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Hardy Exotics A-C

All of this section should be hardy outside in most areas of the UK

Acanthus mollis

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Bear's Breeches 5 Seeds ■●җ җ җ

Acanthus mollis or Bear's Breeches has handsome large dark green shiny leaves deeply lobed, with impressive tall flower spikes in late summer. Flowers are white with purple-shaded bracts. Outstanding for the back of the border, where this Acanthus will create a stunning effect. Tolerates some shade and dry conditions. Easy to grow.

Agapanthus Headbourne Hybrids

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Hardy Nile Lily 10 seeds ■●җ җ җ

Agapanthus Headbourne Hybrids are fully hardy, dying back to the fleshy root stock over winter. Available in most Garden Centres but expensive - why not try growing some from seed if you can wait a few years for the plants to mature?

Agapanthus umbellatus

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Hardy Nile Lily 10 seeds ■●җ җ

Agapanthus Umbellatus has strong stems to 4 ft tall with large spherical heads crammed with rich cobalt-blue flowers. They are a beautiful sight to behold in full flower in Summer and have become particular favourites for larger pots.. They have handsome dark green, broad strap-like evergreen leaves but their evergreen nature makes them slightly less robust in cold Winters and in pots. Best brought under cover (no heat is required, just hard frost protection).in colder areas Flowers June-August.

Agave montana

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Mountain Agave 15 seeds ■●җ җ

One of the most exciting plants to recently come out of the Mexican mountains is this cool and wet hardy Agave montana. It forms a tight rosette of variably patterned and variably armed foliage of immense beauty, up to 1.5m across. Given a very well drained site in full sun this is by far and away the best Agave to try and grow outside in the UK

Allium aflatunense

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Ornamental Onion Aprx 50 seeds ■●җ җ җ

Allium aflatunense is a late spring perennial flowering bulb with strap shaped pale green leaves appearing soon after the last frost. The globe shaped flowers are about 7 cm across, composed of dense tiny lilac florets on a strong single stem held well above the leaves. Height 90 cm. Spread 15 cm. Best in a well drained soil with full sun. Once established they will spread making quite a show in late spring to early summer.

Allium christophii

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Persian Onion Aprx 50 seeds ■●җ җ җ

Allium christophii is the largest of all the ornamental onions, with a huge 12" spherical head consisting of 80 individual star like purple flowers on strong stems up to 60cm high. When they have finished flowering the seedheads can also be cut and dried for use in flower arrangements. Unlike many other varieties the strap like leaves remain in good condition while the plants flower and the flower heads last for weeks. Our favourite border ornamental onion.

Allium insubricum

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Alpine Ornamental Onion 10 seeds ■●җ җ җ

From the Alps, this rare flowering onion is considered to be among the most desirable of Allium species. Allium insubricum is closely akin to the equally beautiful Allium narcissiflorum. It can be difficult to grow and flower well and best suited to alpine rockery conditions.

Alstroemeria ligtu hybrids

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Peruvian Lily 20 seeds ■●җ җ җ

Alstroemeria are exotic South American perennials from tuberous roots, producing abundant red, yellow, orange and pink flowers, often strikingly streaked and spotted. Excellent cut flowers. Easily grown in full sun or part shade, preferring rich deep soil. Best left undisturbed and mulched in hard frost areas. We have been growing these for many years with a fantastic colour display for most of the summer.

Amelanchier

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Service Berry 10 seeds ■●җ җ җ

A fully hardy small to medium sized shrub from North America, Amelanchier has pretty snowy white flowers in spring and bears tasty edible blackcurrant sized fruits in mid summer. The plants tolerate a wide pH range and will also grow well in heavy clay soils. Water needs are minimal. Although fruit production is best when grown in full sun, partial shade is also tolerated. The berries are sweet and juicy, can be eaten fresh, canned, frozen, made into jams, pies or wines, and can be dried and eaten like raisins. Some say the taste is far superior to Blueberries without the problem of needing and acid soil to grow them.

Angelica gigas

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Purple Angelica 10 seeds ■●җ җ җ

From Korea, Angelica gigas is an architectural and quite dramatic recent introduction growing to 4’, with huge, bold leaves and striking flowers produced in mid to late summer in large clusters resembling a large Allium. Flowers and stem are a rich, purplish red and the plant won a gold medal in 1993 when it was introduced.

Anthriscus sylvestris Ravenswing

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Purple Cow Parsley 10 seeds ■●җ җ җ

Anthriscus sylvestris Ravenswing is a clump forming biennial or short-lived perennial with dark foliage providing a useful contrast in borders. The attractive dark purple-brown foliage and stems are followed in late spring to summer with lacy umbels of tiny white flowers, with small pink bracts. Pick out the best dark colours from the seeds discarding any green seedlings. Once established spreads easily from self sown seeds.

Aquilegia F1 Origami Mixed

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Columbine 10 seeds ■●җ җ җ

Aquilegia F1 Origami, a unique variety flowers the first year from seed because the cold stratification requirement is only 14-21 days with temperatures as high as 10C. An October/November sowing produces April/May flowering plants. Its hybrid vigour translates to a free flowering 12" to 18" habit with exceptional uniformity across all 6 colours that are clean and bright.

Arisaema consanguineum

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Jack in the Pulpit 10 Seeds ■●җ җ

One of the easiest to grow, but spectacular, is the giant Arisaema consanguineum. The flowers have a purple-green spathe with narrow, white, vertical stripes and a hood with a filamentous tail-like tip. The spathe encloses the club-like spadix (itself extended by a whiplash tail), which has all over its surface hundreds of tiny flowers. In late summer, the spathe withers and exposes a head of tightly packed red-orange berries. A slender tall plant (to 2 meters!) with mottled snake skin patterned stems.

