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new this year
sun
semi-shade
shade
ready in July
bulb
likes boggy areas
happy anywhere
liked by bees
grass
likes troughs
PAPAVER
PAPAVER
Otherwise known as ‘Lungwort’. They like a moist soil in sun or shade. After flowering, they can be cut right back to promote fresh new leaves, which provide useful groundcover. They flower in late winter to early spring, providing valuable early nectar for bees.
'BLAKE'S SILVER'
Wonderful silver-grey foliage which offsets the pink flowers, during late winter and spring.
Wonderful silver-grey foliage which offsets the pink flowers, during late winter and spring.
25 cm
'BLUE ENSIGN’
A good blue form, with plain green leaves.
A good blue form, with plain green leaves.
25 cm
'DIANA CLARE'
Good all silver foliage, with large violet-blue flowers in late winter, early spring.
Good all silver foliage, with large violet-blue flowers in late winter, early spring.
25 cm
'OPAL' (syn. P. 'OCUPOL')
Green foliage with silver markings, and beautiful pale blue flowers from late winter and early spring.
Green foliage with silver markings, and beautiful pale blue flowers from late winter and early spring.
25 cm
SACCHARATA ‘LEOPARD’
Pinky brick-red flowers from late winter to spring, over silver spotted foliage.
Pinky brick-red flowers from late winter to spring, over silver spotted foliage.
30 cm