Anemone coronaria (Saint Bridgid Group) 'The Admiral'
windflower bulbs
- Position: full sun
- Soil: light, sandy soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: March to April
- Flower colour: violet-pink
- Other features: useful as cut flowers
- Hardiness: fully hardy
- Bulb size: 5/6
- Garden care: Soak the tubers overnight in cool water and plant them in naturalistic drifts (it doesn't matter which way up) 5cm deep and 15cm apart from September to November. Ideally you should choose a spot where they can be left undisturbed so they can naturalise and spread. Avoid excessively wet conditions when dormant.
Plant these throughout the front of a sunny border or add them to your pots and windowboxes for a vibrant display in early spring. The finely dissected foliage is attractive in itself, but it is for the semi double, violet flowers, which have a decorative boss of near-black stamens that this plant is best-loved. They look great when planted with tulips.
Euphorbia polychroma
spurge
Vivid acid yellow flowers
£7.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Clematis 'Purple Spider'
clematis (group 1)
Often has a second flush of flowers
£17.99
2lt pot (60cm cane)
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Tulipa 'Negrita'
triumph tulip bulbs
A sturdy tulip with rich colour
£2.99
10 bulbs
available to order from summer 2013
Muscari latifolium
grape hyacinth bulbs
An unusual two-tone effect flower
£3.99
25 bulbs
available to order from summer 2013
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