Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Aquilegia vulgaris Magenta
Family: (Ranunculaceae)
(P) to 3+’. One of our favourite Columbines found growing near the Bamboo Grove. This tall and stately Aquilegia has many petalled flowers with no spurs and a beautiful, magenta colour with a pale pink interior. A real beauty. Sun/partial shade. 4 & T2
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Annuals for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Nigella damascena 'Miss Jekyll Blue'
Family: (Ranunculaceae)
(A) to 18″. Love-in-a-Mist. South Europe. Soft, many-petalled, sky blue flowers are surrounded by curved, feathery bracts. Upright stems covered with delicate, fern-like foliage make the blossoms appear to be floating on a misty green bed. Fawn-coloured, inflated, papery seedheads are attractive when dried. Sun. 3 & T2
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Woodland
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Primula japonica 'Alba'
Family: (Primulaceae)
(P) to 18″. A candleabra-like inflorescence of tiered white blossoms arranged in whorls along the stem. Leaves are sphathulate, quite long and irregularly toothed. A spring-blooming charmer for the woodland or pond edge. Moist soil. Partial shade. 4 & T2
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Annuals for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Trachelium caeruleum
Family: (Campanulaceae)
(A or TP) to 3′. Blue Throatwort. Mediterranean. Large, umbellate clusters on upright stems bear many small, five-petalled flowers dotted with a white exserted style that looks like a tiny white pin. The flowers are a vibrant violet and lightly scented. Attractive dark foliage is toothed with purple veins. A long bloomer that makes a great cut flower. Sun with afternoon shade. Well-drained soil. 4 & T1
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Pots/Garden (overwinter indoors)
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Azorina vidalii
Family: (Campanulaceae)
(TP) to 18″. Azores Bellflower. Azores. Particularly interesting for the cool greenhouse. Thick fleshy deep green leaves give rise to a candelabra of two-inch waxy, dusky pink bells. Sun. 4 & T3
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Schivereckia doefleri (syn. Draba doerfleri)
Family: (Brassicaceae)
(P) to 6”. Eastern Europe. A tough and attractive dwarf cushion with grey-green loose rosettes of oblanceolate, slightly toothed leaves. Four-petalled white flowers in terminal racemes of up to fifteen in late spring. Long-lasting, buff-coloured seedheads follow. Sun. 3 & T1
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Wildflowers
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Verbena hastata
Family: (Verbenaceae)
(P) to 5′. Simpler’s Joy. Eastern North America. Tall, erect stems with a branched inflorescence of tiny, tubular, purplish pink blooms in dense terminal panicles. The lance-shaped, toothed foliage is rough textured and somewhat coarse in appearance, making this a better candidate for informal plantings. Blooms July to September. Sun. Moist soil. Sun. 3, D & T2
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Bulbs
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Allium moly
Family: (Alliaceae)
Hardy bulb to 12″. Golden Garlic. Southern and southwestern Europe. Star-shaped, 1/2” diameter, bright yellow flowers appear in loose umbels atop leafless stalks in late spring above with flat, tulip-like, blue-green, basal leaves which appear in 2’s. Sun. 3 & 6
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Jasione laevis
Family: (Campanulaceae)
(B/P) to 12″. Shepherd’s Scabious. Western Europe. Globose, terminal heads of pale blue, narrow-petalled, pincushion-like flowers on slender stalks arise from densely tufted rosettes of lanceolate, wavy-edged foliage. Blooms midsummer. A plant of dry, open grassland and rocky cliffs. May prove to be biennial, so allow to self-sow. A charmer. Well-drained soil. Sun. 4 & T2
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Pimpinella major 'Rosea'
Family: (Apiaceae)
(P) to 3′. Greater Burnet Saxifrage. A gorgeous pink flowered form of this European native. Airy, arching, delicate umbels of pale pink are held above a leafy basal rosette of serrated, fern-like foliage. Summer blooming. Sun/partial shade. Moist, well-drained soil. 4 & T2