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GAILLARDIA	geum
galtonia	gillenia
gaura	gladiolus
genista	GONIOLIMON
geranium	gypsophila

gaillardia

'BIJOU'
Forms a compact mound covered in red flowers edged in yellow for months from midsummer. 25 cm

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

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

The Mead Nursery - Geranium 'Blue Cloud'

‘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

The Mead Nursery - Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Biokovo'

X CANTABRIGIENSE 'BIOKOVO'
A semi-evergreen geranium with good white flowers and reddish-pink buds, for months in summer. Good groundcover, gently spreading, not invasive. 30 cm

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. Self-seeds. 15 cm

geranium

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

The Mead Nursery - Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'

‘JOHNSON'S BLUE’
Lovely, almost translucent blue flowers from May to July. Often seen growing under roses. Very slowly spreading. 45 cm

The Mead Nursery - Geranium x lindavicum 'Apple Blossom'

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

The Mead Nursery - Geranium 'Little Gem'

‘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

The Mead Nursery - Geranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan's Variety'

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

The Mead Nursery - Geranium macrorrhizum 'Snow Sprite'

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. We never seem to grow enough. 30 cm

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

geranium

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

The Mead Nursery - Geranium nodosum 'Whiteleaf'

NODOSUM ‘WHITELEAF’
Dark rich pink flowers in summer. Good for dry shade but slower than G. nodosum to spread.
(We only have a few this year). 25 cm

The Mead Nursery - 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

The Mead Nursery - Geranium phaeum 'Album'

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

The Mead Nursery - Geranium phaeum 'Samobor' var. phaeum

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

The Mead Nursery - Geranium 'Pink Delight'

‘PINK DELIGHT’
low mound of slightly bronze tinted foliage covered with pink flowers for months in summer. 20 cm

geranium

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

The Mead Nursery - GERANIUM PYRENAICUM BILL WALLIS&

PYRENAICUM ‘BILL WALLIS’
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

The Mead Nursery - Geranium x riversleaianum 'Russell Prichard'

X RIVERSLEAIANUM ‘RUSSELL PRICHARD’
Magenta pink flowers on sprawling stems all summer and autumn. Needs a slightly more sheltered position than some. 20 cm

geranium

'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. Best in dappled shade. (PBR protected) 40 cm

'SALOME'
Striking flowers of violet-mauve flowers with dark centres on slightly trailing stems (but more compact than Geranium 'Ann Folkard'), for months from June. Slightly yellowy leaves especially in spring. 25cm in height, 55cm spread

‘SANDRINE’
Similar to Geranium 'Ann Folkard'. Purple-magenta flowers with dark centres on scrambling stems of yellow-green foliage, all summer. 0 cm

The Mead Nursery - Geranium sanguineum 'Album'

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

The Mead Nursery - Geranium sanguineum 'Glenluce'

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

The Mead Nursery - Geranium sanguineum 'Shepherd's Warning'

SANGUINEUM ‘SHEPHERD’S WARNING’
Shell pink flowered form of the above. 15 cm

geranium

SANGUINEUM var. STRIATUM
Large clear pink flowers with paler veins. One of our favourites. 15 cm

The Mead Nursery - Geranium sanguineum var. striatum nanum

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

The Mead Nursery - Geranium subcaulescens

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

The Mead Nursery - Geranium 'Tanya Randall'

‘TANYA RENDALL’
A low growing plant with bronze tinged foliage especially in spring. Rich pink-magenta flowers with a paler centre throughout the summer. (PBR) 15 cm

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

geranium

VERSICOLOR ‘THE BRIDE’
White flowers with palest pink veins, for weeks in summer. Good for shade; provides semi-evergreen mounds. 45 cm

GEUM

'BLAZING SUNSET'
Very large, double scarlet flowers for months from July. Should be ready in May. 60 cm

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

The Mead Nursery - Geum rivale 'Leonard's Variety'

RIVALE ‘LEONARD’S VARIETY’
A clump-forming perennial with nodding heads of soft peachy flowers for weeks from early spring. Prefers moisture retentive soil. 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

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

The Mead Nursery - Gladiolus x colvilli 'The Bride'

X COLVILLII ‘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

FLANAGANII
When checking it was correctly named via sources on the internet this gladiolus is obviously very variable in height. Our form is very dwarf and would look stunning on a sheltered, sunny rockery. It has scarlet-orange flowers in early summer. Apparently nicknamed the Suicide Lily because it grows wild in South Africa on cliff faces so is extremely difficult to photograph! 15 cm

The Mead Nursery - Gladiolus 'Lynwood Pinkie'

'LYNWOOD PINKIE'
A hybrid Gladiolus given us by Mr And Mrs Neate. Rich pink flowers, paler pink on the lower petals in spring, very striking. Goes dormant in summer, but the leaves start to grow in early autumn, so best grown in a pot and given winter protection. 70 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. (Some of our customers are brave and get away with leaving them in ground over winter.) Late to emerge in spring. Ready about June. 1.1 m

'NYMPH'
Showy white flowers with maroon central markings, in May. If planted in the ground it needs to be planted deep, in well-drained soil, or grow in a pot and give winter protection. 55 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

The Mead Nursery - GLADIOLUS PAPILIO RUBY

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 July. Flowers better if planted deeply, in damper soil. Fairly new to cultivation so still fairly rare. A much commented on plant. 1 m

GONIOLIMON

COLLINUM ‘SEA SPRAY’
A basal rosette of foliage, sends up sprays of white statice-like flowers from July. Prefers sun and well drained soil. 50 cm

GYPSOPHILA

CERASTIOIDES
A mat-forming plant covered in white flowers in April and May. Sun and fairly well-drained soil. 10 cm

The Mead Nursery - Gypsophila repens 'Dorothy Teacher'

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

The Mead Nursery - Gypsophila repens white flowered

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

The Mead Nursery - gypsophila 'rosy veil'

‘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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