowers making up massive flowerheads up to 30cms. diameter. Height : 90cms.

 
Ref #: 104 Type: Hardy Cost: £7.50
Agapanthus 'Silver Baby'  
 Another beautiful dwarf variety from New Zealand with white flowers tinged with blue on the edges of the petals. Extremely floriferous. Height :30cm.

 
Ref #: 106 Type: Hardy Cost: £6.50
Agapanthus 'Snowball'  
 A good dwarf white variety ideal for small gardens and pots. Height : 20cm.

 
Ref #: 105 Type: Half Hardy Cost: £8.50
Agapanthus 'Snowcloud'  
 A taller growing, more vigorous variety with huge white flowerheads. Evergreen and may need some winter protection in cold areas. Height : 1m.

 
Ref #: 107 Type: Hardy Cost: £6.95
Agapanthus 'Streamline'  
 An excellent New Zealand variety with a very long flowering period. Light blue flowers. Height : 50cm.

 
Ref #: 108 Type: Hardy Cost: £8.50
Agapanthus 'Timaru'  
 A new variety with dense floriferous heads of vivid blue produced in succession from July to October. Good hardy variety. Height : 75cm.

 
Ref #: 417 Type: hardy Cost: £6.95
Alstroemeria 'Freedom'  
 An easily grown and hardy Alstroemeria with beautiful rose-madder flowers patterned in white over attractive foliage. Well drained soil in sun. Ht. 60cms.

 
Ref #: 323 Type: Half Hardy Cost: £6.95
Arthropodium 'Matapouri Bay'  
 An evergreen New Zealand native making bold clumps of soft, flax like leaves and producing panicles of starry white flowers in summer. Makes excellent ground cover in light shade. Height : 60cm.

 
Ref #: 111 Type: Half Hardy Cost: £9.50
Canna 'Durban'  
 The most beautiful Canna with huge maroon purple leaves striped with red and yellow. Superb for its foliage alone although the brilliant orange flowers are pretty stunning too. Height : 1.5m.

 Available from summer 2008
Ref #: 411 Type: hardy Cost: £6.50
Canna indica  
 This easy to grow species produces a long succession of small red and yellow flowers from early summer to autumn. Hardy in the South it can also be easily increased from seed. Ht. 1m.

 
Ref #: 412 Type: hardy Cost: £12.50
Canna iridiflora  
 A rare and stunning species which has pendulous deep pink flowers on tall stems over very large green leaves. Hardy in milder areas. Ht. 2m.

 Limited supplies!
Ref #: 413 Type: half hardy Cost: £15.00
Canna musifolia  
 A very rare species which, although it rarely flowers, produces enormous tropical looking leaves, dark green tinged with red. Superb jungly foliage plant. Ht. 2-3m.

 Very limited supplies.
Ref #: 410 Type: half hardy Cost: £8.50
Canna 'Pacific Beauty'  
 A beautiful Canna with stunning large orange flowers over grey-purple foliage from July to September. Ideal for large containers. Ht. 1m.

 
Ref #: 114 Type: Half Hardy Cost: £9.50
Canna 'Pretoria'  
 Another Canna that makes a stunning foliage plant. The large leaves are striped in pale yellow and green and it also has brilliant orange flowers in summer. Height : 1m.

 Available from summer 2008
Ref #: 331 Type: Half Hardy Cost: £5.95
Chasmanthe floribunda  
 A beautiful bulbous plant from South Africa resembling a Crocosmia. Spikes of red and yellow tubular flowers in late spring. Goes dormant in summer after flowering. Needs a warm site with good drainage. Height : 80cms.

 
Ref #: 375 Type: half hardy Cost: £7.50
Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic'  
 A stunning and fast growing foliage plant with huge velvety black leaves. Grows best in water and will need greenhouse protection in winter. Height : 1m.

 Available from late summer 2008
Ref #: 118 Type: Hardy Cost: £6.95
Dianella tasmanica  
 An unusual Tasmanian evergreen with Iris like foliage and tall stems of pale blue flowers which later turn to large purple berries. Height : 30cm.

 
Ref #: 119 Type: Hardy Cost: £6.50
Dierama pulcherrimum  
 A lovely plant from South Africa with grassy foliage and arching stems of pink bell shaped flowers in late summer. Best in full sun in a moist soil. Height : 1.5m.

 
Ref #: 120 Type: Hardy Cost: £6.50
Dierama reynoldsii  
 A rare smaller growing species with arching stems of wine red flowers. Height : 60cm.

