The new Axcent series of these splendid cascading plants have particularly large intensely coloured flowers. Evergreen and growing some 10cm tall by 60cm across it is completely smothered in rich deep purple flowers during spring with sporadic flowers later in the season. Read more about Aubrieta ‘Axcent Deep Purple’
The new Axcent series of these splendid cascading plants have particularly large intensely coloured flowers. Evergreen and growing some 10cm tall by 60cm across it is completely smothered in rich deep burgundy flowers during spring with sporadic flowers later in the season. Read more about Aubrieta ‘Axcent Burgundy’
My son Ric Glenn has been much taken by a massed planting of this in London and I must say I share his enthusiasm. This most graceful ornamental grass was given the prestigious Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society for very good reasons. Read more about Anemanthele lessoniana
This stunning Japanese windflower is more compact than older varieties producing its semi-double, rose pink flowers, on strong 50-60cm tall stems from late summer until late autumn. Good in large pots as well as in a protected area in the garden. Read more about Anemone x hybrida ‘Sweetly’
Rarely seen in Australian nurseries and growing a mere 15cm tall but spreading up to 150cm, this Californian native makes a dense carpet of small dark green leathery leaves. Read more about Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ‘Green Bay’
One of the wonders of the hardy plant world, drought tolerant and totally handsome, Beschorneria yuccoides makes a 100cm tall rosette of pewter-grey Yucca like foliage, soft to the touch and not at all spiny. Read more about Beschorneria yuccoides
Huge branching heads of rich lilac pink flowers are produced late in the season on a medium sized well branched shrub. We cut it back to about 90cm in late winter or early spring. Read more about Buddleja davidii ‘Dartmoor’
This superb new small growing violet-black flowered Buddleja is small enough to grow in a pot as well as making a terrific long flowering garden shrub where it will grow around 160cm tall by 100cm wide. Read more about Buddleja ‘Midnight’
Endemic to upper Burma and western China, including Tibet, Buddleja myriantha is evergreen with felted grey green leaves and carrying its deep mauve, fragrant flowers on upright spikes above the foliage. A superb new introduction in our Mediteranean Garden. 200cm x 150cm. Read more about Buddleja myriantha
Smaller growing so suited to pots as well as small gardens, these will grow 2.5 metres tall by as much across in the garden but half that height if grown in pots. Regular dead heading will keep them in flower for many summer months. Read more about Buddleja ‘Velvet’
A dwarf ground covering, frost hardy deciduous perennial with large (for the genus) gentian blue flowers from spring until autumn. The oval green leaves turn flaming scarlet and crimson in late autumn and winter. Sun or light shade. Read more about Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Corydalis ‘Blue Line’ is a hybrid between C. flexuosa and C. elata and is more vigorous than either of its parents. It flowers here at Lambley in light shade from October until March. Read more about Corydalis ‘Blue Line’
This exciting new hybrid Foxglove makes a gorgeous display of outward facing raspberry red trumpets with a peach centre on 60cm tall flower spikes. Read more about Digiplexis ‘Ruby Glow’
This very old variety has flourished in Australian gardens for nigh on a hundred years reliably making vigorous clumps of spoon shaped grey green clumps from which 50cm tall stems vary perfectly form soft lilac daisies. The flower buds nod in a charming manner. Read more about Erigeron ‘Quakeress’
This new Lambley bred Euphorbia has a neat dwarf habit with abundant lime green flower heads opening from reddish buds. The flower heads are in perfect proportion creating a wonderfully balanced plant that is creating excitement in European testing. Read more about Euphorbia x martinii ‘Ascot Liliput’ PBR
This Lambley introduction is one of the finest variegated Euphorbias available throughout the gardening world. It is now used in bedding throughout Europe and the United States and in New Zealand and South Africa. Read more about Euphorbia x martinii ‘Ascot Rainbow’ PBR
This is one of the best groundcovers for dry shade where it will make suckering 40 cm tall evergreen stems clothed in handsome blue-green foliage. During spring the whole is covered by heads of lime green flowers. Read more about Euphorbia robbiae
This is one of the best perennials you could grow. It is tough, sun loving, drought tolerant and very easy. Geum ‘Tangerine’ starts flowering in mid to late winter when not much else is happening. Read more about Geum ‘Tangerine’
A newly imported evergreen making a neat, tidy shrub well clothed with silver leaves. Small lemon yellow flowers are held in clusters above the foliage mound during summer and autumn. A tough, sun loving, drought tolerant plant. Read more about Helichrysum tianshanicum ‘Icicles’
Hellebores are easy to grow requiring minimal maintenance. Trim flowering stems back to ground level late spring and top dress with good compost at least every other year when grown in the garden. Read more about Helleborus x hybridus ‘Tutu White’
Bred in Holland this new series of Heuchera is the best we’ve grown at Lambley. They are all evergreen perennials with beautiful ruffled lobed leaves. Heucheras are happy growing in any lightly shaded position as long as they are given some supplementary irrigation during dry periods. Indian Summer Heucheras will make tidy clumps some 35 cm tall by as much across and are beautiful when grown in pots. Wiry stems, held well above the foliage are adorned with many small white or pinkish bells. The flowers are delightful in posies as they last well in a vase. Read more about First Release of Indian Summer Heucheras
‘Orangeberry’ is a dazzling variety with ruffled leaves a blaze of coral, tinged with red and gold. The flowers have a pink blush. Read more about Heuchera ‘Orangeberry’
‘Blackberry’ is an impressive variety with somewhat smaller leaves than others in the Indian Summer series but the leaves are a remarkable glossy black. The flowers are white. Read more about Heuchera ‘Blackberry’
‘Coral Berry’ is a splendid variety with silvered pink lightly lobed leaves with crimson veins. The flowers are white. Read more about Heuchera ‘Coral Berry’
Hydrangeas are a much-loved plant that featured in many an Australian garden during the last century and provide fond memories for their generous flowers and cooling presence. In hot districts it would be as well to plant them in a spot that is protected from the hottest sun and fiercest wind and don't allow to dry out. As good size shrubs they are quite drought resistant once mature. Much of recent improvements to the cultivars available has focused on breeding for pots. When grown in pots these benefit from a regular feed of a slow-release fertiliser every 8 to 10 weeks. Postage is a flat rate of just $12.50Read more about Hydrangeas
Bred in the magical city of Kyoto ‘Forever’ has magical double flowers, soft pink or soft blue depending on soil acidity. ‘Forever’ will flower from mid-spring until late summer. It is dwarf in growth habit making it suitable for small gardens and pots. Best in light shade. Read more about Hydrangea ‘Forever’ PBR
Long cultivated in the glass houses of Holland and England this beautiful, evergreen, starry white flowered, lemon fragrant jasmine is happy outside even in my frosty garden. Read more about Jasminum azoricum
Magnolia yuyanensis, an evergreen tree from moist montane forests of western China, is well established although rare in English gardens. It should do well in Australia gardens if planted in a spot protected from hot north winds. Read more about Magnolia yuyuanensis
All of our plants are offered in a 10cm diameter pot unless otherwise indicated. Plants grown here are frost hardy to at least minus 5C unless stated otherwise. Many are hardy to much colder temperatures. They may be evergreen or deciduous, or herbaceous and overwintered by being cut back to near pot level.Read more about Standard Pot Size
I am a huge fan of this plant for the most difficult of shaded and dry positions. Not a bamboo at all, but rather an attractive evergreen shrub that bears dark green pinnate foliage and masses of large glossy bright red berries during autumn, winter and early spring. Read more about Nandina domestica
