ACKERMANNII
A small shrub with narrow silver-grey leaves. Two-tone purple flowers in round
clusters in summer. Prefers well-drained soil.
15 cm
HIRCANICUM
Typical woodsage leaf. Long, narrow spikes of dusky-maroon, purple flowers from
June. Gently self-seeds. 45 cm
X LUCIDRYS
(syn. T. CHAMAEDRYS)
A good dwarf hedging plant. Lilac pink flowers in late summer. Can be pruned
right back in late February and March to keep its shape. Loved by the bumble
bees. 25 cm
MARUM
Small oval green leaves with white undersides, send up spikes of pink
flowers in August. Quite aromatic foliage. 20 cm
PYRENAICUM
The round green leaves make a low clump, covered in summer by flat heads of purple
flowers with a creamy white lower lip. 10 cm
THALICTRUM
AQUILEGIIFOLIUM
var. ALBUM
Aquilegia-type foliage with tall stems of dainty white flowers in early summer.
1 m
DELAVAYI
Sprays of mauve-purple flowers in late summer, on tall stems, giving a willowy
appearance. Likes a cool situation in neutral to acid soil. 1.6 m
DELAVAYI ‘HEWITT’S
DOUBLE’
Double-flowered version of above, always very popular when seen. 1.6 m
TUBEROSUM
Dainty white flowers in a small clump. 30 cm
THYMUS
All
the following thymes are evergreen, with lovely scented foliage.
They all grow well in amongst paving; the prostrate varieties,
such as T. ‘Bressingham’ having the advantage that
they will not suffer too much if trodden on! Like a lot of herbs,
they do like a sunny position in well-drained soil.
CAMPHORATUS
Dark green camphor-scented foliage, with pretty pink heads of flowers
in midsummer. Needs a very sheltered position, or give some winter
protection.10 cm
‘COCCINEUS
MAJOR’
Deepest pink, almost red flowers in midsummer. A flat mat. 2 cm
DOERFLERI ‘BRESSINGHAM’
A flat mat of green leaves with a covering of pink flowers in June and July.
2 cm
‘DOONE
VALLEY’
A lemon-scented dark green low mound, splashed with yellow. Lilac flowers in
summer. 15 cm
‘FRAGRANTISSIMUS’
A bushy habit, with orange scented glaucous foliage, and pale pink
flowers in summer. 30 cm
THYMUS
‘HARTINGTON
SILVER’
(syn. T. SERPYLLUM ‘VARIEGATUS’)
Flat creeping mats of creamy variegated foliage topped with palest pink flowers
in summer. Does not seem so vigorous as the other T. serpyllum varieties, so
good trailing over
the edge of a trough. 2 cm
HERBA-BARONA
Caraway scented foliage with a very prostrate growth. Pink flowers in summer.
2.5 cm
NEICEFFII
A very distinctive thyme with wiry stems and dense narrow grey leaves. Soft pink flowers in summer. Due to the dense nature of the leaves and prostrate growth, it is probably best grown in a gravel bed to keep the soil from splashing up. Prefers well-drained soil. 10 cm
‘PETER DAVIS’
Grey needle-like leaves, make a small aromatic shrub with lilac-pink flowers from mid to late summer. 15 cm
‘PINK
RIPPLE’
A fairly prostrate thyme with lemon-scented foliage and pretty pink flowers in
summer. 10 cm
‘PORLOCK’
Forms a mat of dark green leaves, with pink flowers
in summer. Can be used in cooking like common thyme. 30 cm
THYMUS
PULEGIOIDES ‘BERTRAM
ANDERSON’
Low, golden mounded thyme with lilac flowers in summer. 25 cm
SERPYLLUM ‘GOLDSTREAM’
Flat creeping mats of green, splashed golden foliage ideal for paving. Lemon
scented. 2 cm
SERPYLLUM ‘MINIMALIST’
Very flat mat, with tiny leaves. Pink flowers. 2 cm
SERPYLLUM ‘PINK
CHINTZ’
Grey-green slightly hairy leaves form a low spreading mat, covered in pink flowers
in late summer. 2 cm
SERPYLLUM ‘SNOWDRIFT’
A flat carpet of scented green leaves almost totally covered with tiny white
flowers in summer. 2.5 cm
TRADESCANTIA
(ANDERSONIANA GROUP) ‘BLUE
STONE’
Slightly scruffy foliage, but with good blue, three-petalled flowers, for months,
from midsummer. 40 cm
(ANDERSONIANA GROUP)‘CONCORD
GRAPE’
A distinctive Tradescantia with bluish-grey foliage, and purple-violet flowers
for weeks in summer. 50 cm
TRIFOLIUM
PANNONICUM
Upright stems of large pale creamy-yellow clover flowers in summer. Keep dead-heading
to extend the flowering period. 50 cm
REPENS ‘PURPURASCENS
QUADRIFOLIUM’
A ridiculously long name for a little plant, but perhaps it resembles the spread
that it might eventually get to… Wonderful purple-maroon clover leaves
with creamy clover flowers in summer. Good for dappled shade. 10 cm
rubens
A giant clover with upright stems of rich, reddish-pink flowers,
like dumpy bottlebrushes, all summer. Keep dead-heading to prolong
flowering. 50 cm
TRILLIUM
GRANDIFLORUM
White, three-petalled flower comes out of a collar of leaves, in late spring. A very choice, and slow growing woodland plant. 30 cm
TRITELEIA
‘4
U ’
Well, how could we resist this new triteleia for all you mobile
phone buffs?... Violet-pink upturned agapanthus-type flowers,
the opening of the flowers is staggered on each head, from
late May to July. Prefers well-drained soil. 60 cm
LAXA ‘KONINGIN
FABIOLA’
Wonderful, upturned starry violet-blue flowers in July. Prefers well-drained
soil. 60 cm
'RUDY'
Violet-blue, with white upturned agapanthus-type flowers, the opening
of the flowers is staggered on each head, from late May to July.
