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PLEASE NOTE
- most items are in very limited numbers, so please apply
early, LAST DATE FOR ORDERS END OF JULY, as I will
replant any unsold bulbs then. Orders will be dealt with in the
order in which they arrive. Orders for polypodiums can be sent
out at any time. Dispatch will begin in July, as soon as bulbs
can be harvested. Snowdrops, celandines, trilliums, and anemones
will be damp-packed for posting. Polypodiums will be bare
rooted and damp packed. All items flowering sized except where
stated.
Postage and
Packaging - A single bulb - £1-50
Other
bulb orders - £2-50
Orders
containing damp-packed items - £3.00
If
ordering polypodiums, dry bulbs can be added to the parcel for
no extra charge. Damp packed items - add £1 to the delivery
charge for the polypodiums.
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Acis rosea |
(Used to be Leucojum roseum) Autumn-flowering
snowflake with tiny pink bells to 6cm high over short prostrate
foliage. |
£2.00
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Adoxa
moschatellina |
Town
Hall Clock. A native plant of ancient woodland with anemone-like
foliage and small curious green flowers composed of five
florets, one each pointing in four directions outwards and one
pointing straight up. |
£2-50
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Allium callimischon ssp haemostictum |
Autumn flowering
onion to 10cm, small white flowers with red spots. Do not remove
'dead' upright stems during dormancy - these will carry the
flowers later. |
£2-00 for 5 |
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Anemone nemorosa
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Wild English type.
Well-loved woodland anemone flowering March to April. White,
often tinged pink. To 15cm. |
£1-50 |
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Anemone nemorosa
'Blue Eyes' |
Stunning double
white anemone, opening plain white, but developing a deep royal
blue centre to the flower. Few only. |
£3.50 |
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Anemone nemorosa 'Bracteata
Pleniflora' |
A strange anemone,
with many white 'petals' variously streaked with green, and
flashes of kingfisher blue at the upper leaf nodes. |
£2-50 |
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Anemone nemorosa deep pink form |
A
selection of the wild type found many years ago, opening white
and quickly fading to a very deep pink. |
£2-50 |
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Anemone nemorosa 'Flore
Pleno' |
Similar to 'Vestal',
but later flowering and having no stamens so a cleaner looking
flower - our favourite. |
£2-50 |
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Anemone nemorosa 'Parlez-vous' |
As wild type, but
purple/blue flowers, vigorous. |
£2.00 |
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Anemone nemorosa
'Vestal' |
'Anemone-centred'
double white, ie outer 'petals' normal with a white boss in the
centre surrounded by stamens giving a button effect. |
£2-00 |
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Anemone nemorosa
'Virescens' |
All
petals replaced by leaves to give a rosette effect. The first
variety into 'flower' and the longest lasting since the 'petals'
never drop. |
£2-50 |
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Anemone
ranunculoides 'Laciniata' |
I'm not
sure about this name, although original stock came from a very
reputable source. As we have it, it is a compact growing form of
A. ranunculoides in which the foliage is very dark at
emergence and flowering time, which sets off the golden flowers
beautifully. |
£2-50 |
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Anemone
ranunculoides 'Pleniflora' |
Semi-double golden
yellow flowers. |
£2-00 |
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Anemone
trifolia |
An unusual species of wood
anemone with foliage less dissected than A. nemorosa, and white
flowers made even ‘cleaner’ by the pure white boss of stamens.
To 20cm/8” high, for shade and leafy soil. |
£3.00 |
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Anemone x lipsiensis |
A beautiful pale
sulphur yellow hybrid between Aa. nemorosa and ranunculoides. |
£2-50 |
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Colchicum agrippinum |
Neat colchicum with
pink, heavily chequered flowers in autumn, and leaves to 20cm in
spring. |
£2-50 |
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Colchicum autumnale 'Alboplenum' |
Autumn-flowering bulb with
beautiful double white flowers for a very long period from
Sept-Nov. 30cm/12” high leaves appear in spring. Full sun or
partial shade in a well-drained soil. |
£3-00
few only |
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Crocus banaticus |
Beautiful
autumn-flowering crocus. Three long outer petals, three shorter
upright inner ones and long lilac stigmata. Easy and reliable
even outside here. |
£2.00 for 3 |
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Crocus
biflorus subsp.
