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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
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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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