We’re growing: – tanyllyn nurseries

We have been growing perennials, herbs and alpines for sale in Meifod since 1988. The nursery is 600 ft high and sheltered from all but the south west. We use peat-free Melcourt compost and encourage natural and introduced predators for pest and disease control. We grow in small quantities, the plants tend to be lovers of sun and reasonable drainage.

You can see a plant list of what we are growing in 2021 below. Growing conditions vary from year to year, so to check which plants are available now please email or phone. 01938 500370.

Genus	species	other
*Acaena*	inermis	Purpurea	Prostrate purple leaves and white burrs.
*Acaena*	microphylla		Prostrate; copper brown pinnate leaves, bright red burs.
*Achillea*	millifolium	Cassis	Cherry-red
*Achillea*	millefolium	Salmon Beauty	Flat heads of salmon pink flowers becoming pale with age. Finely cut foliage.
*Acorus*	gramineus	Ogon	Fans of narrow green and yellow striped leaves, marginal or aquarium plant.
*Aegopodium*	podagraria	Variegatum	Variegated ground elder; pretty but determined.
*Aeonium*		Zwartkop	Almost black architectural foliage.
*Ajuga*	reptans	Catlin’s Giant	A bugle on steroids.
*Ajuga*	reptans	Evening Glow	A bugle with very dark crinkly leaves
*Allium*	fistulosum	welsh onion	A native of Siberia (‘Walsch”= foreign) not Wales; an evergreen hollow leaved perennial useful for winter salads if the snails haven’t been there first
*Allium*	hollandicum	Purple Sensation	Early summer spherical flower heads of deep violet held above the foliage. Good cut flower.
*Allium*	schoenoprasum	Grolau	Purple flower heads are also edible.
*Allium*	stipitatum	Violet Beauty
*Allium*	tuberosum		Garlic chives, flat garlicky leaf, ornamental white flowers late in the year.
*Aloysia*	citriodora		(Strongly) lemon scented verbena, over-winter under glass.
*Androsace*	lanuginosa		Pale pink flowers, primula family, sun and good drainage.
*Anemanthele*	lessoniana		Bronze foliage and pinkish red flowers look good swaying in the breeze.
*Anemone*	blanda	White Splendour	Pure white, slow spreading.
*Angelica*	archangelica		Short lived impressively large perennial with globular flower heads in second year, or crystallise stems for cake decoration.
*Anthemis*	punctata	subsp. cupaniana	Silver green lacy foliage, large but compact white /yellow daisy flowers, dwarf and indispensable
*Anthemis*	tinctoria	Lemon Ice	Creamy yellow daisy flowers, with glorious yellow eyes, attract numerous pollinators such as bees and hoverflies. The foliage is slightly aromatic as you would expect from the Chamomile family, green and finely dissected.
*Anthriscus*	cerefolium	Curled
*Arenaria*	montana		Vigorous spreading evergreen, grey leaved prostrate perennial, saucer shaped white flowers (quite large for an Arenaria) in generous numbers, early summer. Full sun and sharp drainage.
*Armeria*	juniperifolia	Bevan’s Variety	Compact thrift.
*Artemisia*	dracunculus	French Tarragon
*Artemisia*	schmidtiana
*Artemisia*		Powis Castle
*Aruncus*	aethusifolius		Finely divided astilbe like foliage, dwarf white flower spikes and good autumn colour
*Aruncus*	dioicus		Also astilbe like but tall and robust to 1.2 m, white flowers.
*Aster*	lateriflorus	var. horizontalis	Purple tinged foliage and spreading branches of numerous white rayed pink flowers
*Aster*		Little Carlow	Small but plenteous lavender-blue daisies in September and October. Up to 1 metre
*Blechnum*	penna-marina		Pinnate bronze green fronds, prostrate habit.
*Brachyelytrum*	japonicum		Tall perennial grass with open panicles and ‘v’ shaped spikelets.
*Brunnera*	macrophylla	Alexander’s Great	Impressively wide-spreading brunnera, strikingly patterned silvery leaves
*Buxus*	sempervirens	Suffruticosa	Dwarf edging box, neat bright green foliage.
*Buxus*	sempervirens	Elegantissima	Handsome variegated box with small cream green leaves and dense habit.
*Buxus*	sempervirens	Rotundifolia	Robust drought tolerant evergreen with large dark green rounded foliage,
*Campanula*	garganica	Mrs Resholt	Intense violet (Plant of the year at Chelsea 2012?)
