Spring Fling Ideas Book
Welcome! Welcome to the 2019 edition of our Spring Fling Ideas Book! We all know what it’s like, the dark months of winter are finally over and all we want to do is fill our garden with the best colour, quality and variety that is available to lift our spirits! Well don’t worry, as we have over 90 stunners - A “Best Of Spring compilation” if you like - crammed into this book to insure spring is somthing for you and your garden to look forward to! So, have a good read though this booklet and find your inner gardener once again. And remember - to see our full range don’t forget to request our full 2019/2020 catalogue.
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A Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’ Golden yellow, cream and green leaves make a really strong show all the year round.
Arabis alpina ‘Alabaster’ (P) Clusters of tiny, pure white flowers with yellow eye accents are held like clouds above dark green foliage.
Arabis alpina ‘Angvine’ An absolutely stunning hardy alpine with frilled, golden foliage and gorgeous pink flowers that appear in spring and the start of summer.
Aster alpinus ‘Goliath’ Large, soft, lilac-blue, daisy-like flowers with a summer sunshine, yellow centre. This is a real zinger, a good addition where space is at a premium but impact is essential.
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Aubrieta: A selection of alpine Aubrieta, all low growing and creeping varieties which can form trails if allowed. Flowering April - May. Ideal for rockeries, gravel gardens, walls and containers. Suitable for potting in spring for sales the following spring.
Aubrieta ‘Blue Whale’
Aubrieta ‘Double Pink’
Aubrieta ‘Dr. Mules Variegata’
Aubrieta ‘Gloria’
Aubrieta ‘Lime Variegated’
Aubrieta ‘Royal Blue’
Aubrieta ‘Royal Red’
Aubrieta ‘Swan Red’
Bergenia
Bergenia Dragonfly™ ‘Angel Kiss’ (VR) This compact Bergenia forms neat clumps of glossy leathery, evergreen leaves which turn nearly black during the winter. In spring these provide the perfect backdrop for its beautiful clusters of white flower that fade to light pink as they age.
Bergenia Dragonfly™ ‘Sakura’ (VR) This forms a low clump of green leaves, which develop luminous red wine tones in the winter. Taller stems of rich rose-pink, double to semi-double flowers show above the polished foliage in mid-spring.
Bergenia ‘Eroica’ An improvement on previous forms with more purple-burgundy “elephant ear” leaves than the ‘Bressingham Ruby’. Superb pink flowers in spring.
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Brunnera ‘Alexander’s Great’ (P) This will make an enormous mound of very large, heart-shaped, silvered leaves with distinct green veins and margins. The foliage is topped by clouds of small, forget me not blue flowers in early spring.
Campanula poscharskyana ‘Garden Star’ (VR) Beautiful, blue flowers are held above creeping foliage for an incredibly long time from spring well into summer. This has incredible flower power!
Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’ A stunning variegated light-green and golden, cream ‘rush’.
Corydalis ‘Blue Heron’ (VR)
Dianthus Waikiki ‘Pink’ (VR)
Stunning electric blue flowers exude the most heavenly scent and are produced over a low mound of feathery, purple-green foliage in the spring.
A wonderful selection of the “Border Pinks” that forms dense mounds of grassy, blue-green foliage supporting slightly fragrant magenta pink blooms through summer.
Erysimum ‘Winter’ Erysimum ‘Winter Joy’ (P) (Imp) Majestic, scented, mauve coloured flowers on a tidy mound of dark green foliage.
Erysimum ‘Winter Light’ (P) Large, sweetly scented, Limoncello yellow flowers from early spring into summer. This is an absolute stunner in spring!
Erysimum ‘Winter Orchid’ (VR) Flowers emerge as a coppery orange, turning to purple as they age.
Erysimum ‘Winter Party’ (P) The bright three-coloured flower spikes start as a rich magenta, and gradually fade through bronze to a golden-yellow colour as they age.
Erysimum ‘Winter Passion’ (P) A profusion of large, matt ruby to russet red flowers appearing through the spring and into early summer.
E Erysimum ‘Winter Rouge’ (P) A rich, rosy-red colour that really shines in the early spring sun.
Erysimum ‘Winter Sorbet’ (P) Comparable in colour with a traditional variety E. ‘Sweet Sorbet’ - with purple, yellow, pink and copper tones. This variety however, is earlier to flower, more compact with larger flowers.
Erysimum ‘Golden Jubilee’
Erysimum Rysi ‘Moon’ (P) (Imp)
Bright green foliage with golden-yellow flowers in spring.
Milk white flowers with a hint of cream. A great combination against the dark green foliage.
