Geranium.
A genus of extremely garden-worthy plants and a favourite at this nursery. We have trialled the following varieties in the garden and find them excellent ground-covers, prolific and lengthy flowerers, vigorous and adaptable to a wide range of conditions.
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Geranium ‘Birch Double’. The real thing with large blue double flowers imported from Washfield Nursery in 1997. Drainage and good soil in full sun. Part sun to full sun. 40 cm. |
$7.50 |
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Geranium ‘Mavis Simpson’. A low-spreading variety with attractive grey-green leaves and pink flowers. Great under roses with Heuchera americana and Alchemilla mollis. Part sun to full sun. 40 cm. |
$4.50 |
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Geranium cantabrigiense ‘Biokovo’. A cross between Geranium dalmaticum and G. macrorrhizum with good ground-covering habit and compact growth. A useful landscaping plant which looks tidy for most of the year. The flowers are white to pale pink and held well above the evergreen green foliage. Also good in pots. Part sun to full sun. 15 cm. |
$4.00 |
Geranium erianthum. Large leaved species from Alaska and Canada that grows well in cooler southern gardens (Victoria, Tasmania). Attractive light pink flower with darker eye. Part sun to shade. 50 cm. New! |
$4.80 |
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Geranium macrorrhizum album. A lovely species from Greece, useful as a ground-cover for part-sun with attractive velvety leaves. All the attributes of above with white flowers and contrasting red stamens. The foliage colours well in cold winter areas. Part sun to shade. 20 cm. |
$4.00 |
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Geranium peloponnesiacum. A lovely species from Greece, useful as a ground-cover for part-sun with attractive velvety leaves and deep blue flowers. Closely related to Geranium ibiricum. Part sun to full sun. 40 cm. |
$4.80 |
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Geranium phaeum. One of the best species for shade, this variety will naturalise in time making a good clump from its perennial rootstock. The flowers are a deep purple burgundy and are produced in early spring. Part sun to shade. 35 cm. |
$4.00 |
Geranium robustum. A new introduction from Lesotho South Africa, with attractive silver leaves and stunning blue flowers. Forms a good mound and will remain evergreen if trimmed after flowering. Good between roses and in the sunny border. Part sun to full sun. 60 cm. |
$4.00 |
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Geranium sanguineum ‘Album’. A more elegant plant than the type forming a compact mound of foliage covered in large pure white flowers during summer. Performs well in a rockgarden or mixed border situation in full to part sun. Part sun to shade. 50 cm. |
$5.00 |
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Geranium x wallachianum. A wonderful new and improved G. wallachianum hybrid with large blue, white-centred flowers. This plant flowers for an exceptionally long time, and looks great in masses under roses or at the front of the border. Part sun to full sun. 40 cm. |
$5.50 |
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Helenium ‘Dark Beauty’. A dark flowered seedling I selected at Richard Bramleys ’Farmyard Nursery’ in Wales. Much better than ’Moerheim Beauty’, with deep orange brown flowers, minus the usual yellow striation. Full sun. 80 cm. |
$4.50 |
Helleborus.
For the gardener, collector and landscape designer, these are of particular interest, providing blooms during the winter months and attractive evergreen foliage for most of the year. The Helleborus hybridus group are easy to cultivate, dry tolerant, long-lived and require nothing more than a partially shaded spot in the garden. Extensive trials of seed-raised plants and careful breeding has led to strains of single blooms in a range of clear colours, as well as picotees, anemone centres, and doubles, previously unavailable to the home gardener. Note: seedlings will vary slightly but a high proportion will be as good as the parents, if not better!
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Helleborus argutifolius. Wonderful shrubby species from Corsica with clusters of apple-green flowers. Will grow well in dry shade beneath trees. Part sun to shade. 120 cm. |
$4.80 |
Helleborus hybridus ‘Anemone Picotee’. Seedlings from a pink anemone-centred picotee. Flowers from the parent had an unusual darker veining, almost marbling over the lighter pink background, with dark purple nectaries. I am confident these seedlings will produce some stunning plants, and I am sure some doubles will appear amongst them. Part sun to shade. 50 cm. |
$6.50 |
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Helleborus hybridus ‘Anemone Pink’. An experimental cross using our anemone purple as the seed parent with pollen from ’Betty Ranicar’. The result will be variations of double pinks, purples, whites, and anemone intermediates. Part sun to shade. 60 cm. |
$6.50 |
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Helleborus hybridus ‘Apple Blossom’. Our own strain derived from intercrossing selected imported stockplants. Apple-blossom white with the barest hint of pink suffused from the nectaries outward. Shade. 60 cm. |
$6.50 |
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Helleborus hybridus ‘Best Pink’. Seedlings from our best pink plants to date, this batch will have a good proportion of dark nectaries. Part sun to shade. 60 cm. |
$6.50 |
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Helleborus hybridus ‘Crimson Veined’. A lovely variation from our picotee, where the crimson edge diffuses into the white background creating a veined effect. The majority of these will come true to parent. Part sun to shade. 60 cm. |
$6.50 |
