Perennial Catalogue - P | Lambley Nursery

Panicum

Panicum virgatum ‘Rubrum’

Red Prairie Switch Grass

Fountain like clumps of fine arching leaves are topped by a cloud of maroon midge-like flowers during autumn. Late in the season the foliage turns bronze red and finally to straw gold during winter.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

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Panicum virgatum ‘Heavy Metal’

Blue Prairie Switch Grass

This is totally different in both leaf colour and outline to the other Panicums that we’ve listed in previous catalogues. Panicum ‘Heavy Metal’ makes clumps of stiff upright stems clothed in blue leaves.

1 for $13.00, 3 for $36.00

Penstemon

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Penstemon barbatus ‘Rock Candy Ruby’

Rock Candy Ruby Beardtongue

'Rock Candy Ruby' is a new dwarf growing variety of this Californian species which will produce showy ruby-pink tubular flowers from spring until late autumn on 30cm tall leafy stems.

1 for $12.00, 3 for $33.00

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Penstemon ‘Evelyn’

Sissinghurst Castle's Evelyn Penstemon

This penstemon, which was found growing in Sissinghurst Castle gardens is a clear, clean pink. Smaller in all its parts than most garden penstemons it is a tough, long flowering, front of the border plant. 40cm x 40cm.

1 for $12.00, 3 for $33.00

Perovskia

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Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Little Spires’

Tall Russian Sage

A fabulous import from the USA where it is very highly rated. It is very upright in growth and has long spires of rich violet flowers which combine well with its grey foliage.

1 for $12.00, 3 for $33.00

Philadelphus

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Philadelphus × virginalis ‘Natchez’

Natchez Orange Blossom

During late spring and early summer ‘Natchez’ carries large white, semi-double, orange blossom fragrant flowers on long arching wands.

1 for $15.00, 3 for $42.00

Phlomis

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Phlomis chimerae

Southern Turkish Jerusalem Sage

A very rare Phlomis grown from seed collected by Olivier Filippi in Southern Turkey and imported by us from his nursery a few years ago. It’s made a neat rounded shrub well clothed by relatively small, oval, grey green leaves with lighter undersides.

1 for $13.50, 3 for $37.50

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Phlomis italica

Jerusalem Sage

This, the true species, has rarely if ever been offered in Australia. A hybrid between P. italica and P. purpurea has been mistakenly sold as this for many years including by us.

1 for $13.50, 3 for $37.50

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Phlomis lanata ‘Pygmy’

Phlomis lanata is itself quite a compact evergreen shrub with the smallest leaves in the genus. ‘Pygmy’, a very, very small clone, has the same grey-green, deeply veined leaves as the type.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Pittosporum

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Pittosporum tobira ‘Wheelers Dwarf’

Pittosporum tobira is a fine coastal plant resistant to salt winds. It is also happy inland and will grow in sun or shade. This new low growing form, Pittosprum tobira ’Wheelers Dwarf’, makes a neat round evergreen shrub to about a metre in height and a little more across.

1 for $12.00, 3 for $33.00

Poa

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Poa labillardieri ‘Suggan Buggan ’

Blue Poa

A fabulous form of this native grass with arching mounds of evergreen foliage, blue and graceful. Typical upright stems of flowers bluish in bud ageing to straw. Cut back to about 15cm immediately after flowering. 100cm x 100cm. Sun or at most very light shade.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

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Perennial Catalogue - P

Panicum

Penstemon

Perovskia

Philadelphus

Phlomis

Pittosporum

Poa