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new in 2008	grass	shade
liked by bees	likes boggy areas	semi-shade
ready in July	likes troughs	happy anywhere
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galtonia	geum
gaura	gillenia
genista	gladiolus
GENTIANA	gypsophila
geranium

GALTONIA

CANDICANS
Showy spikes of creamy-white flowers in August. Needs a well-drained soil to thrive, or grow in a pot and dry off in winter. 1 m

GAURA

LINDHEIMERI
Delicate willowy red stems with green linear leaves. Sprays of pink buds opening to white flowers for months, in late summer. Needs a sheltered spot out of the wind. 1 m

GENISTA

PILOSA ‘PROCUMBENS’
A native plant, forming a low sprawling shrub, covered in yellow flowers in early summer. 20 cm

GENTIANA

ACAULIS
I don’t know why but we struggle with growing gentians and we keep being asked for them…so we have persevered. They seem fine once planted out. I think perhaps they do not really like our peat-free compost. This one we can grow with its green glossy leaves forming a slow spreading mat. Large blue trumpet flowers, somewhat spasmodically in spring. Happy in alkaline soils. 8 cm

GERANIUM

The colour range is very broad and all have interesting foliage. All the herbaceous types can be cut back after flowering to encourage fresh new foliage and often another spate of flowers.

‘ANN FOLKARD’
Trailing stems of golden yellow leaves, especially in spring–with dusky purple flowers from midsummer to autumn. Wonderful clambering through other plants.
1 m trailing stems

‘BLUE CLOUD’
A largish, open powder blue flower with darker radiating veins. Makes a sprawling mound of dissected leaves covered in flowers for weeks from June. 45 cm

geranium

HARVEYI
Wonderful silver foliage, prostrate habit. Deep pink flowers in summer. Best grown in a scree bed, or in very well drained soil, sheltered from the coldest winds. 15 cm

HIMALAYENSE ‘GRAVETYE’
Blue-purple flowers in summer. Makes a gently spreading clump. 30 cm

X LINDAVICUM 'APPLE BLOSSOM'
Palest pink, veined flowers in summer, forms a compact mound. Suitable for a trough. Prefers well-drained soil, in sun, with a little shelter from the worst winds. 15 cm

‘LITTLE GEM’
A compact plant with grey-green leaves and a mass of magenta-pink flowers, for months all summer. We should have these available from May. 10 cm

geranium

MACRORRHIZUM ‘BEVAN’S VARIETY’
Evergreen, scented leaves with deep pink flowers throughout late spring to summer. Good for dry shade. 45 cm

MACRORRHIZUM ‘SNOW SPRITE’
Fresh green, scented semi-evergreen foliage, forms a compact groundcover, which gently spreads. Small, milky-white flowers in summer. Good for dry shade.
30 cm

maculatum (wild Form)
It has wonderfully marked and tinted foliage especially in spring when the leaves are young. Not a very long flowering season of pale pink flowers, but one for the geranium collectors. Prefers a moisture-retentive soil. 60 cm

‘MAVIS SIMPSON’
Glaucous tinge to the leaves with rounded sugar-pink flowers all summer. Prostrate growth. 15 cm

NODOSUM
Shiny green leaves and new, pinky-lilac flowers with darker central ‘lashes’ all summer. Good groundcover, especially in dry shade; can self-seed. 25 cm

geranium

NODOSUM ‘WHITELEAF’
Dark rich pink flowers in summer. Like the ordinary
G. nodosum, it is good groundcover for dry shade.
(We only have a few this year). 25 cm

Geranium x oxonianum thurstonianum 'Peter Hale'

X OXONIANUM THURSTONIANUM ‘PETER HALE’
Named after a true plantsman friend; and like him is a good do-er! Slightly trailing habit, with rich pink starry flowers for months in summer. Trails nicely over the edge of a pot. 30 cm

phaeum 'album'
This is a good white-flowered geranium for shade, useful groundcover. 60 cm

phaeum var. phaeum 'samobor'
Wonderfully marked foliage, dark purple blotches in centre of leaves. Deep maroon flowers in spring and early summer. 60 cm

geranium

PRATENSE ‘MRS KENDALL CLARK’
Pale blue flowers with white veins in early summer.
60 cm

PRATENSE ‘PLENUM ALBUM’
Double white flowers with faint purple veining in the centres, in midsummer. 75 cm

PSILOSTEMON
A large geranium which has the distinct advantage of being happy in dense shade. The cerise flowers with black centres are borne from May until early autumn.
1 m

PYRENAICUM ‘BILL WALLIS’
Brought back by popular demand. Small purple flowers with a darker centre, sometimes gently seeds itself about. 25 cm

RENARDII
Semi-evergreen, felty scalloped leaves with white flowers and lilac veins in summer. Fairly slow growing. 30 cm

