Anemone coronaria 'Sylphide' (Mona Lisa Series)
anemone bulbs
- Position: full sun
- Soil: light, sandy soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: March to April
- Flower colour: magenta 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.
Exquisite bowl-shaped flowers form just above the low carpet of parsley-like folige in early spring. The petals are an irridescent shade of pink and they surround boss of rich purple stamens - overall a very pretty effect. Use them with taller-stemmed tulips, which can soar above.
Erysimum 'Bowles's Mauve'
wallflower
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£7.99
1.5 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Euphorbia polychroma
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£7.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Tulipa 'Violet Bird'
viridiflora tulip bulbs
A super new viridiflora
£4.99
7 bulbs
available to order from summer 2013
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winter windflower blue-flowered bulbs
A carpet of bright blue daisy-like flowers
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25 bulbs
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