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LAMIUM	limonium
lathyrus	linum
lavandula	lithodora
leucanthemum	lobelia
lewisia	lysimachia
LIATRIS	lythrum
lilium

lamium

MACULATUM 'JAMES BOYD PARSELLE'
Semi-evergreen, shell pink flowered dead nettle, with silver foliage. Makes wonderful groundcover as it has a long flowering period, from early spring to autumn, but is not invasive. If it becomes straggly it can be cut well back. 15 cm

The Mead Nursery - Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'

MACULATUM 'WHITE NANCY'
White flowered form of the above. 15 cm

LATHYRUS

VERNUS
A clump-forming non-climbing perennial sweet pea. Grown from seed – mostly purple, thuogh sometimes pink 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. Our best seller! 45 cm

The Mead Nursery - Lavandula angustifolia 'Little Lady'

ANGUSTIFOLIA ‘LITTLE LADY’
A compact lavender with soft lavender blue flowers, for weeks in summer. (We bought this last year at the Malvern Spring flower show. Well worth visiting if you have not been. A lovely show in a great setting with the Malvern Hills as a wonderful backdrop! We certainly got tempted by several plants which just had to come home with us…)

The Mead Nursery - Lavandula angustifolia 'Nana Alba'

ANGUSTIFOLIA ‘NANA ALBA’
Dwarf white lavender. Suitable for hedging. 30 cm

The Mead Nursery - Lavandula angustifolia 'Rosea'

ANGUSTIFOLIA ‘ROSEA’
Pale pink flowers with green foliage in midsummer.
60 cm

The Mead Nursery - Lavandula angustifolia 'Silver Mist'

ANGUSTIFOLIA ‘SILVER MIST’
Almost white foliage, spikes of deep purple flowers in summer. 60 cm

The Mead Nursery - Lavandula X Intermedia 'Alba'

X INTERMEDIA ‘ALBA’
Tall white lavender. 70 cm

All the Lavandula stoechas varieties benefit from dead-heading to prolong the flowering.

STOECHAS
‘French lavender’. Needs a slightly sheltered position. Purple flowers with extended bracts on top, in summer. 45 cm

The Mead Nursery - Lavandula 'Willow Vale'

‘WILLOW VALE’
Like L. stoechas, but the flower is slightly narrower and longer. A slightly taller plant, with narrower leaves.
60 cm

LEUCANTHEMUM

‘ANGEL’
A dwarf Shasta daisy with clear white single flowers and golden centres from May to October. 35 cm

The Mead Nursery - Leucanthemum x superbum 'Sonnenschein'

X SUPERBUM ‘SONNENSCHEIN’
Single primrose yellow shasta daisy from midsummer on. 75 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

liatris

SCARIOSA ALBA
Spikes of unusual looking white flowers from July reminds rather of flowering stems of brussels sprouts. If it like the Liatris we used to grow it is a good plant for attracting butterflies to your garden, and that must be good. 90 cm

LILIUM

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. 15 cm

The Mead Nursery - Limonium platyphyllum

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

FLAVUM ‘COMPACTUM’
Rich golden yellow flax flowers for weeks in summer. Prefers well-drained soil. 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

The Mead Nursery - Lithodora diffusa 'Picos'

DIFFUSA ‘PICOS’
A compact version of L. diffusa ‘Heavenly Blue’; would be good for a trough. Ready in May. 10 cm

DIFFUSA ‘STAR’
A pretty Lithodora with blue and white stripy flowers. Would like the same growing conditions as L.’Heavenly Blue’. (PBR) 20 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. Watch out ofr slugs, especially in early spring. 90 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. 1 m

The Mead Nursery - Lysimachia clethroides

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

The Mead Nursery - Lythrum salicaria 'Firecandle'

SALICARIA ‘FIRECANDLE’
(syn. L. SAL. ‘FEUERKERZE’)
A good form of the native pink loosestrife. Ideal for marginal soils, spreads well. 1.1 m

The Mead Nursery - Lythrum salicaria 'Robert'

SALICARIA ‘ROBERT’
A more compact loosestrife with reddish-pink flowers from July for weeks. Good marginal plant. 60 cm

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