Lambley Nursery

Lambley Gardens & Nursery, 395 Lesters Road, Ascot, Victoria 3364
Phone +61 (03) 5343 4303, Fax +61 (03) 5343 4257

Perennial Catalogue - S

Salvia

Salvia hians

A native of the western Himalayas this Salvia makes a perennial plant about 50cm tall by 50cm across. Its branching flower stem carries large mauve purple flowers with white bee lines on its lip. Happy in any sunny well drained spot which doesn’t parch during dry periods.

1 for $10.00, 3 for $27.00

Salvia lavandulifolia

Spanish Sage

A plant of dry Spanish, French and north-west African hillsides and is quite closely related to culinary sage. S. lavandulifolia makes an evergreen shrub some 40cm tall by 80cm across with grey-green foliage and 30cm tall stems of large soft mauve-blue flowers.

1 for $10.00, 3 for $27.00

Salvia leucantha ‘Harry's Red’

Harry’s Red Mexican Sage

Our working title for this variety of Mexican sage. It was growing in my son Harry Glenn’s garden in Camberwell and is distinguished by its bright purple red flowers held in mauve calyces.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Salvia nemorosa ‘Amethyst’

Amethyst Meadow Sage

Raised by the Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf, Salvia ‘Amethyst’ makes strong vertical spikes of rich amethyst pink flowers from spring into mid summer when we cut it to the ground to encourage a repeat flowering in Autumn.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Salvia nemorosa ‘Enid’

Enid's Meadow Sage

We raised this variety several years ago and named it for the late Enid Tinney who was a good and generous friend of ours. Salvia ‘Enid’ carries 60cm tall spikes of deep amethyst violet tinted flowers for many months from mid-spring until autumn.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Salvia nemorosa ‘Kate Glenn’

Kate's Meadow Sage

This hybrid between Salvia nemorosa ssp tesquicola and Salvia ‘Wesuwe’ is one of our most stunning performers. It has the early flowering habit and dark flowers of the latter and the showy bracts of the former. A terrific plant which I named for my daughter.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Salvia nemorosa ‘Snow Hills’

Salvia ‘Snow Hills’ is a sport of S. ‘Blue Hills’ (Blauhugel) and makes dwarf tidy clumps of stiff upright stems which carry spikes of clean white flowers.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Shade Lovers

These plants are suited to shady locations where they are selected for their interesting foliage effects.

Ajuga ‘Black Scallop’

Black Scallop Groundcover

A superb variety of shade loving groundcover. Its evergreen glossy dark purple almost black foliage makes a dense carpet in any shady spot which doesn’t parch during summer. Showy spikes of deep blue flowers on 25 cm tall stems are produced in spring.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Euphorbia robbiae

Mrss Robb’s Bonnet

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.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Heucherella ‘Red Rover’

Red Foamy Bells

An intergeneric cross between a Tiarella and a Heuchera which during spring produces large, intensely red, deeply lobed foliage. In summer the foliage mellows to red tinted olive green.

1 for $13.50, 3 for $37.50

Heucherella ‘Solar Eclipse’

Solar Eclipse Foamy Bells

Frothy masses of white flowers are held over startlingly beautiful foliage mounds. Leaves are reddish brown with a lime green edge.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Heuchera ‘Berry Marmalade’

Berry Marmalade Coral Bells

This vigorous growing shade lover makes a 60cm wide 30cm tall mound of frilly deep purple leaves with a silvery bloom. Spires of small white bells are held above the foliage mounds during mid to late spring.

1 for $13.50, 3 for $37.50

Heuchera ‘Lime Marmalade’

Lime Marmalade Coral Bells

This vigorous growing shade lover makes a 50cm wide 25cm tall mound of frilly lime green leaves. Spires of small white bells are held above the foliage mounds during mid to late spring. A little summer watering is well-rewarded.

1 for $13.50, 3 for $37.50

Shrubs

Arctostaphylos ‘Howard McMinn’

Manzanita Howard McMinn

This renowned plant is the most often found Manzanita growing in Californian gardens where it is grown as an evergreen specimen shrub or a hedge. It can be kept clipped to a metre tall or allowed to grow to a 2 metres tall shrub.

1 for $12.00, 3 for $33.00

Arctostaphylos manzanita ‘St Helena’

St Helena Manzanita

From the dry western areas of the USA beautiful in all its parts from the burnished copper-bronze twisted trunks to its wonderful large grey-green leaves and exquisite lily-of-the-valley flowers. Thoroughly drought tolerant when once established.

1 for $15.00, 3 for $42.00

Buddleja ‘Sungold’

Sungold Butterfly Bush

A Dutch raised cross between Buddleja davidii var. magnifica and Buddleja globosa which was selected for its richer colour. Large shrub with arching lance shaped leaves, golden flowers in large dense panicles. Very hardy. Full sun/part shade.

1 for $15.00, 3 for $42.00

Corylopsis sinensis

Fragrant Winter Hazel

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.

1 for $15.00, 3 for $42.00

Forsythia ‘Gold Clusters’

This is the best dwarf Forsythia which only grows 120cm tall by as much across. During early spring it produces a mass of lemon-yellow open bells so abundantly that you can barely see the stem for flowers. During autumn the foliage turns burgundy chocolate.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Forsythia ‘Lynwood Gold’

There are few shrubs which brighten the late winter landscape better than Forsythias. F. ‘Lynwood Gold’ covers all its branches with very large deep canary yellow flowers. A tough shrub wanting a sunny position and needing very little supplementary water.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Spiraea cantoniensis ‘Flore Pleno’

Bridal Wreath Spiraea

This old fashioned semi-evergreen shrub has been grown in western gardens since 1824 and in Chinese gardens for aeons before that. Small pure white double flowers are produced in clusters on cascading, arching branches during late spring and early summer.

1 for $15.00, 3 for $42.00

Viburnum plicatum ‘Pink Beauty’

The flowers of this beautiful form turn pink as they age. Viburnum plicatum is native to China, Japan and Taiwan where it grows by the side of streams. One of the wonders of the late Stuart Rattle's Musk Farm where it thrived.

1 for $15.00, 3 for $42.00

Spiraea

Spiraea cantoniensis ‘Flore Pleno’

Bridal Wreath Spiraea

This old fashioned semi-evergreen shrub has been grown in western gardens since 1824 and in Chinese gardens for aeons before that. Small pure white double flowers are produced in clusters on cascading, arching branches during late spring and early summer.

1 for $15.00, 3 for $42.00

Symphytum

Symphytum ‘Hidcote Blue’

Ornamental Blue Comfrey

A fine blue flowered form of ornamental comfrey. Tough, shade loving and tolerant of dryness when once established this will make a good groundcover for difficult shaded areas. During spring it carries 35cm tall stems carrying dangling bells of blue flowers.

1 for $12.00, 3 for $33.00