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Helleborus hybridus ‘Double White Seedlings’. Seed-raised plants from self-pollinated flowers of ’Betty Ranicar’. Most of the plants will be double white, a few anemone-centred white and singles. Part sun to shade. 60 cm. |
$9.50 |
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Helleborus hybridus ‘Green’. This is a very unstable colour to reproduce, and I’m still finding a few pinks and whites in these, which is extremely annoying! Still, as my obligation to lovers of green flowers, I’m listing these in the hope that you might find some nice green flowered plants amongst them! Part sun to shade. 50 cm. |
$6.50 |
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Helleborus hybridus ‘Landscapers Mix’. A cross section of seedlings from our best stock plants. Colour range will include black, purple, yellow, green, pink and white. Part sun to shade. 60 cm. 3 for $12 |
$5.50 |
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Helleborus hybridus ‘Picotee’. Seedlings from our white picotee strain. The parent has beautiful white flowers with a delicate line of crimson along the petal margin and dark nectaries. This is a new strain so expect some variation. Part sun to shade. 60 cm. |
$6.50 |
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Helleborus hybridus ‘Washfield Rose’. Seedlings from a lovely plant I imported from Elizabeth Strangman in the late nineties. This strain comes true from seed and has the rounded petal of Ballard breeding. Part sun to full sun. 60 cm. |
$6.50 |
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Helleborus x foetedus ‘Wester Flisk’. An improved form of Helleborus foetidus with red stems and darker, more divided leaves than the usual wild form. A useful plant for massing in dry shade under trees. Shade. 60 cm. |
$5.50 |
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Hemerocallis ‘Sol d’Oro’. Miniature ’daylilly’ with butter yellow trumpets in summer. Much more graceful than the usual varieties. Full sun. 60 cm. |
$4.00 |
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Heucherella ‘Coral Cloud’. A dwarf variety with a groundcovering habit and sprays of coral flowers in spring. Long flowering. Part sun to shade. 60 cm. |
$4.50 |
Hosta.
A shade loving genus from China, predominantly found on forest margins and in deep shade under trees. They will take surprisingly dry conditions, providing they are protected from wind and sun, and also grow well in containers. Hostas are generally cultivated for their attractive leaf variations and are suitable for mass plantings with Helleborus hybridus, dicentra and shade-loving geraniums. Heights given are for foliage; flowers generally stand a further 20 - 40cm above the leaves.
Hosta ‘Bouquet’. An attractive clumping variety with lighter variagation around the leaf margins. Part sun to shade. 60 cm. New! |
$5.50 |
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Hosta ‘Chinese Sunrise’. A new cultivar in our collection with two toned lime and darker green leaves, long and slender in shape. A medium to low growing variety. Part sun to shade. 60 cm. New! |
$5.50 |
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Hosta ‘Francee’. One of the more vigorous variegated cultivars with bright green leaves and white margins. A fine architectural plant with dicentra and shade loving geraniums. Shade. 60 cm. |
$7.50 |
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Hosta ‘Ginko Craig’. A popular variegated form with contrasting green and white leaf markings. Makes an attractive leaf mound. Shade. 55 cm. |
$7.50 |
Hosta minor ‘Nakayama’. Dwarf hosta with attractive dark green leaves and light mauve flowers. Good as foreground in front of larger varieties. Part sun to shade. 40 cm. New! |
$5.50 |
Iris.
Brian Mathew says of these elegant plants: “To describe the iris in a few lines is quite impossible...” A glimpse of this diverse and beautiful genus is represented here in the following varieties.
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Iris ‘Dark Aura’. A spectacular iris with indigo flowers and black stems. Medium height and suitable in most conditions providing the soil is not too dry. Part sun to full sun. 90 cm. |
$5.50 |
Iris laevigata ‘Alba’. Native to Japan, tall stems like Iris sibirica with white flowers. Part sun to full sun. 120 cm. |
$5.50 |
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Iris reticulata ‘harmony’. One of the best bulbous iris for pots and rockgardens. Best in gravelly well drained soil. Full sun. 20 cm. New! 3 for $10 |
$4.50 |
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Iris sibirica ‘Blue Sapphire’. One of my favourite old varieties with large indigo flowers in late spring. Part sun to full sun. 90 cm. |
$5.50 |
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Iris sibirica ‘Ewen’. Purple falls with a hint of yellow at the centre. A good variant on the usual blues. Part sun to full sun. 90 cm. New! |
$8.50 |
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Iris sibirica ‘Fourfold White’. Improved form of the regular white Siberean iris, with larger flowers and a stronger growth habit. Imported from the UK. Part sun to full sun. 75 cm. New! |
$7.50 |
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Iris sibirica ‘Mesa pearl’. Almost white with the faintest hint of lavender. A lovely and subtle flower. Part sun to full sun. 90 cm New! |
$8.50 |
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Iris sibirica ‘Pink Haze’. Lilac pink, quite unusual for a Siberian iris. Attractive form with tall stems ideally suited for floral work. Part sun to full sun. 90 cm. |
$7.50 |
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Iris sibirica ‘Summer Skies’. An unusual bicoloured iris with beautiful light blue flowers quite unlike anything I have ever seen. Imorted from Cotswold Garden Flowers in 1999. Part sun to full sun. 90 cm. |
$8.50 |
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Iris sibirica ‘Super Act’. A fine variety with large deep indigo flowers. Part sun to full sun. 90 cm. |
$7.50 |
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