ALLIUM sikkimensis $8.00A dainty small bulb with slender grassy foliage and pendant clusters of lovely blue flowers in summer. Small enough for the rock garden or a sunny trough. Winter dormant.
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Our large collection of alpine plants and dwarf perennials
includes many unusual and uncommon varieties difficult to find elsewhere in New Zealand.
H x W = the approximate height and width of the plant in flower.
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ALLIUM sikkimensis $8.00
A dainty small bulb with slender grassy foliage and pendant clusters of lovely blue flowers in summer. Small enough for the rock garden or a sunny trough. Winter dormant.
ALYSSUM saxatile citrinum $8.00
This fine perennial species makes a low mound of grey green foliage with a good display of pale moonlight yellow flowers in late spring. Excellent on sunny walls, banks and rock gardens.
ALYSSUM wulfenianum $8.00
A compact mound of grey green leaves and compact heads of sunny yellow flowers through spring and summer. An excellent little plant for the sunny rock garden and small enough for the edge of a trough.
ANDROSACE barbulata $8.00
This makes a neat little mound of hairy rosettes which are joined in spring by heads of white flowers whose yellow eyes turn red with age. Perfect for a sunny crevice. Free-draining soil. H5cm x W15cm.
ANDROSACE jacquemontii $8.00
This is a really delightful little species with short-stemmed umbels of lavender flowers over furry grey rosettes tucked into a compact hummock. Sun and free-draining soil but not dry. H5cm x W10cm.
ANDROSACE sarmentosa Pink Form $8.00
Clusters of bright pink flowers on short stems over large hairy rosettes. A neat crevice-hugging mat of furry rosettes. Sun.
ANDROSACE sempervivoides Deep Pink $8.00
A mat of bright green rosettes and lovely rich pink flowers in spring. H8cm x W20cm.
ANEMONE magellanica $8.00
This South American species has deeply divided foliage with 25cm stems of primrose yellow bowls in spring. Winter dormant. Sun.
ANTIRRHINUM hispanicum roseum $8.00
A delightful perennial Snapdragon with lightly perfumed chubby pink flowers over most of the summer. Low-growing shrubby habit. Makes a lovely display in containers and sheltered corners with plenty of sun and fertile soil. Hardy to about -5 Celsius.
AQUILEGIA canadensis $8.00
A Grannys Bonnet for sun or part shade, with narrow flowers of salmon red and yellow petticoats. Borders, cottage gardens, shady borders.
ARENARIA tetraquetra $8.00
Low congested mats of tiny green intricately arranged leaves. Snowy white little flowers in early summer. Suitable for a sunny trough garden or rockery. H3cm x W20cm.
ARISAEMA species
We have a few potted tubers from Alistair Blee's collection available. Believed to be correctly labelled, the photos show a flowering specimen from each batch.
These are tuberous plants flowering mainly in spring and early summer. Part shade and a fertile free-draining soil. The striking flowers and handsome foliage make superb container specimens for a cool greenhouse or shady porch.
ARISAEMA ciliatum liubaiense $10.00
ARISAEMA consanguineum $10.00
ARISAEMA triphyllum $10.00
ARMERIA juniperifolia alba $8.00
Tight domes of pointed leaves in snugly packed rosettes. Round heads of snow white flowers on short stems. Suitable for a trough or sunny rock garden. H10cm x W15cm.
ASPERULA lilaciflora caespitosa $8.00
Emerald green mat. Prostrate stems covered with pretty pink tubular flowers in summer. Good over a rock in the alpine garden, edge of a wall or trough. Sun. H4cm x W30cm.
ASPERULA nitida puberula $8.00
Blue green cushion. Stemless rich pink tubular flowers in spring. Sun. Well-drained soil with a dusting of lime. H5cm x W15cm.
ASTER alpinus $8.00
Large showy lavender blue daisies on short sturdy stems. A fine easy variety. Sun. H12cm x W30cm.
AUBRIETIA aureovariegata $8.00
Compact bright golden yellow and grey green tufts covered with violet blue flowers in spring and early summer. H7cm x W20cm.