*Campanula*	portenschlagiana		Lilac thimble shaped flowers, lobed foliage, creeping habit.
*Campanula*	poscharskyana	E H Frost	Robust creeping perennial silver blue flowers, good for dry banks.
*Campanula*	poscharskyana		Lilac starry flowers, creeping and spreading, good for dry banks.
*Caryopteris*		Dark Knight
*Caryopteris*		Kew Blue	Erect, compact, dark flowers and fruit.
*Ceanothus*	thrysiflorus	var. repens	Evergreen, blue flowers wide spreading dense shrub.
*Ceratostigma*	plumbaginoides		Late blue flowered ground cover, autumn leaf tints.
*Chamaemelum*	nobile
*Chamaemelum*	nobile	Treneague	The best type for chamomile lawns – no flowers
*Chamaenerion*	angustifolium	Stahl Rose	Beautiful soft pink flowers contrast with darker pink buds midsummer. This is a form of willowherb so place it with care!
*Chionochloa*	conspicua		Robust clump forming grass, like pampas grass but more elegant open panicles of creamy flowers.
*Clematis*	cirrhosa var. purperescens	Freckles	Evergreen, early bowl shaped yellow flowers speckled maroon. Glossy divided foliage.
*Clematis*	flammula		Late flowering, vigorous scrambler with scented white flowers.
*Clematis*		Niobe	Dark velvety red.
*Clematis*		Piilu	Early season, light pink with darker stripes and cream boss, semi double, second single flowering often
*Convolvulus*	cneorum
*Cordyline*	australis
*Cordyline*	australis	Purpurea
*Corydalis*	cheilanthifolia		Yellow green fern like foliage turning bronze in autumn, yellow vetch like flowers.
*Corydalis*	flexuosa		Dark foliage and bright blue flowers in spring and autumn.
*Cotoneaster*	congestus	Nanus	Evergreen ground hugging habit, small leaves white flowers and red fruit.
*Cynara*		Artichoke Violette de P	Purple globe artichoke. Good flavour, especially if eaten young.
*Daphne*	tangutica		Rounded evergreen shrub to 1.2 m, glossy leaves, creamy purple flowers with strong scent followed by red berries.
*Dianthus*		Inshriach Dazzler	Bright pink with darker eye, prostrate and fragrant.
*Dianthus*		Sops in Wine	Old fashioned pink with white blotches on dark pink fragrant flowers.
*Dicentra*	formosa	Langtrees	Low divided, grey foliage sprouts from fleshy rhizomes, white tubular flowers tinted pink.
*Dicentra*	formosa		Ground cover version of love lies vleeding
*Dryopteris*	affinis	Cristata	Bold deciduous fern; dark green fronds crested at the tip. Tolerant of dry conditions once established.
*Dryopteris*	erythrosora		Red croziers turn into glowing bronze foliage, irresistible.
*Dryopteris*	erythrosora		Deciduous fern new foliage luminous bronze.
*Echinacea*	purpurea	Magnus	Intense red, wide horizontal petals 100 cm. Long lasting cut flower
*Eranthis*	hyemalis		Winter aconite
*Erica*	arborea		Tree Heath. Tall spring flowered heather, long cylindrical flower heads.
*Erigeron*	karvinskianus		Low white/pink/yellow tiny daisy flowers non stop.
*Euonymus*	fortunei	Emerald Gaiety
*Euonymus*	fortunei	Kewensis	Wiry stems carry minute rounded dark green foliage with white veins
*Eurybia (Aster)*	divaricata		Wiry black stems contrast with clouds of small pink tinged daisies. (Gertrude Jekyll ;The wire-stemmed aster)
*Festuca*	glauca	Elijah Blue	Fine silver blue form.
*Ficus*	carica	Brown Turkey	Reliable fig cultivar.
*Foeniculum*	vulgare	Purpureum	Bronze fennel. Tall perennial with finely divided aniseed flavoured bronze foliage an flat umbels of yellow flowers.
*Foeniculum*	vulgare	green	Green fennel. finely divided leaves, delicate flower heads and a propensity for self seeding.
*Fragaria*	vesca	Alexandria	Fragrant fruits, fairly long (for an alpine strawberry)
*Galanthus*	elwesii		A larger snowdrop with good scent if you can reach down to it.
