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
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’
One for fans of the Bee Gees and certainly flamboyant in colour, this Penstemon is an easily grown sun loving evergreen perennial with few wants except dead heading and the removal of old spent stems in mid spring. Sun and some summer watering sees them perform at their best. Read more about Penstemon ‘Maurice Gibbs’
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’
I sometimes encounter plants labelled in this country in error as 'Purple Bedder', but this great favourite cultivar has been grown from the genuine strain of this Penstemon which has superior bright reddish-purple flowers over glossy leaves, from spring until winter 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’
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. Read more about Phlomis chimerae
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’
A rare and beautiful Phlomis believed to be from the region of the Judean mountains in Israel. Visitors frequently remark upon its unusual leaf form and early flowering quality. Read more about Phlomis platystegia
‘Ankum’ makes dense clumps of lance shaped, dark green leaves, densely splashed with silver. The flowers, which open purplish-pink and turn deep blue, are produced in spring on 30cm tall stems. Read more about Pulmonaria longifolia ‘ Ankum’
Pulmonaria are essential woodland plants. This new selection features large cobalt-blue flowers. The pointed green leaves are heavily spotted with silver. Read more about Pulmonaria ‘Trevi Fountain’
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