BETULA nana Glengarry Form $8.00
Dwarf Arctic Birch. Low growing deciduous plant with usually rusty brown to red autumn foliage but some years butter yellow. H30cm x W50cm approx.
BLETILLA striata $8.00
A hardy terrestrial Orchid, growing from corm-like pseudobulbs on short rhizomes. Up to twelve pink bells are carried in upright racemes amongst the pointed linear leaves. Moist free-draining soil with humus, with mulch, and part shade in summer. Lovely woodland variety.
BLETILLA striata variegata $8.00
As for the type above but with creamy yellow edging to the foliage.
CAMPANULA Dickson's Gold $8.00
The fresh golden yellow spring foliage makes a fine backdrop to the pretty blue starry flowers which appear in summer. Sun. Foliage becomes somewhat greener as the season progresses.
CAMPANULA G.F.Wilson $8.00
Slowly spreading mat. Large open bells of rich purple on slender stems. Midsummer. Sun. H7cm x W30cm.
CAMPANULA x haylodgensis $8.00
Masses of powder blue double saucers, rather like little rosebuds, from early summer. A good-natured treasure for crevices on the rock garden, also perfect for paving. Although it spreads only slowly it is probably a wee bit too wide to plant in a trough garden. Sun. H12cm.
CAMPANULA isophylla alba $8.00
Trailing fresh green shiny foliage and beautiful waxy pure white saucers at the tips of the stems in summer. A fine species for a sunny position on the rock garden or a wall, also in hanging baskets. H10cm x W40cm.
CAMPANULA nitida $8.00
Dark green crinkled rosettes. Upright stems carrying outward-facing large powder blue saucers in summer. Evergreen, smart, and non-running. H15cm x W30cm.
CAMPANULA nitida alba $8.00
Dark green crinkled rosettes. Upright stems carrying outward-facing large milk-white saucers in summer. Evergreen, smart, and non-running. H15cm x W30cm.
CAMPANULA pulla x zoysii $8.00
These are from a deliberate cross and the resulting plants are so similar that we propagated from all of them. Tufts spreading slowly by side shoots, the flowers resemble the pollen parent, C.zoysii, in colour and shape, although not much constricted at the mouth of the mid blue bell.
CAMPANULA raineri $9.00
Large upturned flowers of powder blue appear just above a mat of grey green ground-hugging rosettes. A very choice Bellflower for a sunny position and free-draining soil with a dusting of lime forked in. Spreads slowly and perfect for that special corner or crevices on the rock garden.
CAMPANULA Warley White $8.00
Trailing stems carrying pure white semi-double to double flowers. Foliage light yellowish green. Suitable for planting in a wall or on the rockery. Sun. Deciduous in winter.
CARMICHAELIA astonii $8.00
A compact species with wide stems of olive green and a good display of white pea-flowers veined wine-red to purple. Sun. Free-draining soil with a dusting of lime forked in.
CARMICHAELIA corrugata $8.00
A very low-growing wee Pygmy Broom sprinkled with little purple flowers in early summer. A cutie for a trough garden or sand bed. Sun. Gritty soil.
CASSIOPE selaginoides LS 13284 $10.00
The finest Cassiope, collected by Ludlow and Sherriff in 1950. An evergreen bush of upright branches tightly packed with dark green tiny leaves. Good-sized bells of pure white in spring are the largest in the genus. Lime-free soil. Part sun.
CELMISIA alpina x semicordata $8.00
This is a lovely plant which we selected from a batch of nursery seedlings. It has narrow silvery foliage in a compact tuft and handsome white daisies on slim stems during early summer. Much admired.
CELMISIA brevifolia Hybrid $8.00
Small rosettes of stubby leaves forming a neat tuft/cushion with narrow-petalled white daisies. This is a very attractive clone selected for its free-flowering habit and beautiful silver foliage. Prefers a sunny aspect with cool well-drained fertile soil.
CENTAURIUM scilloides $8.00
Lovely little mat plant with plenty of delightful clear pink flowers over light green foliage. Sun. H5cm x W10-15cm.
