DERRY WATKINS - SPECIAL PLANTS
NEW SEED INTRODUCTIONS 2010

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For my complete seed list please click on Seed List with Photos.

Send stamped self-addressed envelope or e-mail address for next seedlist (2008 printed seedlist available form Jan 15). New seedlists produced every few months from June - Nov as we collect.

Special Plants, Greenways Lane, Cold Ashton, Chippenham, Wilts UK SN14 8LA
Telephone: (01225) 891686. E-mail: derry@specialplants.net

Centaurea cyanus ‘Blue Ball’
Double Blue Cornflower
Fat bright blue 1" heads of ragged petals. Easy annual, likes sun & good drainage 24"

Seeds £2/packet
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Coleonema pulchellum
BREATH OF HEAVEN
Fine fragrant foliage, good clipped, spangled with tiny pink flowers. Likes sun & drainage 24"

Seeds £2/packet
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Dierama medium
Angel’s Fishing Rods
Lavender flowers, less arching, but easier to flower. Well-drained sunny site, not too dry in summer, mulch well 3ft.

Seeds £2/packet
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Dipogon lignosus
Pretty rosy purple flowers on fast growing tender climber. Edible beans 6ft

Seeds £2/packet
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  Echium fastuosum (syn. E. candicans)
Pride of Madiera
Large panicles of blue flowers on upward- curving branches, greyish leaves. Tender shrub, likes sun and drainage 3-6ft

Seeds £2/packet
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  Hippophae rhamnoides
SEA BUCKTHORN
Silvery leaved thorny shrub/small tree. Deciduous, tough, sun, reasonable drainage 15ft
Linaria aeruginea ‘Neon Lights’
Small red, orange, pink or lavender-grey flowers on fine grey leaves. Easy annual, likes sun, may self sow, 4" x 8"

Seeds £2/packet
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Linaria triornithophora Pink form
Buds like three parakeets sitting on a branch. Quite large pale pink flowers on airy 36" stems. Borderline hardy, can grow as annual, likes sun & drainage.

Seeds £2/packet
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  Lobelia tupa
Exotic-looking curved dark red flowers on tall stems. Evergreen, greyish felted leaves. Needs dry sunny site 4ft

Seeds £2/packet
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Lunaria rediviva
Pale lavender flowers for several months. Pale elliptical seedpods after. Hardy perennial, likes shade. 36"

Seeds £2/packet
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Michauxia campanuloides
Stupendously beautiful biennial. Very reflexed 3" white petals fly back from exerted 2" white stamens. Hardy but hard to grow. Likes sun & drainage, dislikes root disturbance 4-5 ft

Seeds £2/packet
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Myosotidium hortensia
Chatham Island Forgetmenot. 6" heads of blue flowers on big glossy ribbed leaves. Cool damp shade, protect from slugs BH 20"

Seeds £2/packet
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  Nepeta faassenii AGM
Long-blooming lavender-grey Catmint (not especially plagued by cats). Cut back for renewed bloom. Hardy, likes sun & drainage 15”

Seeds £2/packet
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  Papaver somniferum ‘Boudoir Babe’
DOUBLE PURPLE OPIUM POPPY.
Outrageous very double dark maroon and red-purple. Hardy annual, sow autumn or spring, dislikes root disturbance 36"

Seeds £2/packet
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  Papaver somniferum ‘Ragged Red’
DOUBLE FRINGED CHINA RED OPIUM POPPY.
Hardy annual, sow autumn or spring, dislikes root disturbance 36"

Seeds £2/packet
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Pennisetum ex 'Purple Majesty'
Deepest purple leaves topped with dense purple bottle brushes in August. Probably not really a Pennisetum. Tender annual, grow like Sweet Corn. Likes sun & drainage 36"

Seeds £2/packet
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Ranunculus gramineus
Bright yellow shiny round flowers in April on grassy leaves. Prefers damp sun 8”

Seeds £2/packet
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  Thalictrum tuberosum
Exquisite dainty plant with relatively large simple creamy white flowers. Needs sun & drainage 10”

Seeds £2/packet
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  Tulipa turkestanica AGM
Species tulip. Star-shaped creamy flowers, yellow- orange centres. Many flowers per stem, March. Likes sun, may self sow 8”

Seeds £2/packet
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TO ORDER:
Make a list of what you want. Minimum order three packets. You can copy and paste the seed names onto a document on your computer to avoid having to write them all down. Send your list, along with your address, to the address below (or e-mail your list to us). We can post seeds to almost anywhere in the world.

TO PAY:
Seeds cost £1.50/packet. Minimum order three packets. Plus £1 postage per order (for any number of packets) in UK. £1.50 postage to Europe, £2 postage elsewhere. Approximately equal to €2/packet, plus €2 postage to Europe. Or US $3/packet, plus $4 postage to USA.

Multiply number of seed packets by £1.50 and add postage. To pay by cheque, make a limited sterling cheque (just write "not more than £20" or whatever amount you think it will come to across cheque) made out to Derry Watkins. To pay by credit card (Visa or Mastercard or Switch only) please send your account number and expiry date and security code by mail or phone. (Online transactions are not yet available). Credit cards or Paypal are the easiest way to pay from overseas.

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