*Geranium*	clarkei	Kashmir White
*Geranium*	clarkii	Kashmir Purple	Finely divided leaves, narrow purple petals with contrasting veins.
*Geranium*	himalayense
*Geranium*	macrorrhizum	Album	Fleshy rhizomes and leaves- strongly aromatic. White flowers.
*Geranium*	sanguineum	Album	White and somewhat taller than the species.
*Geranium*	sanguineum	Cedric Morris	A bloody cranesbill bigger in all its parts.
*Geranium*	sanguineum	var. striatum	A pale pink smart version of the bloody cranesbill discovered on the isle of Walney in the C18
*Geranium*	sylvaticum	Album
*Geranium*	sylvaticum	Mayflower
*Geranium*	sylvaticum	Mayflower
*Geranium*	x magnificum		Purple rounded flowers
*Geranium*		Brookside	pratense x clarkei ‘Kashmir Purple’) Found in one the beds in the CBG in the 70s. Intense blue flowers with contrasting white centres
*Geranium*		Dilys
*Geranium*		Johnson’s Blue	Finely divided leaves, violet, cup shaped open flowers.
*Geranium*		Philippe Vapelle
*Geranium*		Rozanne	Vigorous and floriferous, Violet, white centred, purple veined saucer shaped flowers from Summer to Autumn looks fabulous in a container.
*Geranium*	macrorrhizum
*Hacquetia*	epipactis		Discrete dwarf perennial with round, lobed leaves and green tinted yellow flowers.
*Hebe*	franciscana	Variegata	Hardiness H5
*Hebe*	recurva		Grey pointed leaves, dark stems, neat black and white flower buds open white.
*Hebe*		Wiri Charm	Evergreen, 0.75m x 1m Purple pink flowers. Hardiness H5
*Hedera*	helix	Coeur d’or
*Hemerocallis*	lilioasphodelus		Sweetly scented yellow day lily. “The flowers are a beautiful lily shape, with recurving petals of clear and lovely yellow, and have an unforgettable fragrance” GST
*Hesperantha*	coccinea	Major	Silky cup-shaped blooms September, grassy foliage, happy in damp soils.
*Hesperantha*	coccinea	Sunrise	Silky cup-shaped blooms September, grassy foliage, happy in damp soils.
*Heuchera*		Black pearl	Jet black leaves with scalloped edges, foamy white flowers, irresistable!
*Jasminum*	humile	Revolutum	Summer flowering evergreen jasmine, delicate (scented if in a warm position) yellow flowers on a 2 m high and wide plant.
*Jasminum*	nudiflorum
*Jovibarba*	hirta
*Juniperus*	communis	Compressa	One of the slowest, fine leaves narrow habit, good steely colour.
*Lamium*		White Nancy
*Lathyrus*	vernus
*Laurus*	nobilis		Sweet bay, aromatic, useful and ornamental, clip of grow freely, yellow flowers winter.
*Lavandula*	angustifolia	Hidcote	Dwarf habit, silvery foliage,violet flowers.
*Lavandula*	x intermedia	Grey Hedge
*Leucanthamella*	serotina
*Lithodora*	diffusa	Heavenly Blue	Dark green foliage and bright blue flowers, prostrate, dislikes chalk.
*Lobelia*	cardinalis	Queen Victoria	Late summer scarlet flowers for damp places
*Luma*	apiculata		A willowy myrtle, small dark rounded leaves contrasting will with the stems. Looks good in a terracotta pot. Impressive bark on older specimens.
*Lunaria*	rediviva		Perennial honesty, elongated transparent seed cases follow purple flowers.
*Matteuccia*	struthiopteris		Shuttlecock fern. rhizomatous habit give large regularly patterned groups which tolerate a variety of conditions except dry shade.
*Meconopsis*	cambrica		Welsh poppy, flat yellow (occasionally orange) flowers tolerant of shade and competition from grass.
*Melissa*	officinalis	All Gold	Balm
*Melissa*	officinalis		Balm, cut regularly for brightest foliage.
*Mentha*	piperata	Black Pepermint
*Mentha*	pulegium		Pennyroyal
*Mentha*	requienii		Corsican Mint. Prostrate, tiny leaves and flowers. Pungent The most diminutive member of the mint family often mistaken for Mind Your Own Business. The tiny leaves are bright green and small blue flowers appear in midsummer. It certainly has a strong minty smell, whether you would want to have it with lamb is another matter. Moist-ish soil and partial shade are suitable but you need to be prepared for it to choose it’s own favourite location.
