Vinca minor 'Gertrude Jekyll'
lesser periwinkle
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: any but very dry soil
- Rate of growth: average to fast-growing
- Flowering period: April to September
- Flower colour: pure-white
- Hardiness: fully hardy
This prostrate, evergreen plant forms a neat carpet of lance-shaped, dark green leaves - excellent for suppressing weeds in sun or partial shade. The wonderful, pure-white flowers - borne over a long period from April to September - are valuable for lightening dark areas. More compact than other varieties, it's perfect where space is limited. - Garden care: To prevent the plant from becoming invasive cut back any unwanted shoots in spring.
Athyrium filix-femina
lady fern
A delicate, graceful fern
£8.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Asarum europaeum
wild ginger
Lustrous foliage for a shady corner
£7.99
1.5 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Hosta 'Francee' (fortunei)
plantain lily
Olive-green leaves with smart white margins
£9.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Polygonatum × hybridum
common Solomon's seal (Syn. Polygonatum multiflorum)
Creamy white flowers blue-black berries
£8.99
2 litre pot
available to order from summer 2013
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A white star in the deep gloaming - with bigger flowers and greener foliage than typical - lovely among ferns and fresh green and other white spring flowers
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