Iris sibirica 'Tropic Night'
Siberian iris
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: well-drained, moderately fertile, neutral to slightly acid soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: May and June
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Velvety, violet flowers with veined yellow throats appear in May and June among bright green, slender, strappy leaves. Like all Siberian flag irises, this is a clump forming plant that needs space to spread out and prefers a moist, neutral to slightly acid soil in sun or partial shade. It looks best planted in bold drift beside water and allowed to naturalise and is particularly useful on difficult banks where it will help to prevent erosion and over time will form large clumps. It can also be planted in a pot as a marginal plant for a pond. - Garden care: Plant in soil that has been improved with well-rotted manure or garden compost and do not allow to dry out, particularly as the plant is getting established. If planted in a container, it will need dividing and repotting every couple of years in spring.
- Harmful if eaten
Cyclamen hederifolium var. hederifolium f. albiflorum
sowbread
Pure white flowers and beautiful leaves
£5.99
9cm pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Hemerocallis 'Gentle Shepherd'
daylily
Elegant, large ivory flowers
£8.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Paeonia lactiflora 'Bowl of Beauty'
paeony / peony
Dainty anemone like pink-tinted flowers
£9.99
3 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Deschampsia cespitosa 'Goldtau'
tufted hair grass (syn. Golden Dew)
Feathery grass for sun or shade
£7.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Crowborough'
arum lily
Perfection for the pondside
£11.99
2 litre pot
available to order from summer 2013
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A traditional variety bearing lots of violet-blue flowers, with extra-round falls veined in white - for a wilder setting
Val Bourne - Garden Writer