CRYPTOMERIA Tensan $8.00
A little round conifer with short crispy olive green foliage taking on attractive rust brown winter tints. Sun. H20cm x W40cm eventually.
DAPHNE cneorum $9.00
The Garland Flower. The rock garden Daphne carries abundant heads of deep pink sweetly scented tubular flowers in late spring. Habit is semi-prostrate branches of evergreen foliage. Open sunny positions and a moderately fertile soil with a dusting of lime worked in.
DIANTHUS Cherry Ripe $8.00
This forms a tuft of blue green foliage and has perfumed flowers of luscious cherry rose red. Dwarf. Sun.
DIANTHUS Highland Fraser $8.00
This is a lovely laced variety suitable for the rock garden, front of the border, and walls. Pale pink flowers, each petal with a fine margin and central bar of ruby red. Medium.
DIANTHUS Inshriach Startler $8.00
A good compact little plant for the rockery which gives an excellent display all summer. Grey foliage and single flowers of deep chalky pink with a darker eye.
DIANTHUS Lion Rock $8.00
Single flowers of velvety red with tiniest pale margin. Compact and reliable. Suitable for rock gardens and walls.
DIANTHUS Pretty $8.00
Sweetly scented pale rose pink double flowers flushed deeper rose in the centre. Nice compact habit. Sun. Free-draining limey soil. Rock garden, banks, walls, paving.
DIANTHUS Whatfield Wisp $8.00
A cutie for trough or rock garden or in a wall. Large palest pink raggedy-edged flowers on short stems during summer. Good perfume, free-flowering and compact. Sun. Lime. H10cm x W30cm.
DIANTHUS Windward Rose $8.00
Cushion. Double flowers of lilac pink. Perfumed. Sun. Lime. H15cm x W40cm.
DIERAMA igneum $8.00
This is a very elegant member of the well-known Angels' Fishing Rods, with slender wands carrying pendant flowers of palest salmon pink tissue. Larger rock gardens, sunny borders.
DIERAMA nanum $8.00
A dwarf version with slim stems of pendant light salmon pink flowers.
DIERAMA White $8.00
Wands carrying pendant flowers of white tissue in midsummer. Larger rock gardens, sunny borders. H80-90cm in flower.
DRABA bryoides $8.00
Mossy light green dome. Threadlike stems of wee yellow flowers in spring, summer, autumn. An excellent species for the open garden as it doesn't mind winter wet. Sun. H10cm x W15cm.
DRABA dedeana $8.00
Tidy wee tufts which produce short stems bearing pure white flowers in spring. Suitable for trough gardens or as a group on the rock garden. Sun. H5cm x W5cm.
DRYAS octopetala $8.00
Mountain Avens. Lovely milk white bowls opening from attractive rich cream buds buds. Mats of shiny 'oak' leaves. Sun. Lime. H7cm x W40cm.
DRYAS octopetala minor $8.00
The miniature form of Mountain Avens. Forms a very compact carpet with creamy white flowers on short stems during early summer. Good in a trough garden or smaller rock gardens. Sun. H5cm x W20cm.
ERIOGONUM umbellatum Sulphur Ball $8.00
Grey green mat. Luminous sulphur yellow powderpuffs in summer. Sun. H15cm x W25cm.
ERYSIMUM pulchellum $8.00
Compact light green cushions which produce loads of pale lemon yellow flowers in spring. Excellent cover on sunny walls and rockeries and an easy plant for the beginner. H10cm x W30cm.
FRANKENIA laevis $8.00
A mat of tiny wee grey green leaves on radiating stems, sprinkled with stemless pink flowers in summer. Rock garden, paving. Sun.
GALAX aphylla $13.00
Shining rounded leaves turning vivid red in winter. Slender spires of white flowers in early summer. A fine evergreen North American for peaty soil, part shade. Exceedingly slow to propagate, young well-rooted plants. Seldom offered.
