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CALAMAGROSTIS	CHAMERION
CALAMINTHA	CHRYSANTHEMUM
CALTHA	CHRYSOGONUM
CAMASSIA	CIRSIUM
CAMPANULA	CONVOLVULUS
CARDAMINE	COREOPSIS
CAREX	COSMOS
CARYOPTERIS	COTONEASTER
CATANANCHE	COTULA
CENTAUREA	CREPIS
CEPHALARIA	CROCOSMIA
CERATOSTIGMA	CROCUS
CERINTHE	CYCLAMEN
CHAMAECYPARIS	CYNARA
CHAMAEMELUM

CALAMAGROSTIS

X ACUTIFLORA ‘KARL FOERSTER’
Upright dark green grassy leaves, loose panicles of slightly fluffy flowers form a dramatic statement to the back of the border, in summer. 1.8 m

CALAMINTHA

NEPETA
Scented green foliage, with clouds of tiny lilac flowers for months, from midsummer. Prefers well-drained soil, in sun. 45 cm

CALTHA

PALUSTRIS ‘FLORE PLENO’
The double, golden yellow marsh marigold. Ideal for in a pond or bog garden; bright and cheery, in April and May. 30 cm

CAMASSIA

Wonderfully easy bulbs especially if in slightly moisture retentive soils. We never seem to grow enough. Sell on sight!

LEICHTLINII ssp. LEICHTLINII
(syn. C. LEICH.‘ALBA’)
Tall spikes of creamy white flowers in late May. 1.1 m

The Mead Nursery - Camassia leichtlinii 'Sacajawea'

LEICHTLINII 'SACAJAWEA'
Tall spikes of creamy white flowers in late May with variegated foliage, very attractive. 1 m

The Mead Nursery - Camassia leichtlinii 'Semiplena'

LEICHTLINII ‘SEMIPLENA’
Semi double cream flowers. Gradually opening up the stems in late May and June. 1 m

LEICHTLINII 'SKY BLUE'
Tall ice blue flower spikes in May. 1 m

The Mead Nursery - Camassia leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii caerulea group

LEICHTLINII
ssp. SUKSDORFII CAERULEA GROUP
What a mouthful! Tall blue flower spikes in early May. 1 m

CAMPANULA

A beautiful and varied genus with varieties to suit all gardens, from the very small to the much larger. Some, if happy, will run rather, so note the individual descriptions below! They seem to do best in not too dry a soil, and thrive in sun or semi-shade.

‘BELINDA’
A slowly spreading plant with small blue thimble flowers in summer. 10 cm

The Mead Nursery - Campanula 'Covadonga'

‘COVADONGA’
This reminds me of a wild Harebell. Wiry stems with nodding blue bell flowers, from mid to late summer. Gently spreading. 15 cm

The Mead Nursery - Campanula garganica 'Dickson' Gold'

GARGANICA ‘DICKSON’S GOLD’
Unusual golden leaved Campanula. Starry blue flowers in spring and summer. Probably best not to be in too hot a spot; it might scorch the leaves. 10 cm

x HAYLODGENSIS ‘YVONNE’
Low growing plant, covered in a mass of upturned lilac-blue bell flowers, for weeks from midsummer. 10 cm

The Mead Nursery - Campanula lactiflora 'Loddon Anna'

LACTIFLORA 'LODDON ANNA'
A wonderfully bushy plant with palish pink bell flowers on all the stems, for weeks from early summer. 1.1 m

The Mead Nursery - Campanula lactiflora 'Pritchard's Variety'

LACTIFLORA ‘PRICHARD’S VARIETY’
A wonderful bushy plant with good blue bell flowers on all the stems, for weeks from early summer. 1 m

OCHROLEUCA
Rarely seen, this Campanula is a delight. It has creamy coloured bell flowers above a gently spreading base of leaves, from mid to late summer. 30 cm

CAMPANULA

PORTENSCHLAGIANA ‘RESHOLDT’S VARIETY’
Enchanting plant, very long flowering period on and off throughout the year. Purple-blue flowers. Seems much more compact than the straight species. 10 cm

PULLA
Pendent bells of deep violet-purple flowers for weeks from April. 5 cm

TRACHELIUM
Nettle-Leaved Bellflower, Bats-in-the-belfry. Upright, perennial with sharply toothed, nettle-like leaves. Tall stems of tubular blue flowers from midsummer. 80 cm

CARDAMINE

QUINQUEFOLIA
Lilac flowers with attractive cut foliage, early spring, which provide valuable early nectar for bees. Dies down in early summer. 40 cm

CAREX

Carex are a group of mostly evergreen sedges, forming attractive clumps all year round. They prefer a moisture retentive soil; although we find that they will also tolerate drier ones.