Helleborus We are pleased to be able to continually offer some of the best Hellebores available! Excellent for use in spring containers, but equally happy in the bed or shady border. We advise potting them from spring and then selling them in spring of the following year, either in or out of flower. 'Anemone Burgundy Blotch'
'Anemone Red'
'Blue Metallic Lady' (Single Slate)
'Double Black'
'Double Green'
‘Double Pink Spotted’
'Double Pure White'
‘Double Purple’
‘Double Queen Mixed’
'Double White'
‘Double White Picotee’
‘Double Yellow Spotted’
'Lenten Beauty Mix'
'Pink Lady' (Single Pink Spotted)
'Red Lady' (Single Red)
'Single Burgundy'
'Single Gold Red Star'
'White Lady' (Single Clear White)
'White Lady Spotted' (Single 'Yellow Lady' (Single Yellow Spotted) White Blotched)
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Holcus ‘Albovariegatus’ Wonderful soft, cream and green variegated grass with pink in winter and spring longer white flower heads appear if left untrimmed.
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Iberis ‘Golden Candy’ (VR) Superb golden foliage with white flower blooms similar to those of I. ‘Snowflake’.
Iberis ‘Masterpiece’ (P) This exceptionally long flowering variety produces mounds of evergreen, narrow, Plymouth Argyle green leaves and masses of large, pure white flowers with small pink centres.
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Iberis ‘Pink Ice’ (VR) A multitude of flat clusters of large, pink flowers with small dark-pink centres held over fine, evergreen foliage.
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Lathyrus vernus Carmine-pink flowers form in clumps on dense flower spikes.
Leucanthemum hosmariense A very prolific flowering variety with white daisy flowers with yellow eyes over silver foliage.
Lithodora ‘Blue Star’ (P) Glorious green leaves and small white flowers with brushstrokes of blue.
Lithodora ‘Grace Ward’ A glossy, dark green mat of foliage can spread and creep quite quickly across a bed or border. Twinkling azure blue flowers may appear at any time of year but will be completely covered in blooms in the
Myosotis ‘My Oh My’ (P) A beautiful mist of sky-blue forgetme-not flowers shower this plant in early spring on a very compact habit. A true, blue beauty!
Pulmonaria ‘Trevi Fountains’ (VR) A great spotted foliage variety with long, compact foliage and spring cobalt-blue flowers.
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‘Lavender’ (P)
‘Light Pink’ (P)
‘Purple’ (P)
White’ (P)
Phlox subulata Spring: The ‘Spring’ collection offers a profusion of starshaped flowers which completely cover the entire plant up to 2 weeks earlier than other subulata varieties. The compact mounds of colour each have soft, feathery evergreen foliage.
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Primula Ooh La La ‘Blood Orange’ (P)
Stunning cerise coloured flowers appear in early spring at a time of the year when little else is blooming. Multi-headed flowers appear in spring and flush all the way into the autumn. Felted leaves similar to an ivy leaf geranium in shape.
Primula Ooh La La ‘Pastel Pink’ (P) Stunning very pale pink coloured flowers appear in early spring at a time of the year when little else is blooming. Multi-headed flowers appear in spring and flush all the way into the autumn.
Primula auricula ‘Lunar Eclipse’® (VR)
Primula auricula ‘Purple Pip’® (VR)
Primula ‘Romance’ (VR)
Primula capitata ssp. Mooreana
Strong petite flowering stems appear from the slightly dusted foliage from spring to early summer, opening to a double bloom of copper orange petals surrounding a sublime yellow eye.
Deep violet coloured, double flowers are held on strong, 3cm long, sturdy stems over silver dusted foliage from spring until early summer.
A host of perfect double Rose like blooms in the softest pink. This is slightly smaller than the Belarina Primroses but it has the same amount of flower power.
A halo of indigo-violet flowers around a silver globe, held over silver green, sugar dusted, foliage.
Primula Belarina Below is just a small selection of our ‘Belarina’ range we are very excited about this series of Primula, they are a classy alternative to the Primrose and Polyanthus, with ample sized double flowers from February with flushes through to summer. Perfect for potting in autumn for sales the following spring!
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Don’t Forget, you can see the entire range of Primula in our 2019 Catalogue!
Saxifraga
‘Cloth of Gold’
‘Silver Cushion’
Eye-catching, and golden mounds, with little pearly white flowers which bloom in spring.
Wonderfully variegated foliage with exquisite light-pink flowers.
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Uncinia
Uncinia uncinata rubra A wonderful mahogany-red sedge grass, which makes nice clumps of foliage.
Uncinia rubra ‘Everflame’ (P) Everflame is colourful and vividly variegated; each leaf is bronze with vibrant bright red margins which gleam in the sun.
Viola ‘Etain’ An unbeatable variety with beautiful cream-yellow flowers spreading to lavender on their margins and an unforgettable scent.
Viola ‘Rebecca’ Creamy white flowers splashed and frilled with mauve. One of the strongest scented Viola in the range.
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Rhodanthemum ‘African Spring’ (P)
Saponaria ‘Bressingham Pink’
Tiarella ‘Spring Symphony’ (P)
Verbascum ‘Pink Petticoats’ (VR)
Silver foliage with daisy like flowers which emerge in spring and have white petals with golden brown to yellow centres.
Green cushion-like foliage is sprinkled with flamingo-pink flowers. This is a great little alpine.
Chosen for its splendid pink flowers and cut foliage with a streak down the centre.
Good sturdy stems hold solid-looking spikes of impressive apricot-pink to salmon flowers with delicately ruffled petals.
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