‘ART’S
PRIDE’
A hybrid between a yellow and a pink Echinacea, with soft red-orange flowers,
from July. It certainly looks quite a different
colour to the norm. 60 cm
‘GREEN
ENVY’
Distinctly different Echinacea with broad green petals which flush
magenta-red from the centre, for months from July. 90 cm
'MATTHEW
SAUL'(syn. E. 'HARVEST MOON')
A compact plant with soft orange flowers. 60 cm
PURPUREA ‘JADE’
White daisy flowers, flushed green, with dark green centres, for months
from July. 65 cm
PURPUREA ‘KIM’S
KNEE HIGH’
Clear, bright pink daisy flowers on sturdy stems, from July onwards. (PBR
protected) 50 cm
PURPUREA ‘RUBINSTERN’
Dense, almost semi-double rich pink daisy flowers, from July. Much requested
last year on the nursery when seen. 80 cm
'sunrise'
Cream and pale apricot flowers on sturdy stems. (PBR
protected)
75 cm
TENNESSEENSIS ‘ROCKY
TOP’
Narrow, pale pink daisy
flowers with dark centres, from July. The petals bend upwards curving around
the centre. 60 cm
CURVULA
Slightly glaucous tinge to the green grassy leaves. Tall arching stems of slightly
feathery awns (grass flowers!). Looks wonderful in a large tub. 90 cm
SPECTABILIS
Purple Love Grass. How romantic is that? It reminds me of the sweets,
Love Hearts. I always
did have a sweet tooth! Forms compact clumps with sprays of purple-red
racemes, forming a haze above, August to September with the foliage
turning a good colour in autumn. Prefers well-drained soil. 50
cm
ERANTHIS
HYEMALIS
‘Winter aconite’. Looks wonderful in a mass under deciduous trees.
Best bought in growth, not as dry corms. Cheery yellow buttercup flowers, from
late
January to early March. Poisonous. 5 cm
EREMURUS
Eremurus
is known as the ‘foxtail lily’– and very apt it
is too. A tapering spire of flowers in June and July. Best planted
as growing plants, in deep, well-drained soil, in full sun. Keep the crown just above the surface, and do not allow other plants to overcrowd them. They seem to benefit from exposure
to sun in the summer.
HIMALAICUS
Dense spikes of white flowers in May. 1 m
X ISABELLINUS
RUITER HYBRIDS
Like a lucky dip! You could choose a white, yellow, bronze, orange or pink one
if you pick them before they flower in late June and July. I love an element
of the unknown... who cares
about colour schemes! 1.3 m
ROBUSTUS
Tall spikes of deep pink flowers; not so often grown as the other Eremurus. 2
m
eremurus
'ROFORD'
Tall spikes of salmon pink foxtail lily flowers in summer.
STENOPHYLLUS
ssp. STENOPHYLLUS
(syn. E.BUNGEI)
Tall, statuesque spikes of yellow flowers during summer, opening at the bottom
of the spikes first. 1.5 m
ERIGERON
‘DIMITY’
An attractive peachy-apricot daisy flower which ages to lilac-pink. Flowers for
weeks in summer, and prefers
a well-drained soil. 15 cm
ELEGANTULUS
Another little alpine cutie, does well in a trough. A small mat of needle-like
leaves with small mauve daisy flowers in summer. 5 cm
karvinskianus
Wiry stems of dainty pink buds, opening to white daisy
flowers, for months. Often seen growing at the bottom of old walls
or stone
steps, especially in Cornwall. Self-seeds when happy. 20 cm
PHILADELPHICUS
Gradually spreading plant with small pink daisy flowers, for weeks
in summer. Self-seeds. 40 cm
‘WHITE
QUAKERESS’
Branching stems of narrow-petalled white daisy flowers which age to pink in midsummer.
Prefers well-drained soil. 60 cm
ERIOGONUM
UMBELLATUM
ssp. COVILLEI
Round heads of lemon yellow flowers, in summer. A very compact,
low mound of rounded silvery leaves. Prefers well-drained soil,
in sun. Only a limited number this year.7 cm
UMBELLATUM var. TORREYANUM
Forms a low dome of round grey leaves with yellow balls of flowers in summer. 10
cm
ERODIUM
‘Stork’s
bill’ – closely related to the Geranium family. Often
having a darker blotch on two of the five-petalled flowers. We only
grow one fully herbaceous Erodium, E. manescavi. The rest are much
smaller and either semi or fully evergreen. The plants should be
ready in early May.
CHRYSANTHUM
Silvery-green divided foliage, with pale yellow flowers off and on throughout
the spring and summer. 30 cm
‘COUNTY
PARK’
Ferny green foliage; covered in single pink flowers throughout late spring and
summer. 25 cm
‘FRAN’S
DELIGHT’
Mauve-purple flowers, with central blotches, throughout summer. Silver foliage.
