Hokonui Alpines
Plant Catalogue

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JASMINUM parkeri $7.50
A delightful miniature bush Jasmine with yellow sweetly-scented tubular flowers amongst the little leaves in summer. Sunny positions. H20cm x W40cm+

KNIPHOFIA Dwarf Yellow $7.50
Dwarf Red Hot Poker. Adds a nice vertical note to the smaller garden. Warm orange buds opening up the stem to soft yellow bells in summer. Lovely in a moist grassy spot beside water. H35 x W30.

LEUCOJUM autumnale $7.50
A elegant dwarf Snowflake with slim stems carrying up to four little white bells in autumn.

LEWISIA - Fleshy leaved plants related to Portulaca, some are evergreen, other deciduous. For the evergreen varieties we suggest a position with morning or late afternoon sun. The plants will flower repeatedly from spring to late summer if they have plenty of light, but direct summer/autumn sun can be too hot if the plants are allowed to dry out. Watering the wilted foliage can induce rotting. Plenty of water while in flower, less in winter. Free-draining fertile soil. Excellent outdoor container plants.

LEWISIA cotyledon hybrids $7.50
Evergreen rosettes of succulent deep green foliage. Strong stems of showy flowers in a range of glowing pinks to rose, also including sunset shades.

LEWISIA Little Peach $7.50
This is an attractive plant with peach pink flowers which are flushed yellow when they first open, becoming pale pink with age. Evergreen. H10cm x W15cm.

LEWISIA tweedyi alba $8.50
The largest species with several rosettes of broad foliage and beautiful big pure white flowers in early summer. Evergreen. H15cm x W20cm.

LILY OF THE VALLEY $7.50
Spikes of deliciously spicy perfumed white bells appear amongst the foliage in early summer. Give this plenty of room to spread, in a cool fertile soil with part shade. Lovely for picking.

MERENDERA montana $7.50
A dwarf corm related to Colchicum, lilac pink short-stemmed flowers in autumn. Ideal for troughs.

MORISIA monanthos $7.50
The Corsican Cross gives a long display of bright yellow stemless flowers on its cushion of deeply cut leaves during spring. Sun. H3cm x W15cm.

• NERINE filifolia $7.50
A miniature bulb which produces frilly petalled bright pink flowers on slender stems amongst grassy foliage. Marvellous late summer and autumn colour on the rockery. Sun. H15-20cm.

NIEREMBERGIA rivularis $7.50
Carpets of spoon-shaped leaves over which appear large white stemless flowers in late summer. This is a marvellous plant to put between paving stones and anywhere sunny although not dry where it can mosey about. Deciduous. H2cm x W30cm+.

ORIGANUM rotundifolium $7.50
This attractive Oregano has aromatic grey green round leaves and striking flower stems of large lime green bracts from which peek little pink flowers. Sun or part sun.

OURISIA coccinea $7.50
A bright apple green carpet from South America with long slim flowers of fire engine red. Part shade. Fertile moist soil. Winter dormant. H20cm x W30cm.

OXALIS hirta $7.50
This is an excellent late summer and autumn flowers with large bright pink flowers which are very showy and attractive. Lovely in a pot on a sunny step or porch. H10cm x W25cm.

OXALIS lobata $7.50
Butter yellow funnels over compact bright green cushions bring welcome colour during the autumn days. Dormant in summer and not invasive. Sun. Rock garden, trough, pot.

OXALIS obtusa $7.50
A very compact little plant with large flared funnels of soft salmon pink over compact grey green foliage. Sun. Slightly frost tender. Recommended for pots and troughs. H5cm x W20cm.

OXALIS purpurea alba $7.50
Mat. Large white funnel flowers with yellow throats in winter. Summer dormant corms. Recommended for pots and container gardens. Sun. H5cm x W20cm+

• PENSTEMON menziesii microphyllus $7.50
A lovely little American for a trough or the rock garDen. Showy purple trumpets are carried just above a mat of deep green foliage in summer. H7cm x W30cm.

• PENSTEMON rupicola $7.50
This is a really lovely species making a little twiggy bush of bluish green foliage with beautiful bright rose pink flowers in early summer. Likes a free-draining soil and is perfect for a sunny crevice, trough garden or pocket on the rockery where it will not be crowded out by its neighbours. H10cm x W30cm.

• PHLOX Charles Ricardo $7.50
This is a fine variety for a moist fertile soil in part sun or dappled shade. Heads of soft blue lightly perfumed flowers on slim 20cm stems during summer. Trim lightly after flowering to encourage a bumper display next season.

PHLOX adsurgens Wagon Wheel $12.50
A free-flowering form of the Periwinkle Phlox which we imported in the 1970s from Hollett's nursery in England. It produces an abundance of narrow-petalled flowers of rich salmon pink. Part sun or well-lit shadier positions. Moist fertile soil. H10cm x W40cm. Good big plants in 2litre pots, loaded with flowers right now!

