Pelargonium reniforme is one of an interesting and beautiful group of frost hardy South African Pelargoniums. It’s been growing in our dry garden for three years and has performed so well we have planted another large patch by the side of a gravel path. Read more about Pelargonium reniforme
This plant is just as tough as Pelargonium reniforme, the other frost hardy South African pelargonium we grow in our Dry Garden. The main difference is in the colour of the flowers. P. sidioides has dark chocolate maroon almost black flowers. Read more about Pelargonium sidoides
One of my favourite Penstemon with the loveliest blue-mauve white throated flowers beautifully poised on long pedicels. Flowering as it does from late spring until winter it has been a mainstay of our double borders for many years. Read more about Penstemon ‘Alice Hindley’
Penstemons are among the most robust of garden plants showing excellent frost and drought tolerance. ‘Chester Scarlet’ is a medium sized evergreen perennial with large leaves and erect panicles of deep crimson – scarlet flowers. Flowering summer- autumn. Read more about Penstemon ‘Chester Scarlet’
Bred in the 1920’s and still one of the best of its kind, Penstemon ‘Garnet’ has been a stalwart of our double flower borders for at least ten years. Read more about Penstemon ‘Garnet’
Deep violet-purple tubular flowers are carried on 90cm tall stems from late spring until late autumn. Glossy, dark green foliage adds to the affect. Plant in any sunny or lightly shaded spot. Removing spent flower stems will keep the display looking fresh. Read more about Penstemon ‘Midnight’
We grow this in our dry garden where its silver leaves and whorls of yellow claw like flowers are handsome the year round. We cut it back halfway during winter to keep it tidy. It flowers on new wood from spring until autumn. Read more about Phlomis grandiflora ‘Lloyds Variety’
Lambley imported this beautiful evergreen shrub from Olivier Filippi’s nursery in the South of France. A hybrid between P. fruticosa and P. longifolia it is one of the showiest plants in the genus. Read more about Phlomis ‘Le Sud’
This new import is, to my mind, the most beautiful in foliage of all the Phlomis. At Lambley it has made a handsome, evergreen shrub a metre or so tall by nearly as much across in a year. Read more about Phlomis ‘Lemon Blush’
A rare and beautiful Phlomis from the region of the Judean mountains in Israel. Handsome evergreen foliage, hairy silver beneath and grey above with whorls of quite deep yellow claw-like flowers which are produced over a long period from spring into summer. Read more about Phlomis platystegia
A new addition to our list Phlox ‘Jagger’ is covered by fragrant, brilliant lavender-purple flowers each with a magenta eye. Read more about Phlox ‘Jagger’