*Mentha*	spicata	Brundall mint	A finely flavoured form of spearmint
*Mentha*	spicata	crispa Moroccan	Goof flavour, crinkly leaves, pink/purple flowers
*Mentha*	spicata	spear mint	Spearmint
*Mentha*	spicata	Tashkent	Good flavour, attractive crinkly leaves white flowers
*Mentha*	spicata	var. crispa	Wavy leaved spearmint.
*Mentha*	x gracilis	Variegata	Ginger mint
*Mentha*	x villosa	var. alopecuroides	(Bowles’ mint)
*Milium*	effusum	Aureum	Bowles’ Golden Grass. Wide yellow leaves goes green in shade, pleasantly self seeding.
*Musa*	acuminata	Dwarf Cavendish
*Myrtus*	communis	var tarentina	Smaller narrow leaves. Creamy white flowers like miniature roses.
*Narcissus*	cyclamineus	Tete a Tete	Compact. double headed, reliable and tough, mid April
*Narcissus*		Thalia
*Ocimum*		sweet
*Oenothera*	stricta	Sulphurea	Elegant evening primrose yellow /apricot flowers. red and green lanceolate leaves.
*Ophiopogon*	planiscapus	Nigrescens
*Origanum*	marjorana		An annual with wonderful pungent flavour.
*Origanum*	onites		Pot marjoram, good flavour, white flower heads
*Origanum*	vulgare	Acorn Bank	Yellow elongated leaved marjoram.
*Origanum*	vulgare	Aureum	Golden marjoram, glowing leaf rosettes in winter in cut back.
*Origanum*	vulgare	Compactum	Compact form
*Origanum*	vulgare	Gold Tip
*Origanum*	vulgare		Oregano
*Origanum*		County cream
*Pachysandra*	terminalis		Dwarf evergreen ground cover, whorls of bright green leaves and white terminal flower heads.
*Parthenocissus*	quinquefolia
*Penstemon*		Andenken an Friedrich Hahn	Dark, narrow leaves, slim, garnet red flowers.
*Penstemon*		Hidcote Pink	Pink flowers with white striped throat.
*Penstemon*		Stapleford Gem
*Penstemon*		White Bedder	Compact habit, pure white flowers.
*Perovskia*		Taiga
*Petroselinum*		Plain leaved
*Phlomis*	fruticosa
*Phlomis*	russeliana		Bold felted leaves , whorls of yellow hooded flowers , and long lasting seed heads.
*Phlox*	paniculata	Flame White Eye
*Phlox*	divaricata laphamii	Chattahoochee	Dark foliage, blue flowers with crimson centres, partial shade neutral to acid soil. Choice but choosy.
*Phlox*	glaberrima	Bill Baker	Somewhat lax habit to 0.5m Lance shaped leaves and clustered, scented bright pink flowers early summer, good for fromt of borders.
*Phormium*		Yellow Wave
*Phuopsis*	stylosa
*Pieris*		Little Heath
*Pileostegia*	viburnoides
*Polemonium*	caeruleum	Album	White form of Jacob’s Ladder
*Primula*	elatior		Oxlip, primrose sized flowers on cowslip like heads.
*Primula*	vulgaris		Primrose, early native for damp shady banks/
*Primula*	vulgaris
*Pulmonaria*	angustifolia		Bright blue flowered lungwort.
*Pulsatilla*	vulgaris		Finely divided foliage, nodding bell shaped mauve flowers in spring. The Pasque flower of chalk downland.
*Rorippa*	nasturtium-aquaticum	Aqua	Watercress
*Rosmarimus*	officinalis	Blue Rain
*Rosmarinus*	officinalis		Rosemary
*Rosmarinus*	officinalis	Arp
*Rosmarinus*	officinalis	Miss Jessopp’s Upright	The usual pale blue flowers and dark leaves, with a tighter habit.
*Rosmarinus*	officinalis	Boule
*Rudbeckia*	fulgida	var. deamii
*Salix*	purpurea	Nancy Saunders	An elegant selection of purple osier, blue green leaves contrast well with stems.
*Salvia*	officinalis	Icterina	Variegated gold and green, less vigorous than the purple cultivar.
*Salvia*	officinalis	Purpurescens	Sage with purple red leaves. purple flowers.
