| TYPE |
NAME |
DESCRIPTION |
PICTURE |
PRICE |
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| 1. Rarities
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Albuca |
From South Africa and part of the Hyacinthaceae family. In milder areas of the UK the Albucca shawii and Albucca humilis may be planted in a sunny site and well-drained soil but in frosty areas they are best grown in po....... |
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£5.50 |
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| 2. Rarities
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Cautleya gracilis |
An attractive member of the ginger family with green lanceolate leaves with maroon undersides and spikes of soft yellow flowers from brick-red bracts. Stylish and seldom seen though hardy. Grows well in a humus-rich, we....... |
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£5.50 |
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| 3. Rarities
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Chasmanthe |
(African Cornflag), corms, related to crocosmia. Elegant spikes of tubular flowers. Sheltered border with well-drained soil and full sun. The leaves grow through the winter and then flowering spikes are put up in early....... |
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£5.50 |
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| 4. Rarities
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Clematis |
The cultivars listed below are all herbaceous forms of clematis. They are hardy, easy to grow and long-lived. They grow well in a good soil in a sunny or part-shaded site.
All are growing in 1.4 litre pots....... |
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£5.90 |
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| 5. Rarities
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Crinum |
Trumpet-shaped flowers summer into autumn above glossy green, strappy leaves.The bulbs are relatively large and should be planted with their necks at soil level - no deeper. They flower best when they become a bit conge....... |
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£5.50 |
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| 6. Rarities
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Dierama 'Pretty Flamingo' |
'Angel's Fishing Rod'. A clump forming perennial (corms) with elegant arching stems bearing flared, brick-pink bells with a white eye in the summer months. It grows best in a well-drained, humus-rich soil that does not....... |
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£7.00 |
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| 7. Rarities
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Dietes |
A perennnial which is related to the Iris; the three species we have are all from South Africa. The sword-shaped leaves are evergreen and the flowers appear on branching stalks at the end of the stems. They prefer a ri....... |
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£7.00 |
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| 8. Rarities
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Gladiolus dalenii ssp. dalenii |
A beautiful member of the gladiolus, elegant not blousy, with slightly arching spikes of the most unusual light apricot coloured flowers in early summer. It is reasonably hardy and does not need lifting come the autumn....... |
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£5.50 |
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| 9. Rarities
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Gladiolus papilio 'Ruby' |
A richly coloured and rare form of Gladiolus papilio. The nodding flower heads are a vibrant but not garish crimson-red, appearing on reasonably stout stems in summer. The leaves are sword-shaped, greeny-grey.
It is h....... |
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£5.50 |
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| 10. Rarities
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Gladiolus tristis var. concolor |
A lovely and rare gladiolus; the creamy coloured flowers with a central midrib of a slightly darker creamy-lime are not borne in elongated spikes like many other gladioli but more in loose clusters. They have a lovely s....... |
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£9.00 |
