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hakonechloa	hemerocallis
helenium	hepatica
helianthemum	heuchera
helianthus	hosta
helictotrichon	humulus
helleborus	hypericum

HAKONECHLOA

MACRA ‘AUREOLA’
A mound of gently arching golden variegated grassy foliage. Looks good in a container. 25 cm

HELENIUM

'BLUTENTISCH'
Robust stems of yellow daisy flowers from July to early autumn. Regular dead-heading will prolong the flowering period. 1 m

‘GOLDEN YOUTH’ (syn. H. ‘GOLDENE JUGEND’)
Dark green leaves form a basal rosette with sturdy stems of yellow daisy flowers in late summer and autumn. 60 cm

'meranti'
Another good red form, possibly slightly larger flowers than the norm. 60 cm

‘MOERHEIM BEAUTY’
Brownish-crimson daisy flowers, from July to early autumn. 75 cm

‘SAHIN’S EARLY FLOWERER’
Streaky orange daisy flowers from June to early autumn. 1 m

'WYNDLEY'
Yellow daisy flowers overlaid with dark orange and an orange-brown centre from mid-summer to autumn.
80 cm

HELIANTHEMUM

Commonly called ‘Rock roses’ and form small shrubs with an abundance of flowers in summer. They need to be cut back (but only into the soft wood) after flowering to keep their shape.

‘BABY BUTTERCUP’
Green foliage, with a flat habit. Covered in deep yellow flowers for months in summer. 5 cm

‘BEN DEARG’
Grey foliage with coral pink flowers. One of the larger spreading Helianthemums. Always popular when seen in its full floral glory! 30 cm

‘BEN FHADA’
Green foliage, spreading habit. Yellow flowers with dark centres. Long flowering. 15 cm

‘BEN MORE’
Low growing green foliage, with orange flowers and darker centres in midsummer. Can look slightly scruffy after winter, but soon recovers in spring. 15 cm

helianthemum

‘CHEVIOT’
Grey leaves, peachy-apricot flowers. 30 cm

‘DIANA’
Compact plant, with good red flowers and green foliage. 20 cm

‘ELLEN’
Double flowers of a delicate shade of palest blush-pink, in summer. 30 cm

‘FIRE DRAGON’
Grey foliage with flame-orange flowers. A show stopper! 25 cm

'GE0RGEHAM'
Grey foliage, with deep, rich pink flowers in summer.
30 cm

‘KATHLEEN MARY’
Compact plant, with soft pink flowers and darker centres over green foliage. 15 cm

helianthemum

LUNULATUM
Upright plant with small leaves and yellow flowers in summer. 20 cm

‘PRAECOX’
Grey foliage with bright yellow flowers. 30 cm

‘ROSE OF LEESWOOD’
Grey foliage with double pink flowers. 45 cm

SCARDICUM
Prostrate stems of silver foliage form a ground-hugging mat, yellow flowers in summer. 3 cm

‘THE BRIDE’
Grey foliage, white flowers with yellow centre. 30 cm

helianthemum

‘WISLEY PINK’(syn. H.‘RHODANTHE CARNEUM’)
Grey foliage with pink flowers. 30 cm

‘WISLEY PRIMROSE’
Grey foliage with primrose yellow flowers. 30 cm

HELIANTHUS

‘LEMON QUEEN’
A perennial sunflower with lemon yellow flowers in late summer. Spreads vigorously. Watch out for slugs in spring as the shoots emerge. 1.5 m

'monarch'
A giant perennial sunflower, with good sturdy stems of large showy yellow flowers in late summer, early autumn. Just seems to clump up, not spread vigorously. 1.8 m

HELICTOTRICHON

SEMPERVIRENS
An attractive grass, with stiff glaucous foliage that radiates out from the base. 40 cm

HELLEBORUS

The beauty of their flowers on a cold winter's day is so uplifting. They are best grown in not too dry a situation. All hellebores are poisonous.

X HYBRIDUS (syn. H. ORIENTALIS)
Large shiny open palmate leaves which are best cut right back at the end of January to allow the flowers to be shown to their best advantage, in February to April. We now grow the colours separately, and keep the seed separate, so we hope that we can be a bit more sure of which colour is which…..from white, pink, maroon and yellow. But as they are open pollinated it cannot be quaranteed! 45 cm

NIGER
‘Christmas rose’ – though often starts to flower before Christmas. Glossy, evergreen with cup-shaped white flowers sometimes suffused with a little green. 30 cm

X STERNII 'BOUGHTON BEAUTY'
Wonderful architectural leaves of greyish-green with a pinkish flush, and similarly tinged nodding heads of flowers. Seeds true if not near H. argutifolius. Unlike the other hellebores we grow, prefers sun. 75 cm

hemerocallis

'mini stella'
Dwarf Daylily with yellow trumpet flowers, repeat flowering, in summer. 30 cm

HEPATICA

TRANSSILVANICA
A slow-growing woodland plant with pale blue flowers in March and April, semi-evergreen. 12 cm

HEUCHERA

‘OBSIDIAN’
Wonderfully darkest purple foliage makes a wonderful foil with spikes of tiny cream flowers. Prefers dampish soil. (PBR protected) 60 cm

‘PLUM PUDDING’
Makes an attractive mound of ruffled, deepest maroon foliage with silvery markings, and spikes of small maroon and green flowers, from midsummer.
(PBR protected) 50 cm

‘RACHEL’
Hummocks of maroon-purple rounded foliage. Thin spikes of rosy-pink flowers in summer. 60 cm

‘SILVER SCROLLS’
Wonderful silver-pewter foliage with spikes of pearly-white flowers in summer. Prefers dampish soil.
(PBR protected) 70 cm

HOSTA

'golden prayers'
A dwarf golden hosta with heart-shaped leaves. Lilac flowers in summer. 25 cm

‘HYDON SUNSET’
Smallish, narrow golden leaves. Mauve flowers in July and August. 20 cm

(tardiana group) 'blue moon'
Heart-shaped, glaucous, deep blue-green leaves. Pale mauve-grey flowers in summer. 10 cm

HUMULUS

LUPULUS ‘AUREUS’
Golden hop. An herbaceous climber with golden foliage. The female form, so has hop flowers in autumn. Vigorous spreader with elastic roots. 3 m

HYPERICUM

BALEARICUM
A densely branched dwarf evergreen shrub, dark green leaves with wavy edges. Clusters of star-shaped bright yellow flowers from early to late summer. 25 cm

cerastioides
Slightly sprawling habit, with soft yellow flowers for weeks, in summer. 15 cm

OLYMPICUM UNIFLORUM ‘CITRINUM’
Glaucous leaves with large pale primrose-yellow flowers in summer. Makes an attractive mound, covered all over in flowers. 30 cm

REPTANS
Very flat, creeping plant, with red buds opening to small yellow flowers for weeks. A useful late summer and autumn flowering plant for the rockery. 5 cm

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