*Salvia*	officinalis
*Salvia*	patens	Cambridge Blue
*Sarcococca*	confusa		Small glossy leaved shrub with heavily scented white flowers in winter, black berries.
*Saxifraga*	longifolia
*Saxifraga*	paniculata	minutifolia/brevifolia?	Creamy flowers, diminutive.
*Saxifraga*	paniculata		Encrusted type with cream flowers. in flattened sprays.
*Saxifraga*		Esther
*Saxifraga*		Southside Seedling Group	Bold silver foliage, white flowers spotted red.
*Saxifraga*		Winifred Bevington	Compact mats of red edged green leaves and white flowers flushed pink
*Sedum*	dasyphyllum		Tiny foliage like clumps of miniature grey beads.
*Sedum*	pachyclados
*Sedum*	spathulifolium	Cape Blanco	Blue green fleshy foliage, yellow flower heads.
*Sedum*	spurium	Ruby Mantle	Dark red-green foliage and flowers
*Sempervivum*		Mondstein
*Sempervivum*	arachnoideum		Cobweb houseleek
*Sempervivum*	calcareum	Guillaumes
*Sempervivum*	calcareum	Sir William Lawrence
*Sempervivum*		Blue Boy
*Sempervivum*		Reinhard
*Sempervivum*		Rotkop
*Sempervivum*		Woolcott’s Variety	Large rosettes, olive flushed pink.
*Stipa*	lessingiana		Fine leaved deciduous grass with silvery panicles, delightful swaying in a soft breeze.
*Symphytum*	grandiflorum		Robust ground cover Comfrey with cream flowers.
*Tanacetum*	parthenium	Aureum	Golden feverfew, modestly cheerful.
*Tanacetum*	parthenium	Rowallane	double feverfew; aromatic woody perennial with double white button-like flowers; 35cm high. Not White Bonnet see Jackson email
*Teucrium*	fruticans		Long white square stems, grey green opposite leaves, mauve flowers.
*Teucrium*	scorodonia		Water Germander
*Thymus*	camphoratus		Camphor thyme, arrow shaped leaves.
*Thymus*	herba-barona		Caraway thyme
*Thymus*	pulegioides	Bertram Anderson	Compact habit, forms mats of reliably bright foliage.
*Thymus*	serpyllum	Minimus	Very small dainty foliage
*Thymus*	serpyllum	Snow Carpet
*Thymus*	vulgaris	Compactus	Somewhat more compact than the species.
*Thymus*	vulgaris	English winter	Neat form of common thyme.
*Thymus*	vulgaris
*Thymus*		Fragrantissimus	Fine grey foliage, pungent orange fragrance.
*Thymus*	serpyllum	Minimus	Prostrate, very small leaves, mauve flowers.
*Thymus*	serpyllum	Goldstream	Good ground cover, green splashed yellow, purple flowers.
*Thymus*	vulgaris	Fredo
*Thymus*	x citriodora	Silver Queen
*Trachelospermum*	asiaticum
*Trifolium*	repens	Dragon’s Blood
*Tulipa*	clusiana	Cynthia	Lady Tulip’ 25cm height yellow striped red
*Tulipa*	greigii	Red Riding Hood	Scarlet flowers with a dark base. Attractive purple-striped foliage. Compact
*Tulipa*	praestans	Fusileer	Grey-green leaves and bright red multicoloured flowers c. 30cm.
*Valeriana*	phu	Aurea	Umbellifer with luminous yellow new leaves.
*Verbena*	bonariensis		Tall, rigid habit, numerous purple flower heads.
*Verbena*	hastata	Blue Spires	Late flowering perennial with rocket shaped flower heads opening in tiers.
*Veronica*	prostrata	Spode Blue	Spode Blue’ is a prostrate perennial 10cm tall, forming a mat of narrow, semi-evergreen leaves and erect racemes of small blue flowers in early summer
*Vinca*	minor	Azurea Flore Pleno	Semi-double blue lesser periwinkle
*Viola*	cornuta		Low growing spreading perennial, mauve scented flowers have strap-like petals
*Viola*	odorata
*Viola*		Irish Molly	Electric gold yellow and brown flowers
*Waldsteinia*	ternata		Yellow flowered ground cover.
*Yucca*	flaccida		Multiple clumps of pointed leaves – not too sharp, large flowers spikes.