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hakonechloa	helleborus
helenium	heuchera
helianthemum	hosta
helianthus	hypericum
helictotrichon

HAKONECHLOA

MACRA ‘AUREOLA’
A mound of gently arching, golden variegated grassy foliage. Looks good in a container. Quite slow growing. Would prefer fairly lime-free soil. 25 cm

HELENIUM

These are wonderful plants especially for the second half of summer. They send up masses of stems of daisy flowers, some from as early as July, but most from August. If they are regularly dead-headed they will flower for months, almost until the first frosts of autumn. Not only do they cheer us up but they are a valuable source of nectar for bees and butterflies. They seem to do best in fairly moisture-retentive soils in sun. Harmful if eaten, sap may be an irritant to the skin. Ready mid May.

'BLUTENTISCH'
Robust stems of yellow daisy flowers from July to early autumn. 1.1 m

The Mead Nursery - Helenium Golden Youth (syn. H. 'Goldene Jugend')

‘GOLDEN YOUTH’ (syn. H. ‘GOLDENE JUGEND’)
Dark green leaves form a basal rosette with sturdy stems of yellow daisy flowers for weeks from July.
60 cm

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

The Mead Nursery - Helenium 'Sahin's Early Flowerer'

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

'ROTGOLD'
A tall helenium, with red flowers edged in yellow and gold. Another plant we never seem able to grow enough of, sells on sight once the flowers come out. 1 m

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

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

The Mead Nursery - Helianthemum 'Ben Dearg'

‘BEN DEARG’
Grey foliage with coral pink flowers. One of the larger spreading Helianthemums. Always popular when seen in its full floral glory! 40 cm

The Mead Nursery - Helianthemum 'Ben Fhada'

‘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. Pales to almost white in hot weather. Compact habit. 30 cm

The Mead Nursery - Helianthemum 'Fire Dragon'

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

The Mead Nursery - Helianthemum 'Georgeham'

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

The Mead Nursery - Helianthemum 'Kathleen Mary'

‘KATHLEEN MARY’
Soft pink flowers and darker centres over green foliage, makes a good mound. 40 cm

helianthemum

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

The Mead Nursery - Helianthemum 'Praecox'

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

The Mead Nursery - Helianthemum 'Rose of Leeswood'

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

The Mead Nursery - Helianthemum scardicum

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

The Mead Nursery - Helianthemum 'The bride'

‘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

The Mead Nursery - Helianthemum 'Wisley Primrose'

‘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

HELICTOTRICHON

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

heliopsis

HELIANTHOIDES VAR. SCABRA 'SUMMER NIGHTS'
Introduced by North Creek Nurseries, a showy plant with purple-red foliage in spring. Yellow flowers with orange-red centres on red stems for weeks from July. Needs staking. 1.2 m

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. Grown from seed so various colours from white, yellow, pink and red. 45 cm

The Mead Nursery - Helleborus x sternii 'Boughton Beauty'

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. 45 cm

hemerocallis

LILIOASPHODELUS
Daylily. A clump-forming perennial with clear yellow, scented trumpet flowers in early summer. Prefers moisture retentive soil. 1 m

HEUCHERA

These must be one of the most valuable foliage plants for the front of the border, but the secret seems to be that they like decent soil that is neither too wet or too dry! New cultivars are being brought out the whole time with a variety of leaf colours and shapes. We only grow a few varieties, but they have all proved themselves easy to grow with us in sun or shade.

‘CARAMEL’
The colour of Caramac (can you still buy it?). For those of you in need of a real sugar rush to the head…A mound of caramel coloured foliage with spikes of small white flowers from July, would make a good contrast of foliage with other Heucheras. (PBR protected)

‘ELECTRA’
Golden foliage with blood red veins which are more prominent at certain times of the year. Spikes of white flowers from the end of April.

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

The Mead Nursery - Heuchera 'Plum Pudding'

‘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

'VENUS'
Large velvety pewter foliage with a pale green edge and dark green veining flushed with pink. Prefers dampish soil in dappled shade. 55 cm

HOSTA

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

HYPERICUM

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

The Mead Nursery - Hypericum olympicum uniflorum 'Citrinum'

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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