Prefers well-drained soil. (PBR
protected) 45 cm
TRITONIA
DISTICHA
ssp. RUBROLUCENS (syn. T. ROSEA)
Like a soft pink Montbretia, late summer flowering. Mulch well in winter, especially
if your soil is not very well drained. 60 cm
TROLLIUS
X
CULTORUM ‘ALABASTER’
Wonderful palest primrose yellow globe flowers from April to June. 45 cm
X
CULTORUM ‘FEUERTROLL’
I see trolls are making a comeback, was this plant named by
someone who wasn’t happy with the current trend?..(I
know the jokes get better and better!) Striking orange globe
flowers from spring to early summer. Prefers moisture retentive
soil. 50 cm
TULBAGHIA
VIOLACEA
A clump-forming perennial with narrow greyish-green leaves. Fragrant lilac-pink
flowers from midsummer to early autumn. Needs a sheltered position in sun, or
have in a pot and give winter protection. 45 cm
VIOLACEA ‘SILVER LACE’
Silver variegated leaves, with lilac-pink flowers, for months from midsummer. Not totally frost hardy, so best kept in a pot and given winter protection, unless your garden is very sheltered. 45 cm
TULIPA
These
bulbs are known to all – but not everyone is successful with
them, year after year. If you have heavy clay soil, the bulbs are
best lifted once the leaves have died back after flowering and
dried off under cover. Then plant them back in October or November.
The small species tulips are very useful for the rockery, and in most cases can
be left in the ground.
‘ABU
HASSAN ’
Deep terracotta-red flowers, with a broad yellow outer rim in April. 45
cm
‘ANGÉLIQUE’
A double pink upright tulip, almost paeony-like flower, in May. 40 cm
‘BALLERINA’
A tangerine coloured tulip with pointed petals, in late April and May, and with
quite a scent when the sun comes out. 50 cm
'casablanca'
Double white flowers
streaked with yellow, in early spring. 30 cm
‘CHINA
PINK’
Pretty pink tulip, with pointed petals, in May. 60 cm
tulipa
CLUSIANA var. CHRYSANTHA
An elegant tulip on tall willowy stems, with yellow flowers flushed crimson on
the back, in April. Best in a sheltered spot, out of the fiercest winds. 25 cm
'douglas bader'
Single pink flowers on dark upstanding stems, in April.
40 cm
‘EARLY STAR’
Apricot yellow flowers with crimson centres, in March-April, and stripy leaves. A showy tulip to brighten up spring! 30 cm
HUMILIS var. PULCHELLA ALBOCAERULEA OCULATA GROUP
Trips off the tongue easily, doesn’t it! Dwarf white tulip with blue-black
centre in March, quite striking. 12 cm
HUMILIS VIOLACEA
GROUP
Shocking pink flowers in February. Makes dramatic contrast to the normal late
winter colours. 10 cm
tulipa
LINIFOLIA
BATALINII ‘BRONZE
CHARM’
Thin, glaucous leaves; apricot-yellow flowers in late April and early May. 10
cm
linifolia batalinii
'honky tonk'
Well, could you have resisted this tulip when going through the bulb catalogues,
we couldn't!? Let's hope this dwarf yellow tulip lives up to the amusing name...
10 cm
‘LITTLE
BEAUTY’
A dwarf tulip. Pink flowers with purple exterior and bluish centres, in April.
10 cm
‘LITTLE PRINCESS’
A showy dwarf tulip, flame orange flowers with black centres edged in yellow, in April-May. 10 cm
‘PEACH BLOSSOM’
Double flowered tulip with rich pink petals and greeny white outers, late March-April. 30 cm
tulipa
‘PRINSES
IRENE’
Dramatic tulip with orange, green, red and yellow
flowers on sturdy stems in May. 30 cm
‘QUEEN
OF NIGHT’
Deep purple, nearly black flowers in May. 45 cm
‘QUEEN OF SHEBA’
A showy lily flowered tulip with bright red pointed petals, edged with golden yellow, in late April-May. Looks great in containers. 55 cm
SCHRENKII
Scarlet flowers with an orange margin, in March-April. 10 cm
SPRENGERI
A late flowering tulip that is good for naturalising, but is now
quite scarce in cultivation. Scarlet flowers with a greenish yellow
tinge to the outsides in late May, early June. Should self-seed.
Best planted deep. 35 cm
'TINKA'
A Tulipa clusiana type. An elegant tulip with smallish flowers of
primrose yellow inners, reddish-pink outer and primrose yellow margins,
in April. Best in a sheltered sunny spot out of the fiercest winds,
in very well-drained soil. 25 cm
‘WHITE
TRIUMPHATOR’
‘Lily flowered tulip’. Elegant white flowers in May. Seems a tough
perpetual tulip. 60 cm