biflorus |
Lovely
spring crocus with buff coloured outer petals strongly feathered
in deep maroon, over white inners. |
£2.00
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Crocus minimus |
Dainty small spring
flowering crocus, inner segments violet, outer ones buff,
heavily marked with deepest plum purple, stamens and stigmata
orange. |
£0.50 |
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Eranthis x tubergenii
'Guinea Gold' |
Choice
hybrid between E. hyemalis and E. cilicica, later flowering and
with larger flowers and bronzy leaves. |
£5.00
very few |
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Galanthus 'Faringdon Double' |
This is
the earliest of the double snowdrops, flowering here in
mid-December last year. It has a sturdy upright habit, and well
shaped, large flowers. |
£9.00
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Galanthus 'James
Backhouse' |
Formerly 'Atkinsii',
this is a very early flowering snowdrop with elongated flowers
on 20cm stems, occasionally producing an aberrant petal or two. |
£2.50 |
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Galanthus 'Lady Elphinstone' |
A double nivalis,
with yellow markings when the plants are established. Even on
old clumps some plants will show green marks, but not the same
ones each year - frustrating! |
£4.00 |
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Galanthus 'Lavinia' |
A medium
height double with good regular, large flowers. Flowers second
half of February for us. |
£5.00
few only |
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Galanthus 'Magnet' |
Classic
snowdrop with long arching pedicels which set the flowers
swinging in the faintest breeze. |
£3.50 |
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Galanthus 'Marjorie Brown' |
This
elwesii variety has distinctive wide, glaucous leaves,
flowering mid-February. |
£7.50
SOLD OUT |
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Galanthus peshmenii |
Dainty
autumn flowering snowdrop with flowers 12cm high before the
leaves in Sep-Oct. Leaves are glaucous. I grow mine in an alpine
house. |
£5.00 |
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Galanthus
reginae-olgae |
Well
known autumn flowering snowdrop with flowers before the leaves,
which have a paler stripe down the centre. Happy in pot, trough
or open ground if well-drained. |
£4.00 |
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Galanthus 'Robin
Hood' |
Robust snowdrop with
X shaped mark on inner segments. |
£8.00 |
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Galanthus 'S. Arnott' |
Tall and vigorous
with large rounded flowers that are well scented. |
£2.50 |
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Galanthus 'Straffan' |
A very
old cultivar with well-shaped flowers of good substance,
regularly producing two scapes once settled. Vigorous and
sturdy. |
£3.50 |
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Galanthus 'Tiny Tim' |
A snowdrop identical
to ordinary G. nivalis, except slightly smaller in all its
parts. |
£2.00 |
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Galanthus 'Viridapice' |
Tall, vigorous
snowdrop with green-tipped outer segments. |
£3.50 |
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Galanthus 'Wendy's Gold' |
A
vigorous plicatus variety with all yellow markings. |
£15.00 |
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Leucojum vernum |
One or two large
green-tipped bells on 30cm stems in spring. |
£1.00 |
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Narcissus 'Anne' |
Narcissus romieuxii var mesatlanticus x
N. bulbocodium forma filifolius ( try
getting that on a label!). A cross made by Robin Metcalf, much
admired at Loughborough Show in 2003, and pictured in the Alpine
Gardener March 2004. Grassy leaves, butter yellow flowers,
flowering between its parents in early March. To 15 cm.
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£4.00 |
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Narcissus
cantabricus foliosus |
Very early creamy
white hoop petticoat to 15cm. Flowers slightly later than
'Nylon'. |
£1-50 |
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Narcissus cantabricus clean edged form |
A very nice form of cantabricus with
very crisp clean edge to the corona, not fluted. |
£2.50
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Narcissus 'Eyestettensis' |
Queen
Anne's Double Daffodil, a historic variety with a lovely creamy
yellow flower with the layers of petals laid one upon the next
in a very orderly way. |
£4.00
few only |
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Narcissus 'Jim Lad'
P.C. |
Narcissus rupicola x
asturiensis. Our own hybrid. Flower about 2cm wide, with a
corona about 8mm long, golden yellow throughout and growing to
about 12cm high. Did well in a trough here last 2 winters. Good
stock at present so reduced price this year! |
£5.00
or 5 for
£20
40 left
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Narcissus 'Joy
Bishop' |
Similar to romieuxii,
but very clean, solid flowers neatly scalloped rather than
frilled around the mouth of the corona. Name now confirmed. |
£1-50 |
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Narcissus 'Nylon group' |
Very early flowering
white hoop petticoat to 20 cm. Flowers December. |
£2.00 |
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Narcissus obesus |
Sturdy hoop petticoat daffodil with large golden yellow bells about 5cm
long, slightly incurved at the open end. Up to 15cm high, with prostrate, curling leaves.