ELATA ‘AUREA’
‘Bowles’ golden sedge’. Found originally in the Norfolk Broads. Does best in really damp soil. Golden leaves with a thin outer edging of green. Semi-evergreen.
40 cm

FLAGELLIFERA
Olive green foliage fading to an orangey tinge on the outer edge of the clump. The flowers are at the end of long whip-like threads (hence its name?). Evergreen.
45 cm

Carex

OSHIMENSIS 'EVERGOLD'
Creamy, golden sedge with green outer margins. Evergreen. 30 cm

TESTACEA
Ochre-olive green foliage. Evergreen. 60 cm

CARYOPTERIS

x CLANDONENSIS ‘DARK KNIGHT’
A tidy plant of silver-green foliage with a profusion of deepest blue flowering spikes for months from July.
60 cm

CATANANCHE

CAERULEA
Clumps of slightly hairy grassy leaves, sending up wiry stems of lavender blue flowers for weeks in summer. Attractive seed heads. 75 cm

The Mead Nursery - Catananche caerulea 'Alba'

CAERULEA ‘ALBA’
The white flowered form of the above. The petals are suffused with blue as they age – very attractive. 60 cm

centaurea

ATROPURPUREA
Deep purple-maroon knapweed-type flowers for weeks, from midsummer. 1.2 m

The Mead Nursery - Centaurea atropurpurea

ORIENTALIS
Tall willowy plant with pale yellow knapweed-type flowers for weeks, from midsummer. 70 cm

CEPHALARIA

GIGANTEA
Giant yellow scabious. Primrose yellow flowers, May to July. Makes a good clump for the back of the border. Strong, upright flowering stems. No staking necessary. 1.6 m

CERATOSTIGMA

PLUMBAGINOIDES
A spreading carpet of foliage which turns orange and red in autumn. Gentian-blue flowers in late summer. Disappears underground for the winter. 15 cm

CERINTHE

MAJOR ‘PURPURASCENS’
Only an annual; but what an annual! Nodding flowers with surrounding bracts, almost metallic purple-blue. Reminds me of a very unusual borage. Flowers most of the summer, just remember to collect the seeds! Ready in early May. 45 cm

CHAMAECYPARIS

OBTUSA ‘NANA AUREA’
Hinoki Cypress. A very slow-growing evergreen conifer of open, irregular growth habit and pendulus golden yellow foliage. 60 cm

CHAMAEMELUM

NOBILE ‘FLORE PLENO’
(syn. ANTHEMIS NOBILIS ‘FLORE PLENA’)
Double-flowered chamomile. Flat mat of green scented leaves with double white ‘pom pom’ flowers in midsummer. 15 cm

CHAMERION

ANGUSTIFOLIUM ‘ALBUM’
(syn. EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM var. ALBUM)
Willowherb family. Worth growing this plant as it has beautiful tall stems of white flowers for a long period through summer. Fluffy white seeds. Spreads by underground runners. Invasive. 1.2 m

The Mead Nursery - Chamerion angustifolium 'Stahl Rose'

ANGUSTIFOLIUM ‘STAHL ROSE’
(syn. EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM ‘STAHL ROSE’)
A wonderful pink version of the above. (No, nothing like ordinary rosebay willowherb!) Almost candy pink flowers with reddish sepals. Will run just like
C. ang. album. 1.3 m

CHRYSANTHEMUM

An herbaceous group of plants which provide a lovely show of flowers late in the summer. The following are hardy.