PHLOX amoena $7.50
This is a excellent plant for the novice gardener. Nice neat tufty habit and rich pink flowers held up off the foliage on slender stems. Part sun or full sun if not dry.

PHLOX bifida $7.50
Beautiful pale blue deeply dissected flowers. Sun. Gritty fertile soil. H10cm x W30cm.

• POLEMONIUM species $7.50
A pretty dwarf Jacob's Ladder with compact foliage and china blue summer flowers which our visitors say smell like Sweet Peas. Sun or part sun and a fertile free-draining soil. H15cm.

AURICULAS AND DUSTY MILLERS - We have no varieties ready for sale at present.

• POLYGALA chamaebuxus $7.50
This uncommon species makes a low evergreen bush with unusual 'butterflies' of white with a yellow keel during late winter and spring. Sun. H15cm x W25cm.

• POLYGONATUM hookeri $7.50
So very unlike the larger Polygonatums this little carpeting species from the Himalayas produces short stubby spikes of pink flowers sweetly scented like the Florists' Hyacinth. Winter dormant rhizomes. Part shade. H10cm x W40cm.

• PRIMULA chionantha $7.50
Clumps of strappy foliage appear from beautiful winter buds thickly dusted with cream farina in spring. Strong stems topped with cream powdered buds opening to scented white flowers with grey eyes, in early summer. Ideal for cool moist fertile soils.

PRIMULA chionantha ssp.melanops $7.50
Long narrow leaves covered with farina rise from resting buds in spring. Umbels of rich purple flowers in early summer. Loves a deep fertile soil with lots of moisture in summer. H25cm

PRIMULA cockburniana $7.50
A small version of the candelabra primulas with whorls of bright orange flowers up the 30cm stems in early summer. Moist fertile soil. Winter dormant.

PRIMULA Double Primrose Lemon $7.50
This is one of a handful of old-fashioned double flowered Primroses which have been handed down over the years. Well-scented lemon yellow full-petalled flowers. A cool fertile humusy soil with part shade is ideal. Still a good performer despite its age.

• PRIMULA Cream Hose in Hose $7.50
This Hose in Hose Primula has typical Primrose foliage but has two cream flowers to each stem, one behind the other. Cooler positions and a fertile soil.

PRIMULA Hose in Hose Wanda $7.50
An old Primrose variety with two purple flowers, one right behind the other, on each stem. Increases well with lots of flowers and best in a cool fertile soil with part sun.

PRIMULA japonica Postfords White $7.50
Candelabra Primula. Clumps of pale green leaves from which rise tall stems carrying whorls or tiers of pure white flowers with gold eyes in early summer. This likes a moist rich soil in sun or part shade. Winter dormant.

PRIMULA Kinlough Beauty $7.50
A pretty soft pink Primrose with a distinctive cream bar down the centre of each petal. Part sun. Cool fertile soil.

PRIMULA rosea $7.50
Flowers of deep rose pink over neat foliage in spring. Cool fertile soils.

PRIMULA sikkimensis $7.50
Slim stems carrying scented bells of pale yellow in early summer. Moist fertile soils. Winter dormant.

PRIMULA warshenewskyana $7.50
A little creeping Russian primrose with Schiaparelli-Shocking pink stemless flowers in spring. Cool well-drained fertile crevice or trough.

PTILOTRICHUM spinosum roseum $7.50
A grey twiggy dome from the Mediterranean which is covered in a cloud of tiny flowers in summer. This is a good deep pink form. The faded flower spikes remain on the plant as a spiky framework which gives the plant its character. If however you are a tidy soul, and you have the time, you can prune these out.

RANUNCULUS gramineus $7.50
This European species is easy and rewarding with bowls of deep yellow on slender stems during spring. Compact clumps of grassy leaves. Sun. Rock garden, front of the border.

SAXIFRAGA cochlearis minor $7.50
Miniature silver dome/cushion. Slender stems of white flowers in summer. Sun. Lime. Just like a little lunar landscape. H15cm x W10cm.

SAXIFRAGA Golden Falls $7.50
A mossy cushion with attractive green and gold foliage which is brightest during spring and early summer. Morning sun and a cool soil will suit it best. H5-10cm.

SAXIFRAGA paniculata minutifolia $7.50
This is the smallest Silver Saxifrage which we grow, tiniest silvery rosettes tightly packed into a wee carpet barely 1cm high. Creamy white flowers. Sun/part shade. Gritty limey soil.

POROPHYLLUM SAXIFRAGES - These delightful little cushion plants flower right at the end of winter and into early spring. A position with morning sun or very late afternoon sun is preferable. If your plants have been browning off on one side then they are getting too much midday sun - try shifting them to a cooler position - the plant version of SlipSlopSlapandWrap! They like a free-draining fertile soil with a dusting of dolomite lime stirred in and make excellent subjects for planting in a shady trough. Once planted mulch the soil with a 1cm dressing of gravel chip. Otherwise known as Kabschia Saxifrages.

SAXIFRAGA corymbosa $7.50
(S.luteo-viridis) Crisp silver grey rosettes arranged in a compact mound. Short stems in spring carry up to 12 stubby yellow flowers with green sepals.

