We have two varieties of tree peonies for sale to online customers only. The plants are a really good size with large roots. They must be planted as soon as they are received. Shipping as bare rooted with guaranteed safe delivery.
The hybrids of Peonia rockii are amongst the most spectacular of all tree peonies. ‘Purple Rockii’ has huge purple flowers with the characteristic black blotch at the base of each petal. This vigorous variety will grow, over time, two metres tall by two metres wide shrub. Read more about Paeonia ‘Purple Rockii’
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
Penstemons are gardening mainstays. Frost-hardy, evergreen and long-flowering, from the showy hybrids to the tough and hardy species forms, there is literally one suited for every garden in Australia. Read more about Penstemons (Beardtongues)
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’
An old vigorous variety raised in Switzerland in the 1930s, now nearing its 100th birthday. “A glowing shade of red...” narrowly tubular flowers are a joy from late spring until winter. A particularly long lived cultivar P. Read more about Penstemon ‘Firebird’
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’
Like all of these hybrid Penstemon this variety is very tough and drought tolerant. This clone is one of the tallest of its kind growing up to 120cm. The top third of this carries charming lilac pink, white-throated tubular flowers. 120cm x 90cm. Read more about Penstemon ‘Pink Cloud’
This Penstemon has bright reddish-purple flowers over glossy leaves, from spring until winter. It is an evergreen plant, needing only a winter tidy up, and a sunny spot. 70cm x 70cm. Read more about Penstemon ‘Purple Bedder’
Penstemon ‘Thorn’ is an upright perennial with loose panicles of tubular white flowers tinged with deep pink at the tips of the lobes Flowering late summer early autumn. Evergreen. Frost tolerant and only needing occasional watering in the hottest of summer periods. Read more about Penstemon ‘Thorn’
One of the best white flowering perennials for use in a border. Penstemons are such tough generous plants flowering their hearts out for so long that we can take them for granted. They seem to need replacing every 4 or 5 years. Read more about Penstemon ‘White Bedder’
The Phlomis include some of the best evergreen shrubs for Australian gardens. Frost and drought hardy throughout Australia. Read more about Jerusalem Sage
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 more tall by nearly as much across in a year. Read more about Phlomis ‘Lemon Blush’
The Phlomis include some of the best evergreen shrubs for Australian gardens. This is a superb species with rich green leaves. Deep egg yolk yellow flowers open from russet-olive buds in whorls along the vertical flower stems. P. Read more about Phlomis longifolia
Prunellas are very useful groundcovers for a shaded spot in the garden where they will make mats of quite large deep green slightly rough leaves. During spring and spasmodically later spikes of deep pink hooded flowers sit well above the foliage. Read more about Prunella grandiflora ‘Bella Deep Pink’