‘MEI-KYO’
Double-pink button flowers from late October onwards. 60 cm

The Mead Nursery - Chrysanthemum 'Rumpelstilzchen'

‘RUMPELSTILZCHEN’
Rusty-red, semi-double flowers from September until late autumn. 75 cm

The Mead Nursery - chrysanthemum 'tapestry rose'

‘TAPESTRY ROSE’
This single flowered chrysanth is a lovely shade of rich pink. As with all the chrysanths it flowers for weeks in autumn, unless we get an exceptionally early and hard frost. 75 cm

CHRYSOGONUM

VIRGINIANUM
A valuable plant for shade. Sprawling branches of slightly coarse green leaves with bright yellow flowers, spring until autumn. Does not seem to mind if the soil is dry or damp. 20 cm

CIRSIUM

RIVULARE ‘ATROPURPUREUM’
Looks like a thistle until the flowers come out in May and June… then it looks like a crimson flowered thistle! 1.2 m

CONVOLVULUS

ALTHAEOIDES
Finely dissected silver foliage with pretty pink flowers all summer. If the roots can grow under paving or rocks in a sheltered spot it should come through most winters. Spreader. 10 cm, or 2 m if allowed to climb

COREOPSIS

'STERNTALER' (syn. C. LANCEOLATA 'STERNTALER')
A mass of small, deep red daisy flowers for weeks, from July. Irresistible! Flowers attractive to hoverflies as well as bees. (PBR) 50 cm

The Mead Nursery - Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb'

VERTICILLATA ‘ZAGREB’
Pointed golden yellow daisy flowers from July onwards, on sturdy stems, covered in thin, dark green leaves.
30 cm

COSMOS

ATROSANGUINEUS
Chocolate scented, crimson flowers from July, for months. Plant it six inches deep and mulch in winter. We have had ours for over two years in the garden. If you do not want to risk it, grow it in a pot and dry off inside in the winter. Does not come up until mid May, so don’t think you have lost it. 60 cm

COTONEASTER

CONGESTUS 'NANUS'
A carpeting shrub with small evergreen foliage. Our form seems to rarely flower or fruit, but is wonderfully ground-hugging, and slow spreading. 15 cm

COTULA

HISPIDA
Very fine silver foliage forms a low mat, covered in yellow button flowers on slender stalks, in late summer. 10 cm

CRAMBE

CORDIFOLIA
Large, rather coarse lobed foliage, sending up huge sprays of honey scented, delicate white flowers, in June. Its spread can reach about 2 metres wide. 1.8 m

CREPIS

INCANA
Rosettes of leaves covered with a mass of pink dandelion flowers, for months in summer. 15 cm

CROCOSMIA

Crocosmias are wonderful late summer flowering bulbous plants. They like a good, rich soil which does not get too dry, especially in the summer. If we have a mild winter and they start shooting early, it might be wise to protect the emerging shoots with a light mulch.

X CROCOSMIIFLORA ‘STAR OF THE EAST’
Gently arching stems of loosely branched, large, starry pure orange flowers, in late summer, early autumn. 60 cm

CROCOSMIA

'EMBERGLOW'
Scarlet-orange flowers, on loosely branched stems, for weeks from July. 65 cm

‘LUCIFER’
Arching stems of scarlet flowers during the second half of summer. A must for the flame border. 1.1 m

‘MISTRAL’
Loosely branched, arching stems of glowing orange-red flowers in late summer, early autumn. 1 m

CROCUS

CHRYSANTHUS ‘CREAM BEAUTY’
Shapely, creamy goblet flowers in February or March. Seems sturdy even in inclement weather. 7 cm

TOMMASINIANUS
Pale lilac-purple flowers in early February; wonderful for naturalising. 7 cm

The Mead Nursery - Crocus tommasinianus 'Roseus'

TOMMASINIANUS 'ROSEUS'
A lovely shade of pink, for February. Not often seen.
7 cm

CYCLAMEN

COUM
The winter-flowering cyclamen. Grown from seed, so varying shades, mainly pink, from December to March. Prefers a woodland situation i.e. under deciduous trees and shrubs, in a humus-rich soil. They should be planted at the depth they are in the pots. 10 cm

CYMBALARIA

PALLIDA
Kenilworth Ivy. A creeping carpet of scallop-shaped shiny green leaves, covered in a mass of lilac and white flowers from spring until autumn. Invasive. 5 cm

CYNARA

CARDUNCULUS
‘Ornamental globe artichoke’. Magnificent plant, large silver-grey deeply-divided leaves. Large blue-purple thistle flowers from August onwards. 2 m

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