Geranium x riversleaianum 'Russell Prichard'

X RIVERSLEAIANUM ‘RUSSELL PRICHARD’
Magenta pink flowers on sprawling stems all summer and autumn. Needs a sheltered position and in severe weather, it benefits from a protective layer, such as bracken. 20 cm

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'rozanne' (syn. geranium 'gerwat')
Large blue flowers with paler centres, a wonderful geranium that flowers for months in summer and autumn. Makes a good mound. (PBR protected) 40 cm

SANGUINEUM ‘ALBUM’
Fairly upright stems, attractive leaves and white flowers in summer. 20 cm

SANGUINEUM ‘GLENLUCE’
A low mounding geranium, with large lavender pink flowers, for months in summer. 15 cm

Geranium sanguineum 'Shepherd's Warning'

SANGUINEUM ‘SHEPHERD’S WARNING’
Shell pink flowered form of the above, not so upright. 15 cm

SANGUINEUM var. STRIATUM
Large clear pink flowers with paler veins. 15 cm

SANGUINEUM var. STRIATUM ‘NANUM’
As G. sang. striatum, only in miniature... delightful!
10 cm

SUBCAULESCENS
A neat clumping plant with dark green foliage. Cerise pink flowers with black centres throughout summer.
30 cm

geranium

SYLVATICUM ‘MAYFLOWER’
Large violet-blue flowers with white centres in late spring, early summer. 70 cm

VERSICOLOR
Flowers are palest pink with darker veining, very attractive. Forms a good clump. Semi-evergreen. 45 cm

VERSICOLOR ‘THE BRIDE’
White flowers with palest pink veins, for weeks in summer. Good for shade; provides semi-evergreen mounds. 60 cm

WALLICHIANUM ‘SYABRU’
Trailing habit, large open magenta-pink flowers, with darker radiating veins, for months from about June. Be patient, it is slow to emerge above ground in spring.
25 cm

GEUM

‘BORISII’
Orange flowers in early summer, over green rounded foliage. 30 cm

GILLENIA

TRIFOLIATA
Delicate white flowers in summer on reddish, wiry stems, with slightly bronzy foliage; a bit of a special plant. 80 cm

GLADIOLUS

CARDINALIS
Cherry-red flowers with cream centres in May and June. Plant deeply to protect from frosts, or grow in a pot and give winter protection. Rare in cultivation. Sells on sight. 1 m

COMMUNIS ssp. BYZANTINUS
Magenta flowers with white centres in summer. Spreads well if planted deep, in a well-drained position. Can naturalise in light grass. 45 cm

X COVILLII ‘THE BRIDE’
Showy white flowers in May. If planted in the ground it needs to be planted deep, in well-drained sunny soil, or grown in a pot and given winter protection. 45 cm

MURIELAE (syn. ACIDANTHERA MURIELAE)
These sell on sight when flowering so take my word for it and buy them a little before, to enjoy all the flowers... Wonderfully scented white flowers with maroon centres, in early autumn. Not fully hardy, so either lift after the first frosts, or enjoy in a pot and dry over winter. Late to emerge in spring. Ready about June. 70 cm

PAPILIO
In its native southern Africa, this grows in damp ground. Over here it flowers better if in damper soil, but you have to watch out for marauding slugs who like the emerging shoots in spring. It flowers in early autumn, with creamy nodding flowers flushed all through with rosy-lilac. 1 m

PAPILIO ‘RUBY’
Much thicker stems than straight Gladiolus papilio, you almost wonder if it is a papilio type but has the characteristic nodding flowers, a good strong ruby-red in late summer. Flowers better if planted deeply, in damper soil. 1 m

PAPILIO YELLOW-FLOWERED
Still quite difficult to get hold of, this Gladiolus has nodding sulphur-yellow flowers, in late summer with inner markings. Flowers better if planted deeply, in damper soils. 1 m

TRISTIS
Creamy yellow flowers in April-May, which are noticeably scented in the evenings. Goes dormant in summer, but leaves start to grow early in autumn and as not fully hardy, best grown in a pot and kept under cover for the winter. 70 cm

GYPSOPHILA

REPENS ‘DOROTHY TEACHER’
Prostrate mound, with trailing sprays of pink flowers from late spring. 10 cm

REPENS ‘ROSEA’
Glaucous leaves on maroon stems covered in sprays of dainty pink flowers from July onwards – trailing habit. 20 cm

REPENS WHITE
Glaucous leaves on maroon stems covered in sprays of dainty white flowers from July onwards, trailing habit. Prefers well-drained soil. 20 cm

‘ROSY VEIL’(syn. G. ‘ROSENSCHLEIER’)
Trailing stems, producing cloudy froths of pale pink double flowers in July and August. Likes a well-drained soil. 30 cm

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