Always very popular. 15 cm
‘JULIE
RITCHIE’
A really cool Erodium, good silver ferny foliage, with clear white flowers and
two palest purple central blotches. Sometimes reverts. 15 cm
erodium
MACRADENUM
Green ferny leaves, covered in many stems of white flowers with the characteristic
two purple blotches from spring
until autumn. 15 cm
MANESCAVI
Deep pink flowers throughout spring and summer. Ferny foliage, forms a good clump.
60 cm
‘MESQUITA’
Like a really miniature Erodium manescavi with green ferny foliage
and deep pink flowers all summer. Makes a nice compact plant. Will
self-seed. 10 cm
X VARIABILE ‘ALBUM’
Small round green leaves make a dense mat, which is covered in pretty
white flowers from spring to autumn.
Dislikes very wet winters. 7.5 cm
X VARIABILE ‘BISHOP’S
FORM’
Small round green leaves make a dense mat, which is covered in rich pink flowers
from spring to autumn.
Dislikes very wet winters. 7.5 cm
ERYNGIUM
‘Sea
holly’. The thistle-like flowers last for ages and can be dried
very successfully. Eryngiums like a well-drained sunny situation.
BOURGATII
Glaucous, broad spiny divided leaves with blue thistle-head flowers in midsummer.
75 cm
GIGANTEUM ‘SILVER
GHOST’
An improved form of E. giganteum (‘Miss Willmott’s Ghost’)
with more pronounced silvery bracts to the flowers.
Biennial, should self-seed. 1 m
X OLIVERIANUM
Large prickly blue flowers from midsummer. Good for drying. 60 cm
planum 'blaukappe'
Good, small metallic-blue sea-holly flowers in summer. Good for drying. 60
cm
variifolium
Round, slightly serrated dark green leaves with paler veining. Striking
white stemmed, small and thistle-type flowers in summer. 60 cm
ERYSIMUM
‘BUTTERSCOTCH’
Perennial wallflower. Makes a small evergreen mound, covered in attractive
flowers with dark buds, opening to yellow and then rich butterscotch,
for months from early spring. Prefers well-drained soil. 35 cm
‘ORANGE
FLAME’
Low clump of green leaves covered with orange flowers
in spring. 10 cm
'SPRITE'
A low clump of dark green leaves which are covered in primrose yellow
flowers in April and May. Prefers well-drained soil. 10 cm
‘WENLOCK
BEAUTY’
Perennial Wallflower with clusters of pretty bronze-shaded, mauve and
buff-yellow flowers from March to May. Evergreen. Prefers well-drained
soil. 45 csm
ERYTHRONIUM
CALIFORNICUM ‘WHITE
BEAUTY’
Broad, glossy leaves and ivory-white ‘pixie’ flowers with browny-maroon
central ring, in March and April.
Clumps up well. 20 cm
‘PAGODA’
Shiny, plain green leaves with yellow ‘pixie’ flowers in March and
April. Clumps up well. 20 cm
REVOLUTUM
Delicate, nodding pink flowers in spring are held over slightly
mottled foliage. Woodland bulb for preferably sandy peaty soil. Likes
moist soil in spring.30 cm
EUONYMUS
JAPONICUS ‘MICROPHYLLUS
ALBOVARIEGATUS’
Dwarf evergreen variegated shrub, suitable for a sheltered
rockery. Slow growing.
JAPONICUS ‘MICROPHYLLUS
AUREOVARIEGATUS’
Dwarf evergreen, golden variegated shrub, suitable for a sheltered rockery. Slow
growing.
They
are all valuable garden plants with distinctive foliage topped by
sprays of usually yellow flowers. Most Euphorbias will tolerate very
dry soils which can be useful. It is advisable to wear gloves when
touching these plants as the milky sap is both poisonous and can
be an irritant to the skin.
BASILICIS
Radiating stems of grey-green leaves, with terminal trusses of yellow-green
flowers. Good for hot dry situations. 40 cm
GRIFFITHII ‘FIREGLOW’
This plant is mainly grown for the striking bronzy red shoots in spring, with
flame-orange coloured flowers. Spreads. 1 m
X MARTINI
An evergreen plant with glaucous, bronzy leaves with lime green flowers in spring.
45 cm
MYRSINITES
Trailing stems of thick, fleshy blue-green leaves, with yellowy, lime-green flowers
for weeks from late spring. Best in well-drained soil. 20
cm
POLYCHROMA
Striking yellow bracted flowers from early spring to summer. Good autumn
foliage colour. 30 cm
EURYOPS
ACRAEUS
It needs a sheltered sunny spot in very well-drained soil. Striking silvery-white
bush covered in bright yellow daisy
flowers in early summer. 30 cm
