
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.
Here is a plant list of what is available now and below that a list of plants which will be available at some later point
Genus | species | other name | description |
Achillea | millifolium | Cassis | Cherry-red |
Achillea | millefolium | Salmon Beauty | Flat heads of salmon pink flowers becoming pale with age. Finely cut foliage. |
Aegopodium | podagraria | Variegatum | Variegated ground elder; pretty but determined. |
Allium | hollandicum | Purple Sensation | Early summer spherical flower heads of deep violet held above the foliage. Good cut flower. |
Allium | jesdianum | purple rain | large open starry flower heads after the leaves and flowering later than a. purple sensation. |
Allium | stipitatum | Violet Beauty | grey-green foliage, reaching up to 80cm tall. Flowerheads, up to 10cm across, are borne in late spring and early summer and comprise flat-bottomed, dome-shaped clusters of violet-purple flowers |
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 H4 | |
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. |
Arenaria | montana | Matt-forming evergreen with pure white single flowers held above. 10cm x 30cm +. | |
Armeria | juniperifolia | Bevan’s Variety | Compact thrift. |
Artemisia | dracunculus | French Tarragon | |
Blechnum | penna-marina | Pinnate bronze green fronds, prostrate habit. | |
Buxus | sempervirens | Suffruticosa | Dwarf edging box, neat bright green foliage. |
Campanula | garganica | Mrs Resholt | Intense violet (Plant of the year at Chelsea 2012?) |
Campanula | poscharskyana | Lilac starry flowers, creeping and spreading, good for dry banks. | |
Campanula | poscharskyana | E H Frost | Robust creeping perennial silver blue flowers, good for dry banks. |
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! |
Clematis | Piilu | Early season, light pink with darker stripes and cream boss, semi double, second single flowering often | |
Cordyline | australis | Purpurea | |
Cynara | Artichoke Violette de P | Purple globe artichoke. Good flavour, especially if eaten young. | |
Dianthus | Candy Floss [pbr] | Described by its breeder as sugar pink with a subtle rose-pink eye. Strong grower with beautiful scent. | |
Eurybia (Aster) | divaricata | Wiry black stems contrast with clouds of small pink tinged daisies. (Gertrude Jekyll ;The wire-stemmed aster) | |
Euryops | pectinatus | Interesting grey divided foliage topped by long stemmed yellow daisies. 1 metre height. Frost-tender. | |
Foeniculum | vulgare | Purpureum | Bronze fennel. Tall perennial with finely divided aniseed flavoured bronze foliage an flat umbels of yellow flowers. |
Fragaria | vesca | Alexandria | Fragrant fruits, fairly long (for an alpine strawberry) |
Geranium | Rozanne | Vigorous and floriferous, Violet, white centred, purple veined saucer shaped flowers from Summer to Autumn looks fabulous in a container. | |
Geranium | macrorrhizum | Album | Fleshy rhizomes and leaves- strongly aromatic. White flowers. |
Hakonechloa | Sunburst | Clump forming but not tall, radiant colour. | |
Hedera | helix | Coeur d’or | |
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. |
Lavandula | angustifolia | Hidcote | Dwarf habit, silvery foliage,violet flowers. |
Lithodora | diffusa | Heavenly Blue | Dark green foliage and bright blue flowers, prostrate, dislikes chalk. |
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. | |
Meconopsis | cambrica | Welsh poppy, flat yellow (occasionally orange) flowers tolerant of shade and competition from grass. | |
Mentha | spicata | Brundall mint | A finely flavoured form of spearmint |
Mentha | spicata | spear mint | Spearmint |
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 |
Ophiopogon | planiscapus | Nigrescens | |
Origanum | onites | Pot marjoram, good flavour, white flower heads | |
Pachysandra | terminalis | Dwarf evergreen ground cover, whorls of bright green leaves and white terminal flower heads. | |
Petchoa | BeautyCal ‘Bordeaux’ (P) | A smart trailing petunia with wine-red flowers | |
Phlox | paniculata | Flame White Eye | |
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. |
Phlox | divaricata laphamii | Chattahoochee | Dark foliage, blue flowers with crimson centres, partial shade neutral to acid soil. Choice but choosy. |
Phormium | Yellow Wave | ||
Pieris | Little Heath | ||
Polemonium | caeruleum | Album | White form of Jacob’s Ladder |
Primula | elatior | Oxlip, primrose sized flowers on cowslip like heads. | |
Pulmonaria | angustifolia | Bright blue flowered lungwort. | |
Pulsatilla | vulgaris | Finely divided foliage, nodding bell shaped mauve flowers in spring. The Pasque flower of chalk downland. | |
Rosmarinus | officinalis | Arp | |
Rosmarinus | officinalis | Miss Jessopp’s Upright | The usual pale blue flowers and dark leaves, with a tighter habit. |
Rosmarinus | officinalis | Boule | |
Salvia | officinalis | Icterina | Variegated gold and green, less vigorous than the purple cultivar. |
Salvia | officinalis | ||
Salvia | officinalis | Purpurescens | Sage with purple red leaves. purple flowers. |
Sarcococca | confusa | Small glossy leaved shrub with heavily scented white flowers in winter, black berries. | |
Saxifraga | paniculata | minutifolia/brevifolia? | Creamy flowers, diminutive. |
Scilla | litardierii | Star shaped violet blue flowers early summer | |
Sedum | spathulifolium | Cape Blanco | Grey succulent foliage with red tints makes an excellent mat for a sunny spot with good drainage. The rather surprisingly yellow flowers can be cut off if you prefer things subtle but they are attractive for insects. |
Sempervivum | arachnoideum | Cobweb houseleek | |
Tanacetum | parthenium | Rowallane | double feverfew; aromatic woody perennial with double white button-like flowers; 35cm high. Not White Bonnet see Jackson email |
Thymus | camphoratus | Camphor thyme, arrow shaped leaves. | |
Thymus | pulegioides | Bertram Anderson | Compact habit, forms mats of reliably bright foliage. Mauve flowers Mild, slightly lemony flavour |
Thymus | serpyllum | Snow Carpet | |
Thymus | vulgaris | ||
Thymus | serpyllum | Goldstream | Good ground cover, green splashed yellow, purple flowers. |
Thymus | x citriodora | Silver Queen | |
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 |
Valeriana | phu | Aurea | Umbellifer with luminous yellow new leaves. |
Vinca | minor | Azurea Flore Pleno | Semi-double blue lesser periwinkle |
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. |
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. |