Aruncus dioicus

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Goats Beard Aprx 100 seeds ■●

Goats Beard is a tall majestic plant with fine feathery plume shaped cream blooms similar to Astilbe. A giant back or border perennial reaching 120-150cm tall. Flowers June to August and perfectly hardy.

Asphodeline Yellow Candle

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Yellow Asphode 10 seeds ■●

A Border perennial with yellow star-shaped flowers, on tall spikes, appearing over clumps of grass-like foliage in late Spring. 1m - best grown in sandy well drained soil in full sun.

Astelia chatamica

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Silver Spear 10 seeds ■●җ җ

Astelia chatamica or Silver spear is a hardy, clump-forming perennial with elegant silvery spear-shaped leaves. In very cold winters in exposed areas plants may suffer frost damage and may benefit from protection. During mid- to late spring long stalks of yellowish-green flowers emerge from female plants that give rise to orange berries in summer. This plant can make a dramatic feature in the garden especially when planted close to purple-foliage plants such as Aeonium 'Schwarzkopf'. It makes an unusual alternative to phormium or New Zealand flax.

Baptisia australis Caspian Blue

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False Indigo 10 Seeds ■●җ җ җ

Baptisia australis forms a spectacular multi-stemmed plant specimen in the flower garden capped with lupine-like spires of this rich yet subtle shade of blue. Each floret is centred white offering eye-catching contrast. After flowering the uniform, vase shape of the plant bears rich green foliage all season offering a most pleasing architectural form. Native to North America it is fully hardy eventually forming a clump 1 metre tall and about 2ft wide. Drought tolerant once established. Best planted in a sunny position in a free draining sandy or gritty soil.

Calla palustris

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Bog Lily 25 seeds ■●

This attractive marginal plant produces simple white arum-like flowers in May/June, followed by bright red berries in autumn. It has heart-shaped glossy mid-green leaves, and spreads on long creeping stems. It thrives in shallow water, making it one of the best plants for disguising the pond's edge with its lush greenery. Unlike many pond plants, it will grow and even flower in deep shade, although planting in sun or part shade will result in more blooms.

Calycanthus chinensis

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Chinese Allspice 10 seeds ■●

A deciduous shrub from Eastern China with glossy mid-green leaves, and camellia-like flowers up to 4" diameter. It will tolerate down to about -15C but prefers a sheltered site from cold winds and in partial shade rather than full all day sun. Large glossy green leaves and it should produce flowers after 3 or 4 years. Slow to germinate and some scarification necessary as encouragement.

Camassia quamash

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Blue Camas 10 seeds ■●җ җ җ

Camassia quamash are excellent plants and ideal for planting in a semi shaded garden position or in a wild meadow or orchard. Tall pale blue flower spikes in June. If they like their position they increase rapidly making them ideal for naturalisation. They become dormant in the winter producing underground bulbs.

Campanula carpatica Pearl Deep Blue

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Carpathian harebell Aprx 50 seeds ■●җ җ җ

Campanula carpatica are a robust, rock garden species, and will thrive on sunny walls or banks. They require moist, very well-drained soil and will grow in either sun or partial shade. Pearl Deep Blue blooms 2-3 weeks earlier than the species and is covered in cup-shaped 2 inch wide, vivid violet blue flowers with a lighter centre over dark green foliage from late spring to late summer. Regular dead heading increases the flowering period. Good choice for edging, containers, the front of borders, or growing among rocks.

Campanula pyramidalis Mixed

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Chimney Bellflower Aprx 500 seeds ■●җ җ

Campanula pyramidalis is a superb and beautiful species forming a large basal cluster of leaves from which arise numerous pyramidal, leafy spikes of countless pale blue or white, saucer-shaped flowers, each 1 in. or more across, the whole making one enormous mass of bloom. Out of doors it will grow to a splendid 4 ft., but in your cool greenhouse, generously nurtured in a 10 in. pot, it will often reach a breathtaking 9 ft. or more! Often grown as a biennial but once established it tends to self seed. Certainly does in our garden!

Campanula takesimana Bell Ringers

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Korean Bell Flower Aprx 50 seeds ■●җ җ җ

An impressive discovery from Korea that is vigorous, easy and floriferous. Attractive glossy foliage supports nodding bells, faintly speckled or spotted maroon within. Excellent for quickly filling a border. Campanula takesimana Bell Ringers mixed has shades of pink, purple and white all with spotted centres.

Cardiocrinum giganteum

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Giant Himalayan Lily 10 seeds ■●җ җ җ

Although classed as a lily for many years, Cardiocrinum giganteum an aristocratic woodland plant from the Himalayas is unmistakably different. The bulbs eventually make 8" across, from which a rosette of leaves then appear for 2 to 4 years before an astonishing and stately flower spike erupts, with up to 50, 6" long glistening white very fragrant trumpets. After that the main bulb dies, leaving many smaller ones that take a few years to reach flowering size again. RHS AGM award. Slow from seed but very expensive to purchase bulbs.

Chiastophyllum Solar Yellow

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Turtlehead aprox 25 seeds ■●җ җ

Chiastophyllum Solar Yellow is a hardy, arching evergreen perennial with large fleshy ovate leaves often used in rockeries or containers. In spring an intense flush of yellow weeping flowers are produced creating a real splash of welcome colour. Best in well drained compost and partial sun.

Selected for its colourful foliage, 'Solar Yellow' is a cultivar of Chiastophyllum oppositifolium, a hardy succulent perennial from the Caucasus. It spreads slowly to form a mound of fleshy oval blue-green leaves 15cm to 20cm tall. Hardy to -20C