VERNUS
A clump-forming non-climbing perennial sweet pea. Grown from seed – either
pink or purple flowers in April and May, with a charm of their own. 30 cm
VERNUS ‘ROSENELFE’
Pink flowered version of L. vernus. 30 cm
LAVANDULA
A
wonderfully aromatic genus of small shrubs. The flowers are often
collected together and made into lavender bags or pot pourri. Both the leaves
and the flowers are scented. The more dwarf varieties can make an attractive
hedge to the front of a formal border. To keep their shape it is best to cut
them back by about a third in early spring. They like a sunny,
well-drained situation.
ANGUSTIFOLIA ‘HIDCOTE’
A dwarf lavender which can make a lovely edging to a formal bed. Spikes of deep
purple flowers from May and June. 45 cm
ANGUSTIFOLIA ‘NANA
ALBA’
Dwarf white lavender. Suitable for hedging. 30 cm
ANGUSTIFOLIA ‘ROSEA’
Pale pink flowers with green foliage in midsummer. 60 cm
X INTERMEDIA ‘ALBA’
Tall white lavender. 70 cm
STOECHAS
‘French lavender’. Needs a slightly sheltered position. Purple flowers
with extended bracts on top, in summer. 45 cm
STOECHAS
ssp. stoechas
f. rosea ‘KEW
RED’
A showy lavender with cerise pink flowers. Not fully hardy. 45 cm
‘WILLOW
VALE’
Like L. stoechas, but the bunny’s ears are more broad, and more blue. A
slightly taller plant, with narrower leaves. 60 cm
LEONTOPODIUM
ALPINUM ‘MIGNON’
A freer flowering form of Edelweiss. Early summer flowering. 10 cm
LEUCANTHEMUM
X SUPERBUM ‘SONNENSCHEIN’
Single primrose yellow shasta daisy from midsummer on. 75 cm
LEUCOJUM
AESTIVUM ‘GRAVETYE
GIANT’
‘Summer snowflake’. Nodding white flowers with greenish- yellow
tips, in spring and early summer. Likes rich damp soil and will even thrive in
boggy conditions. 45 cm
vernum
Spring Snowflake. Nodding heads of white flowers and greenish-yellow
tips in spring. Woodland plant, prefers dappled shade. 15 cm
LEWISIA
‘LITTLE
PLUM’
Glossy, evergreen rosettes with rose-purple flowers coming out of the centre,
in midsummer. Needs very well-drained soil, or give protection from winter wet.
10 cm
LIBERTIA
PEREGRINANS
Striking, stiff upright orange and brown spiky foliage, with white
flowers in summer. Must have really well-drained soil to thrive. 30
cm
LILIUM
MARTAGON
Common Turk's Cap Lily. Dainty pinky-maroon flowers in midsummer. Lovely
for naturalising in good leafy soil, happy in lime. 60 cm
REGALE
White trumpet flowers, flushed with pink on the backs of the petals in summer.
Strongly scented. Good in tubs. 1 m
LIMONIUM
bellidifolium
Dwarf Statice. Neat evergreen basal rosette of dark green leaves, lilac statice
flowers in summer. 20 cm
COSYRENSE
‘Dwarf statice’. Evergreen clumps of dark green leaves, with papery
lilac statice flowers in summer. 20 cm
PLATYPHYLLUM
(syn. L. LATIFOLIUM)
‘ Sea lavender’. A basal rosette of leathery leaves, with stems of
frothy clouds of lavender-blue flowers in May and June. 50 cm
LINUM
ARBOREUM
A mat of glaucous foliage covered in bright yellow flowers, in summer.
Apparently can be trimmed back fairly hard after flowering to keep
it compact. Prefers well-drained soil. According to our ‘alpine
bible’ needs protection from all but the lightest frosts, but
as the winters have been very mild since we acquired this we have
not been able to put this to the test! 30 cm
CAPITATUM
A gently spreading mat with large yellow flowers in summer. 20
cm
FLAVUM ‘COMPACTUM’
Rich golden yellow flax flowers for weeks in summer. Prefers well-drained
soil. 20 cm
PERENNE
ssp. ALPINUM
Arching wiry, branching stems of light blue flax flowers for weeks,
from midsummer. 20 cm
LITHODORA
DIFFUSA ‘HEAVENLY
BLUE’
Sprawling habit with a mass of gentian blue flowers from early spring to summer.
Meant to be a lime-hater, but according to some of our customers it seems able
to tolerate some alkalinity. 20 cm
DIFFUSA ‘PICOS’
A compact version of L. diffusa ‘Heavenly Blue’; would be good for
a trough. 10 cm
lobelia
cardinalis
'queen victoria'
A short-lived, but very showy perennial with deep purple-red stems
and leaves, scarlet flowers from late summer to mid-autumn. Sun or
dappled shade, in moisture-retentive soil. 90 cm
LOTUS
HIRSUTUS
(syn. DORYCNIUM HIRSUTUM)
Felty grey palmate leaves with white clover flowers in early summer. These form
red seed capsules which pop dramatically when ripe. Needs a sunny, sheltered
position. 60 cm
LYSIMACHIA
Loosestrife
family. A very varied genus, from the invasive to the more stationary!
All like a moisture retentive soil in sun
or partial shade.
CILIATA ‘FIRECRACKER’
Purple leaves, which make a good contrast to the yellow flowers in summer. Spreads.
60 cm
CLETHROIDES
Red-stemmed, spreading plant with green pointed leaves. Curiously curled over
white flower spikes, jauntily pointing upwards at the tip from July to September.
Gently spreads. 90 cm
PUNCTATA ‘ALEXANDER’
The variegated version of the native yellow loosestrife. Yellow flowers up the
stem in summer. Might have to cut out a little reversion now and then. The variegation
is green and white with pink tints. Spreads. 60 cm
LYTHRUM
SALICARIA ‘BLUSH’
Clear pink flowered loosestrife, in late summer. Ideal for moist soils. 1 m
SALICARIA ‘FIRECANDLE’
(syn. L. SAL. ‘FEUERKERZE’)
A good form of the native pink loosestrife. Ideal for marginal soils, spreads
well. 1.1 m
SALICARIA ‘ROBERT’
A more compact loosestrife with reddish-pink flowers from July for weeks. Good
marginal plant. 60 cm
