Lambley Nursery

Lambley Gardens & Nursery, 395 Lesters Road, Ascot, Victoria 3364
Phone +61 (03) 5343 4303, Fax +61 (03) 5343 4257

Lambley Nursery Perennial Catalogue

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Perennial Plants

Agapanthus

Agapanthus ‘Madison’

This new variety is a tall growing agapanthus with large heads of white flowers flushed mauve. Each flower has a lavender edge around the petals. Handsome evergreen strap-like leaves make a handsome plinth for the flower stems. Happy in any sunny or lightly shaded spot.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Agapanthus praecox ‘Storm's River’

A fine selected clone grown from division from imported plants.Makes a low clump of very wide, handsome glossy green leaves and 60cm. tall stems carrying large mop heads of white flowers faintly lined with blue. Prefers sun. 60cm.x70cm.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Agapanthus ‘Twister’

‘Twister’ is a new relatively small growing bicolour Agapanthus. The base of the white trumpets is mauve-blue and the flowers are held in loose but elegant heads on 60cm tall stems above low mounds of evergreen foliage. 60cm by 50cm.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Agastache

Agastache aurantiacus

Apricot Humming Bird Mint

These mint relatives from the southern parts of North America have been a revelation to us and our resident New Holland Honeyeaters during these last few droughty years.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Agastache ‘Blue Boa’

Agastache ‘Blue Boa’ Agastache ‘Blue Boa’ is a newly imported multiple award winning selection from the USA. It carries large bottle brush heads of intense violet-blue flowers for months from late spring until late autumn.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Agastache ‘Candy Pink’

Candy Pink Hummingbird Mint

A new dwarf variety which has really impressed us with its ability to keep flowering deep into the cold and frosty winters of Central Victoria. The candy pink flowers in summer and autumn make a terrific addition to the traditional perennial border.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Agastache mexicana

Giant Mexican Hummingbird Mint

Agastache mexicana makes 120cm tall stems clothed with citron scented leaves topped with 40cm spikes of deep pink flowers set in deeper pink bracts.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Agastache ‘Sweet Lili’

Sweet Lili Humming Bird Mint

In his fine book “Guide To Plants” Paul Bangay writes that “I use this in all my gardens as it is such a long-flowering plant and has a very distinct and unusual flower colour”. ”Sweet Lili” was raised here at Lambley and is one of the best plants we grow.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Ampelopsis

Ampelopsis brevipedunculata ‘Elegans’

Porcelain Berry

A choice climbing plant for a shaded spot where it will soon cover unsightly walls or fences. The Porcelain Berry has grape-like leaves delicately splashed with white and pink. The small flowers are followed by pinkish-purple berries which later turn blue.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Andropogon

Andropogon scoparius ‘Prairie Blues’

Prairie Blues Little Bluestem

This is a new and really decorative form of Little Blue Stem, a wide spread dry prairie grass. This drought tolerant grass has grey-blue vertical leaves, which turn pinkish orange in autumn, and ornamental silver flower heads.

$15.00 each

Anemone

Anemone x hybrida ‘Hadspen Abundance’

Pink Japanese Windflower

One of the most beautiful of all Japanese anemones, ‘Hadspen Abundance’ carries its deep carmine pink flowers from February until the end of April. It does well here if given adequate summer watering. It is definitely not a plant for a dry garden.

1 for $12.00, 3 for $33.00

Arthropodium

Arthropodium cirrhatum ‘Te Puna’

Dwarf New Zealand Rock Lily

A relatively dwarf New Zealand Rock Lily with handsome arching sword shaped leaves and produces masses of shooting star, lily-like flowers during spring and summer.

1 for $12.00, 3 for $33.00

Aster

Aster x frikartii ‘Jung Frau’

This is the Aster x frikartii (pronounced ‘Yoong-frau’) that Dennis Norgate sold for so many years and it is one of the best of all Easter daisies. It produces its large well shaped cool lavender-blue flowers from February until May.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Bergenia

Bergenia ‘Dragonfly Sakura’

A newly imported dwarf growing variety, with quite narrow glossy evergreen leaves which turn rich plum during cold weather. The flower heads are large in relation to the foliage clumps and the flowers are bright coral pink.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Beschorneria

Beschorneria septentrionalis

Shade Tolerant False Red Agave

This plant is found wild in dry woodland in the Mexican mountains. We grow it in our dry climate garden in dry shade under olive trees. Evergreen succulent rosettes some 90cm wide by 70cm tall, like a green leaved spineless agave, are bold and handsome all the year round.

$15.00 each

Brachyglottis

Brachyglottis ‘Sunshine’

Brachyglottis ‘Sunshine’ B. ‘Sunshine’ is one of the most handsome evergreen shrubs for the dry garden. It makes a 90cm by 120cm neat mound clothed with large leathery grey foliage and during late spring and early summer carries multiple heads of lovely lemon yellow daisies.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Brunnera

Brunnera macrophylla ‘Sea Heart’

Siberian Bugloss

‘Sea Heart’, a stunning new introduction, has strong textured heart shaped silver leaves with green edging and green veins. 50cm tall stems of blue for-get-me-not flowers are produced during late spring and early summer.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Brunnera macrophylla ‘Silver Heart’

Siberian Bugloss

‘Silver Heart’ is a wonderful new introduction with silver heart shaped leaves lightly veined green. The leaves are strongly textured and stand heat and humidity well. Blue for-get-me-not flowers are produced on 50cm tall stems during late spring and early summer.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’

Siberian Bugloss

A really good foliage and flowering plant for shade. Brunnera ‘Jack Frost’ has silver, heart shaped basal leaves which are hidden during spring and early summer by clouds of true blue for-get-me-not flowers held well above the foliage on thin wiry stems.

1 for $10.00, 3 for $27.00

Buddleja

Buddleja ‘Buzz™ Midnight’

Midnight Buzz Butterfly Bush

This superb new small growing violet-black flowered Buddleja is part of the venerable English company, Thompson and Morgan's cutting edge breeding program.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Buddleja davidii ‘Wisteria Lane ’ PBR

Bred for its smaller size and long pendant flowers, the bee and butterfly attracting flowers are produced from November through to April as long as spent flowers are removed.Suited to growing in pots as well as small gardens.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Buddleja ‘Hot Raspberry Buzz’ TM

Hot Raspberry Butterfly Bush

These ‘Buzz’™ series are the first truly dwarf Buddlejas to be released on the Australian market. Suited to growing in pots as well as small gardens, it took ten years of dedicated and painstaking breeding work to develop these award winning plants.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Buddleja ‘Velvet Buzz’

These ‘Buzz’™ series are the first truly dwarf Buddlejas to be released on the Australian market. Suited to growing in pots as well as small gardens, it took ten years of dedicated and painstaking breeding work to develop these award winning plants.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Campanula

Campanula ‘Barbara Valentine’

Barbara's Bell Flower

An excellent garden or pot specimen plant with large 4-5cm long bell flowers in light shade. Elongated tubular mauve bells cover the plant through late spring and into the summer. Repeat flowering if regularly deadheaded. 30 x 40cm.

1 for $12.00, 3 for $33.00

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