 
Ref #: 264 Type: Hardy Cost: £6.95
Dietes bicolor  
 A beautiful perennial from South Africa with narrow upright foliage and stems with several large pale yellow, orchid like, flowers in summer. Sunny, sheltered position or in pots in cold areas. Height : 90cm.

 
Ref #: 117 Type: Half Hardy Cost: £6.95
Dietes grandiflora  
 An unusual perennial from South Africa with Iris like foliage and stems of large white and blue flowers. Needs full sun and some winter protection in cold areas. Height : 60cm.

 
Ref #: 377 Type: hardy Cost: £5.95
Echinacea 'Harvest Moon'  
 An unusual variety with soft deep orange flowers on compact plants. Height : 60cms.

 
Ref #: 378 Type: hardy Cost: £5.95
Echinacea 'Ruby Giant'  
 A taller variety with very large ruby red flowers in late summer. Ideal for 'natural' planting. Height : 90cms.

 Available summer 2008
Ref #: 380 Type: hardy Cost: £5.95
Echinacea 'Sundown'  
 To compliment 'Sunrise' (below) this variety has warm russet orange flowers on short sturdy stems, July to September. Height : 70cms.

 
Ref #: 379 Type: hardy Cost: £5.95
Echinacea 'Sunrise'  
 Another unusual colour form with strong stems of cream and pale yellow flowers from July to September. Height : 75cms.

 Available summer 2008
Ref #: 124 Type: Hardy Cost: £5.75
Eucomis 'Sparkling Burgundy'  
 A new form of the 'Pineapple Flower' from South Africa. From a large bulb comes a rosette of burgundy red , strap shaped leaves with stems of curious red and green flowers topped with bracts. Hardy in a well drained sunny site. Height : 30cm.

 
Ref #: 126 Type: Hardy Cost: £8.50
Euphorbia mellifera  
 An almost tropical looking perennial with large bright apple green leaves and orange, honey scented flowers in late spring and early summer. Sheltered position in cold areas. Height : 2-3m.

 
Ref #: 423 Type: hardy Cost: £5.65
Francoa sonchifolia 'Rodgerson's Form'  
 A lovely form of this South American perennial with spikes of deep rose flowers above a rosette of glossy green leaves. Hardy, most soils, sun or semi shade. Ht. 80cms.

 
Ref #: 245 Type: Hardy Cost: £8.50
Geranium maderense  
 An oustanding plant from Madiera with large deeply toothed leaves and masses of pink-purple flowers in a huge head through summer. Grows in sun or light shade with protection from hard frosts. Height : 1m.

 
Ref #: 127 Type: Half Hardy Cost: £8.50
Geranium palmatum  
 A beautiful species from the Canary Isles making large rosettes of ferny foliage and producing many stems of bright magenta flowers in early summer. Needs a sunny sheltered position. Height : 90cm.

 
Ref #: 128 Type: Hardy Cost: £8.50
Gunnera manicata  
 The Giant Rhubarb is a superb waterside plant with its enormous leaves and huge flower spikes in late spring. Can also be grown in pots with lots of water. Height : 2-3m.

 
Ref #: 343 Type: Hardy Cost: £6.95
Kniphofia caulescens  
 A unique Red hot Poker with glaucous blue foliage that grows up to form a short, branching trunk. Fat head of red and yellow flowers in mid summer. Height : 90cms.

 
Ref #: 416 Type: hardy Cost: £5.95
Kniphofia 'Dorset Sentry'  
 One of the best yellow pokers with beautiful flowers from July to October over neat foliage. Ht. 1m.

 
Ref #: 414 Type: hardy Cost: £5.95
Kniphofia 'Jenny Bloom'  
 Beautiful dwarf, early flowering poker with slender soft coral apricot flowers in June. Easy in any reasonable soil in sun. Ht. 60cms.

 
Ref #: 415 Type: hardy Cost: £5.95
Kniphofia 'Painted Lady'  
 A superb long flowering cultivar with long narrow spikes of coral orange flowers from July to September. Full sun in good soil. Ht. 1m.

 
Ref #: 326 Type: Hardy Cost: £5.50
Kniphofia rooperi  
 Also known as Torchlight. A stunning very late flowering Poker with brilliant orange yellow flowers in October. Height : 1m.

 
Ref #: 134 Type: Hardy Cost: £5.95
Libertia grandiflora  
 A beautiful clump forming plant from New Zealand with strong, grassy foliage and tall spikes of white saucer flowers in early summer. Height : 60-90cm.

