Crocus speciosus 'Conqueror'
autumn crocus bulbs
- Position: full sun
- Soil: gritty, poor to moderately fertile, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: fast-growing
- Flowering period: late September to late October
- Flower colour: purple
- Other features: narrow, mid-green leaves
- Hardiness: fully hardy
- Bulb size: 7/8
Very beautiful, goblet shaped, rich violet blue flowers appear from late September to late October, and are followed by narrow, mid-green leaves. This popular autumn-flowering crocus is ideal for naturalising in a sunny shrub border among deciduous shrubs or for scattering through the lawn. Often the earliest autumn crocus to bloom, it soon increases to form large colonies. - Garden care: Plant bulbs in naturalistic drifts 10cm (4in) deep in July to Septembe in gritty, well-drained soil. Where bulbs are planted in grass do not cut the lawn until after the leaves have died back.
Stachys byzantina 'Big Ears'
lamb's ears
Purple flowers large Grey-green leaves
£8.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Geranium × oxonianum 'Wargrave Pink'
cranesbill
Fast-growing and long-flowering
£8.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Artemisia stelleriana 'Boughton Silver'
mugwort
Carpeting aromatic foliage
£7.99
3 litre pot
available to order from summer 2013
Cyclamen hederifolium
cyclamen bulb (syn. Neapolitanum)
Easy to grow & autumn flowering
£2.99
1 corm
available to order from summer 2013
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