GAULTHERIA cuneata $9.00
This groundcover shrub has shiny evergreen foliage, the white flowers are followed by large snow white berries in late summer. As a member of the Erica family it prefers an acid leafy soil which doesn't get too dry in summer. Part sun or shade. The fruit is not poisonous.
GAULTHERIA trichophylla $9.00
Low spreading shrub of shiny bristly foliage. Flowers white, followed by handsome blue berries in quantity. Cultivation as for G.cuneata. Rarely available. Non-poisonous.
GENTIANA Alistair Blee $9.00
This attractive Autumn Gentian is the last plant retrieved from Alistair Blee's garden after his death. He loved the Asiatic Gentians and grew many hybrids from seed. This variety has light blue flowers with a speckled white throat which has a zone of deeper blue at the mouth merging into pale mauve blue corolla margins. Fertile lime-free soil, moist in summer. Pull the finished flowering stems right out of the tuft when you tidy up in autumn.
GERANIUM incanum $8.00
An African species forming soft ferny mounds with warm purple flowers over summer. Likes to ramble through other plants. Perfect for sunny walls, borders, baskets.
GYPSOPHILA cerastioides $8.00
Creeping soft green mats produce a plentiful summer display of white flowers finely veined with rosy purple. Sun. H5cm x W30cm.
GYPSOPHILA Letchworth Rose $8.00
Grey mats covered with clouds of little rose pink and red flowers over the summer. Highly recommended. Sun. H x W.
GYPSOPHILA tenuifolium $8.00
This species forms a tight dome of foliage with many slender wiry stems carrying clear pink single flowers in summer. Sun. H30cm.
HAPLOPAPPUS macrocephalus $8.00
Short stems of tomato orange daisies with gold centres in summer. Compact mounds of grey green toothed foliage. Sun. H15cm x W30cm.
HELIANTHEMUMS - You may know these by their other names as Sun Roses or Rock Roses. They aren't true roses but the flowers look rather like single roses, over a low bush of soft grey or green foliage. They love plenty of sun, are frost tolerant and take dry conditions well once established.
Clip back as soon as the early summer flowers have dropped - this will produce masses of flowers for the following year. H20cm x W30cm.
Ideal for edging, sunny banks and dry walls.
HELIANTHEMUM Ben Fhada $8.00
A succession of pure yellow flowers held well above compact green foliage.
HELIANTHEMUM Lois $8.00
Abundant flowers of warm peach pink.
HEPATICA nobilis Blue $8.00
Lovely deep blue flowers above a low clump of handsome dark green leaves in spring. Part shade. Cool fertile soil. H15cm x W40cm.
HEPATICA pyrenaica $8.00
Pure white flowers with white stamens from a green centre. Attractively marked evergreen foliage on this species. Part shade. Moist cool humus-rich soil.
HIRPICIUM armerioides $8.00
This resembles a miniature Gazania whose pale creamy lemon daisies have a satin sheen to them and the petals sport a navy blue-black reverse. Spreads gradually to make a group of compact tufts. Sun. H10 x W35
HOSTA Dewdrop $8.00
An attractive dwarf Hosta with pointed grey green foliage edged with white. Lavender trumpet flowers on short stems. H25cm x W20cm. Ideal for the smaller garden or rockery. Part shade.
IRIS barbatula $8.00
An uncommon dwarf species with a succession of its lovely little lavender flowers over two or three weeks. Winter dormant. Moist fertile soils. H10cm.
IRIS chrysographes $8.00
Grow this in a deep fertile soil with ample summer moisture. A taller species with deep velvety purple blue regal flowers in summer.The yellow patch on the falls is heavily veined with black purple.
IRIS gracilipes $8.00
A dwarf rhizomatous species with fans of light green leaves and slender stems carrying lovely lavender blue flowers in spring. Winter dormant. Shade. Moist fertile soil. H20cm x W20cm.
IRIS gracilipes alba $8.00
A dwarf rhizomatous species with fans of light green leaves. Slender stems carrying pure white flowers in spring. Winter dormant. Shade. Moist fertile soil. H20cm x W20cm.
IRIS Wee Doll $8.00
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