 
Ref #: 135 Type: Hardy Cost: £5.75
Libertia peregrinans  
 This species has superb Iris like foliage of brilliant orange and green with similar white flowers in summer. A good plant for winter foliage colour, best grown in full sun. Height : 30cm.

 
Ref #: 373 Type: hardy Cost: £5.95
Ligularia dentata 'Britt-Marie Crawford'  
 The best of the dark leaved Ligularias with large glossy black foliage. Orange yellow daisy flowers in late summer. Best in moist soils. Height : 80cms.

 
Ref #: 418 Type: hardy Cost: £6.95
Ligularia 'Osiris Fantaisie'  
 A new Ligularia with unusaul frilly leaves, glossy green above and purple beneath. Yellow daisy flowers in summer. Best in a moist soil in light shade. Ht. 30cms.

 Available summer 2008
Ref #: 246 Type: Hardy Cost: £6.95
Lobelia tupa  
 A superb moisture loving perennial with dramatic velvety foliage and spikes of dark red flowers from July. Good by water or in moist, shady sites. Height : 1-2m.

 
Ref #: 137 Type: Hardy Cost: £7.95
Melianthus major  
 Much sought after for its beautiful blue green foliage, this shrubby perennial forms a large clump, hardy in a warm sheltered spot. Height : 1-2m.

 
Ref #: 139 Type: Hardy Cost: £5.95
Ophiopogon planiscapus nigrescens  
 A low mound of black grassy leaves all year and sprays of tiny mauve flowers in late summer. Excellent ground cover for shade. Height : 20cm.

 
Ref #: 249 Type: Hardy Cost: £5.75
Tulbaghia violacea  
 This beautiful South African bulbous plant produces masses of bell shaped lavender flowers on short stems throughout summer and autumn. Hardy in most places but also excellent in pots. Height : 30cms.

 Available from summer 2008
Ref #: 307 Type: Half Hardy Cost: £5.50
Tulbaghia violacea 'Silver Lace'  
 As above but with attractive variegated foliage of green and white. Slightly less hardy than the plain version.

 Available from summer 2008
Ref #: 327 Type: Half Hardy Cost: £6.50
Velthemia bracteata  
 A lovely bulbous plant from South Africa which has glossy green foliage and spikes of pink or red flowers like Kniphofias in autumn. They are tender so are best grown in pots to overwinter in a greenhouse. Height : 20/30cm.

 
Ref #: 143 Type: Hardy Cost: £6.50
Verbena bonariensis  
 Ideal for the back of the border with tall stems of bright lavender blue flowers all summer and autumn. Height : 2m.

 
Ref #: 310 Type: Half Hardy Cost: £6.50
Watsonia borbonica  
 A beautiful species from the Southern Cape in South Africa growing up to 1.5m tall with spikes of large pink flowers in late summer. Grow in full sun in any well drained soil.

 
Ref #: 370 Type: half hardy Cost: £6.50
Watsonia densiflora  
 A beautiful species from the eastern coast of South Africa. Tall spikes of densely packed pink flowers. Prefers moister soils. Height : 1m.

 
Ref #: 381 Type: hardy Cost: £6.50
Watsonia pillansii  
 A sturdy and easy Watsonia with tall stems of large brilliant orange flowers in summer. Plant in full sun in any good soil. Height : 90cms.

 
Ref #: 312 Type: Half Hardy Cost: £6.50
Watsonia tabularis  
 A good strong growing species with beautiful large pink flowers with lighter centres on tall stems in late summer. Grow in any well drained soil not too dry in summer. Height : 1.5m.

 
Ref #: 144 Type: Half Hardy Cost: £6.50
Watsonia 'Tresco Hybrids'  
 Beautiful bulbous plants, originating in South Africa, which produce many spikes of flower like miniature Gladioli in summer in shades of red, pink and orange. They need a warm, sunny site. Height : 60cm.

 
Ref #: 145 Type: Half Hardy Cost: £10.95
Woodwardia radicans  
 A wonderful large fern for warmer gardens with evergreen arching fronds up to 1m. long. Needs a moist shady position with maybe some winter protection. Height : 1m.

 
Ref #: 345 Type: Hardy Cost: £7.50
Zanteceschia 'Crowborough'  
 Beautiful hardy form of the Arum Lily with spectacular white flowers in early summer. Best in shady, moist position or waterside. Height : 1m.