This super frost hardy aloe relative from Southern Africa makes a shrub some 150cm tall by as much wide shrub. The striated stems are well clothed with narrow dark green succulent leaves. Read more about Aloiampelos striatula
Our source describes this as having been gifted from an old aunt, many years ago. Regardless, they are very tough bulbs wanting nothing more than a sunny spot which dries out in summer. They will flower from mid-February to mid-march. We are selling large bulbs. Read more about Amaryllis belladonna ‘White Flowered’
Featured in our pear walk and one of the loveliest of all the flowers in the garden this outstanding cultivar makes metre tall stems topped by glistening pure white flowers from late summer until well into the autumn. Cut back all the way to the ground after flowering. Read more about Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’
This perennial snapdragon from the hills of Morocco and Spain which, during late spring and summer, carries rose pink flowers on short stems over mounds of blue-green fuzzy foliage. In hot districts a little light shade is beneficial otherwise it is happy in full sun. Read more about Antirrhinum hispanicum ‘Roseum’
This is one of my favourite Camellias. Whilst most plants in the modern nursery trade have been selected for their dwarf growth habits ‘Margaret Waterhouse’ will grow five metres or more tall. Raised in Sydney by the late Professor E. G. Read more about Camellia x williamsii ‘Margaret Waterhouse’
This beautiful, vigorous carpeting bell flower can be grown in light to full shade where it will soon cover a fair area with its pale green evergreen foliage. Sprays of pure white thimbles make a terrific show during spring and early summer. 15cm tall by 50cm wide. Read more about Campanula poscharskyana ‘Alba’
A distinctive Japanese sedge with arching green leaves. Carex oshimensis 'Evergold' is beautiful in a pot as well as making a dense groundcover. It will grow in a difficult courtyard and small city garden if well irrigated. Read more about Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’
A Caucasian endemic, with beautiful pinnate greyish leaves, which is widely used as an evergreen groundcover in the dry Mediterranean gardens of the French Riviera. Once established, it is happy in any soil that isn’t bog-like. A definite weed suppressor. Read more about Centaurea bella
An attractive small shrub to 80cm with lacy heads of powder-blue flowers on top of large leathery green, red edged leaves. Tolerant of drought once established. Flowering from mid -summer into autumn when its leaves turn red and orange. 80 cm x 80 cm. Sun or light shade. Read more about Ceratostigma ‘Summer Skies’
‘Silver Pink’ makes a small growing rounded evergreen shrub producing a long succession of white centred pale pink flowers from late spring until well into summer. Like all of its kin ‘Silver Pink is a tough drought tolerant plant that is happy in any sunny spot. Read more about Cistus x argenteus ‘Silver Pink’
The growth habit of this New Zealand native shrub has given it its common name of wire netting bush. When young the branches are covered in grey bloom but turn mahogany brown as they age. These branches zigzag in all directions earning its name of Wire Netting Bush. Read more about Corokia cotoneaster
This late winter flowering gem carries fragrant soft yellow catkins on gracefully arching bare stems. Its soft green leaves turn to butter yellow in autumn. Best in a well watered shady spot in hot districts although happy in full sun in mild hills gardens. Read more about Corylopsis sinensis
Crepe myrtles flower through the most awful of summer heatwaves and once established they are happy with little or no supplementary watering. Read more about Crepe Myrtle Trees
Crepe Myrtles will flower even during the hottest summers they are so tough. ‘Hopi’ is a relatively dwarf variety growing 2 metres tall by 3 metres wide. During summer and early autumn it is covered by large clusters of deep pink flowers. Read more about Lagerstroemia indica x faurii ‘Hopi’
These new vegetatively propagated selections are much better than cheaper seed raised varieties making sturdier, bushier and freer flowering plants. If planted in a sunny spot in reasonably friable soil they will bloom from late spring until autumn as long spent flowers are removed. Growing 50-60cm tall when in flower with a width of 35-40cm they will make a sparkling addition to garden beds. Whilst fairly tolerant of dry conditions they will need some supplementary irrigation during summer. Read more about Cone Flowers
The double pom-pom 10cm across flowers are deep cranberry red. Colour fast they don’t bleach in our mid day sun. Vigorous plants produce these stunning flowers for many months from early summer until autumn as long as spent flowers are dead headed. Best grown in full sun. Read more about Echinacea ‘Double Scoop Cranberry’
Golden flowers with an orange cone. These new vegetatively propagated selections are much better than cheaper seed raised varieties making sturdier, bushier and freer flowering plants. Read more about Echinacea ‘Sombrero Granada Gold’
Rich burgundy flowers with a contrasting cone. These new vegetatively propagated selections are much better than cheaper seed raised varieties making sturdier, bushier and freer flowering plants. Read more about Echinacea ‘Sombrero Baja ’
Orange red pom-pom flowers aging to bronze. Vigorous plants produce these stunning flowers for many months from early summer until autumn as long as spent flowers are dead headed. Best grown in full sun. Read more about Echinacea ‘Double Scoop Orangeberry’
Deep golden orange flowers with a dark cone. These new vegetatively propagated selections are much better than cheaper seed raised varieties making sturdier, bushier and freer flowering plants. Read more about Echinacea ‘Sombrero Flamenco’
One of the toughest of the much admired Bishops Hats with evergreen plant for shade, even quite dry shade. Its many stems carry aquilegia like bright yellow flowers. Read more about Epimedium × perralchicum ‘Frohnleiten’
This rarely offered Californian buckwheat caused much interest amongst visitors when it flowered last year in our Mediterranean garden. Making a grey leaved shrub, a metre tall by as much across, it carries large domed heads of white flowers which age to rust. Read more about Eriogonum giganteum
This has been growing in our dry climate garden for ten years or more. The flowers, a metallic blue thimble, are circled by a metallic blue ruff, as intricate as a snowflake. This Sea Holly has interesting evergreen foliage, much cut and two toned green and silver. Read more about Eryngium bourgatii ‘Oxford Blue’
Steel blue thimbles surrounded by spiky ruffs are carried on 80cm tall metallic violet-blue stems for many months from late spring until autumn. ‘Blue Glitter’ is happy in any sunny well drained spot in the garden. Read more about Eryngium planum ‘Blue Glitter’
There can’t be a finer berried shrub than this when it’s in full autumn glory. Masses of deep pink, almost red berries, make such a spectacular display that visitors to the garden invariably rave about it. Read more about Euonymus europeus ‘Red Cascade’
This new Lambley bred Euphorbia has a neat dwarf habit with abundant lime green flower heads opening from reddish buds. It will be happy in any sunny or lightly shaded spot. Drought tolerant when once established. 30cm tall by as much across. Read more about Euphorbia x martinii ‘Ascot Liliput’ PBR
This Lambley introduction is one of the finest variegated Euphorbias available throughout Europe and the United States. Very different in effect from E. ‘Tassie Tiger’, E. ‘Ascot Rainbow’, has soft gold and blue-green leaves with red and pink tonings during cold weather. 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
One of our best plants for shade, even dry shade when established. Francoa ramosa is the longest flowered of all the bridal wreaths. Long wands densely packed with showy white flowers are produced during summer and autumn over low mounds of evergreen foliage. Read more about Francoa ramosa
NEW A fabulous foliage plant for a shady spot even relatively dry shade or sunny when once established although it is native to the mountains of southern Mexico where it does get regular rainfall. Read more about Furcraea quicheensis