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£2.00 |
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Narcissus obesus x triandrus |
My own
hybrids, mixed seedlings so it's pot luck, but all charming.
Short stems with tubby primrose yellow flowers, slightly
pendant. |
£7.50
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Narcissus romieuxii
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Early
flowering hoop petticoat usually in flower by December, with
light yellow flowers on 20cm stems. Increases well for me with a
dry summer rest. |
£1-50 |
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Narcissus romieuxii
var mesatlanticus |
Similar to romieuxii,
slightly shorter with larger flowers and later flowering. Our
form has pale lemon flowers. |
£1-50 |
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Narcissus
'Segovia' |
An Alec Gray hybrid with
N watieri as one parent. Growing 20-25cm tall with
glistening white 5cm flowers with a small lemon cup. April. |
£1.00 |
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Narcissus
'Stocken' |
A bit of a mystery plant
whose identity seems to be unknown. As we have it, it is similar
to N jonquilla but rather smaller and daintier. Fragrant.
Flowers March. |
£2.00 |
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Narcissus
'Taffeta' |
Another
of the Blanchard hybrids along with Nylon. As we have it this is
slightly earlier and shorter than Nylon and with rather more
regular flowers. |
£1-50 |
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Narcissus triandrus x pallidiflorus |
Another
mixed bag of my own seedlings, offered as a curiosity. |
£4.00
3
smallish left
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Narcissus triandrus x watieri (apologies, first listed as
watieri x triandrus) |
Yet
another mix of seedlings, this time rather nice pendant flowers
in pristine white. Pot luck. |
£4.50
3 left
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Narcissus
watieri
x gaditanus |
A hybrid from John
Blanchard, growing to about 20cm with lemon yellow small-cupped
flowers. Flowers March-April. |
£1.50 |
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Oxalis perdicaria (syn
lobata) 'Citrino' |
A beautiful cream-coloured
sport from this normally yellow species. This is possibly the same clone as 'Citrino'. Leaves in spring, which die away, then
leaves with flowers in late summer/autumn. Few only. |
£5.00 |
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Paris quadrifolia |
A British native of ancient woodlands. Whorl of four
leaves topped with a flower comprising four narrow green petals,
followed by a single large black berry. Good divisions supplied. |
£4.00 |
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Ranunculus ficaria
'Brazen Hussy' |
A form of the native
celandine with yellow flowers and deep purple black foliage.
Best dead-headed to avoid seeding. |
£2.50 |
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Ranunculus ficaria 'Aurantiacus' |
Green heart-shaped
leaves and warm orange flowers. We have not found this one to
seed around at all. |
£2.50 |
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Ranunculus ficaria 'Collarette' |
A form of the native
celandine with normal outer petals and a tight boss of petals in
the centre. Compact and sterile. |
£2.50 |
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Ranunculus ficaria
'Double Cream' |
Syn. 'Double Mud'.
Cream double flowers with bluish grey backs to the
petals. |
£2.50 |
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Ranunculus ficaria 'Green Petal' |
This celandine has
curious green and yellow flowers, and is sterile. |
£3.00 |
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Ranunculus ficaria
'Salmon's White' |
White
flowers. |
£2.50 |
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Ranunculus ficaria
Sterile double |
May be Flore Pleno,
but is a beautiful fully double celandine whose golden flowers
begin with a green centre. Does not seed. |
£2.50 |
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Trillium rivale |
Dainty trillium, now
placed in Pseudotrillium. Easy in pots and in a
humus-rich spot in the garden where it will self-sow and clump
up if happy. Variable white or pink flowers usually spotted in
the throat with purple. Naturally small tubers but should be
flowering size. 15 cm when mature. |
£3-00 |
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