• SAXIFRAGA Cranborne $7.50

SAXIFRAGA juniperifolia sancta $7.50
Grey green mat/cushion. Clusters of light yellow flowers on low stems in early spring.

• SAXIFRAGA Robin Hood $7.50
Distinctive large deep pink flowers over tight grey cushions in early spring. Morning sun. Gritty limey soil. H7cm x W10cm.

• SAXIFRAGA Wendy $7.50
Blue green buns. Large soft pink flowers, one per stem, in early spring.

• SAXIFRAGA Kathleen Pinsent $7.50
This is a lovely Silver Saxifrage with rosettes of silvery lime-encrusted foliage and slender stems carrying pink buds opening to pink flowers which age to pure white. Delicious. Sun or part sun. Free-draining limey soil.

• SAXIFRAGA Snowdrift $7.50
Attractive Silver Saxifrage with white flowers on red stems. Cultivation as for the variety above.

SCILLA adlamii $7.50
Strap-shaped olive green leaves finely stencilled with dark brown. Short purple stems of pink flowers in spring. Winter dormant bulbs. Sun. H10cm x W20cm.

SEDUM Bertram Anderson $7.50
Prostrate stems of charcoal purple fleshy foliage which are joined by heads of honey-scented pink flowers in late summer. An unusual foliage plant for hot sunny positions. H10cm x W40cm.

SEMPERVIVUM arachnoideum $7.50
The Cobweb Houseleek. Tight clusters of succulent rosettes thickly wrapped in a cobweb of silvery hair, rather like a pile of little balls of knitting wool.

SILENE hookeri ingramii $7.50
Soft grey foliage with radiating stems of bright pink deeply lobed flowers in summer. Sunny position with free-draining soil but not dry while in flower. Less water from mid-summer until the end of winter, while dormant, but do not dry off the resting buds completely. Recommended as most suitable for troughs, raised beds and pot cultivation, also rock gardens if care is taken in siting it.

TEUCRIUM polium $7.50
This makes a low tuft of handsome woolly white foliage with heads of lime-yellow flowers in summer. A nice accent for a warm sunny position on the rockery or in a trough.

• THALICTRUM kiusianum $7.50
Lacy dark green carpets with abundant frothy pale lavender flowers in summer. Dainty groundcover around trilliums, dwarf rhododendrons etc. Winter dormant. Part shade. H15cm x W30cm.

THYMUS carneus $7.50
This colourful variety makes a golden-leaved carpet of aromatic foliage with short-stemmed heads of little lavender pink flowers in summer. Sunny positions, paving, paths, rock gardens.

THYMUS cilicicus $7.50
A distinctive shrubby species from Turkey which forms a flat hummock of grey green foliage. Spherical heads of lilac pink flowers in late spring and summer. Full sun and gritty limey soil. Ideal for a warm corner on the rock garden or a sunny trough.

THYMUS Elfin $7.50
Dark green buns of tiny leaves. The bright rose purple flowers appear on mats around the edge of the cushion and should be cut out completely after flowering. Sunny positions.

• ULMUS davidiana pygmaea $8.50
A handsome miniature Elm from Japan. Tiny leaves on a gnarled knobbly little tree. An excellent gift for a Bonsai enthusiast or treat yourself. Not often available.

VERBASCUM Letitia $7.50
An uncommon shrubby dwarf Verbascum for a warm sunny position. Downy grey foliage and branching stems of primrose yellow flowers in early summer.

VERONICA Bluebird $7.50
A lovely little Speedwell for the rock garden or a trough, with spikes of bright blue flowers over a mat of rich green in summer. Sun.

VERONICA Mrs Holt $7.50
A choice little mat-forming sweetie for a sunny position on the rockery or in a trough. Prostrate spikes of pretty pink flowers in early summer. H5cm x W20cm.

VERONICA oltensis $7.50
Brightest blue wee flowers from purple buds sparkle in spring on this tiny dark green mat. Sun. Gritty soil. H2cm x W30cm.

VIOLA Haslemere $7.50
Dusky mauve pink pansies over many weeks. Sun or shade, and a cool fertile soil. H10cm x W30cm. Lovely plants loaded with buds and flowers at present.

VIOLA Marie Louise $7.50 also larger grade $12.50
Parma Violet. Double flowers of soft blue with a truly glorious perfume. Highly recommended groundcover for rich cool soil and light shade. H20cm x W40cm.

VITALIANA primuliflora $7.50
Tight grey green cushion. Stemless canary yellow flowers in spring. A darling for a sunny nook in the rock garden or a trough. H5cm x W20cm.

WELDENIA candida $9.00
A choice South American, this is winter dormant until rather late in the spring when the broad leaves appear, to be joined in midsummer by beautiful three-petalled pure white flowers. Sun. Very gritty soil, with a 4cm deep collar of sharp gravel chips around the crown. H12cm x W30cm. Just a few available at present for the quick-witted!