ACAULIS
A short-lived perennial for a well-drained sunny situation. With such showy flowers it is worth finding space for it! Large white flowers which age to pink in summer, on short, slightly trailing stems. 15 cm
FRUTICOSA ‘FIREWORKS’
(syn. O. FRUT. ‘FYRVERKERI’)
Red buds open into golden yellow flowers, on upright, red tinted stems for weeks
from June. Not too dry a situation. 60 cm
FRUTICOSA
ssp. GLAUCA ‘ERICA ROBIN’
Green leaves speckled with red in spring. Arching red stems of yellow
flowers in midsummer. Seems to need slightly more moist soil. 15 cm
MACROCARPA ssp. INCANA
Silvery-grey leaves on trailing stems with large golden yellow flowers,
for weeks from late summer. Prefers well-drained soil. 20 cm
ROSEA
The Evening Primrose family is so varied, this must be one of the smallest.
It has small rich pink flowers for most of the summer and early autumn.
Has a slightly sprawling habit and self-seeds. 20 cm
STRICTA
(syn. O. ODORATA)
Thin, strap-like leaves on reddish stems. Large yellow flowers all up the wiry
stems from June until autumn. Self-seeds. We also grow the paler yellow form,
O. stricta ‘Sulphurea’. 1 m
OLSYNIUM
DOUGLASII
Thin, rush-like leaves, large nodding purple flowers in early spring. Short growing season, goes dormant from late spring until late autumn. Prefers well drained soil, in dappled shade. 25 cm
OMPHALODES
CAPPADOCICA 'CHERRY INGRAM '
Navelwort. An evergreen perennial with slightly glossy leaves and pretty deep blue forget-me-not type flowers in early spring. Does not like too much lime in the soil. 25 cm
OPHIOPOGON
PLANISCAPUS ‘NIGRESCENS’
A striking plant with black grassy foliage and small cream flowers which later
form shiny black berries. Contrasts well with silver or gold foliage. Slowly
spreading. 15 cm
ORIGANUM
Origanum
flowers are loved by the butterflies and bees; that must surely help
to make them such worthy garden plants. O. laevigatum types have
attractive loosely branching spikes of flowers in late summer; and
seem to thrive in almost
any soil. Their flowers are covered in butterflies on the nursery.
DICTAMNUS
Silvery-white, very woolly rounded leaves with mauvy-pink bracted flowers
in midsummer. Needs protection from winter wet. Prefers well-drained
soil. 15 cm
‘KENT
BEAUTY’
A low spreading plant, covered in nodding heads of pink bracted flowers
in July. Not always easy to get established, needs well-drained soil
to thrive. Much commented on. 20 cm
LAEVIGATUM ‘HERRENHAUSEN’
Dark green foliage, deep pinky mauve flowers from July onwards. 30 cm
LAEVIGATUM ‘HOPLEYS’
Roundish green leaves with spikes of purple-pink flowers from July
for weeks. 45 cm
‘ROSENKUPPEL’
Everything is rounded about this plant. Rounded, slightly hairy green leaves,
with rounded heads of pink flowers and darker buds from July, for weeks. 50
cm
ROTUNDIFOLIUM
Large lime-green bracts which last for months from mid to late summer.
Prefers a sheltered position in well-drained soil. 25 cm
VULGARE ‘COMPACTUM’
Low growing clumps of green foliage, covered with pink flowers in August and
September. 15 cm
VULGARE ‘GOLD
TIP’
‘Gold tip marjoram’. Golden tips to the scented green leaves. Mauve
flowers in summer. Useful in cooking. 25 cm
VULGARE ‘THUMBLE’S
VARIETY’
Golden oregano, with tiny white flowers in summer.
A decorative herb. 25 cm
ORNITHOGALUM
MAGNUM
A good spike of white flowers, striped green on the reverse, on stiff stems in
midsummer. A good cut flower, once you have an established clump. Likes a well-drained,
sunny situation. 60 cm
OSTEOSPERMUM
JUCUNDUM
Seems to be the hardiest of all the Osteospermums. Large white daisy flowers
which flush pink as they age. Flowers for months from late spring until the autumn.
Prefers well-drained soil. 25 cm
JUCUNDUM ‘BLACKTHORN
SEEDLING’
Deep pink daisy flowers all summer, if fairly regularly dead-headed. Hardy in
most gardens, if in well-drained soil. 15 cm
‘NAIROBI PURPLE’(SYN. O. ‘TRESCO PURPLE’)
Purple flowers with slightly paler reverse to petals, for months from May. Benefits from regular dead-heading. 35 cm
‘SNOW PIXIE’
A low growing Osteospermum with good white flowers, for months from May. Benefits from regular dead-heading. (PBR) 25 cm
OXALIS
ADENOPHYLLA
A bulbous plant with silver cut leaves and pink open flowers in May and June.
15 cm
ENNEAPHYLLA ‘ALBA’
A bulbous plant with grey-green divided leaves, and white open flowers in midsummer. Likes free-draining soil. 5 cm
‘IONE HECKER’
A bulbous plant with grey-green divided leaves, and lilac-purple open flowers, in midsummer. Likes free-draining soil. 0 cm
