Lambley Nursery

Lambley Gardens & Nursery, 395 Lesters Road, Ascot, Victoria 3364
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Lambley Nursery Perennial Catalogue

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Hydrangea

PBR Hydrangea ‘Forever’

Forever Hydrangea

Bred in the magical city of Kyoto ‘Forever’ has magical double flowers, soft pink or soft blue depending on soil acidity. ‘Forever’ will flower from mid-spring until late summer. It is dwarf in growth habit making it suitable for small gardens and pots. Best in light shade.

1 for $15.00, 3 for $42.00

Hydrangea paniculata ‘Candlelight’

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‘Candlelight’ is an outstanding new variety of hardy, sun tolerant Hydrangeas Large conical creamy white flowers are displayed on sturdy red stems. The flowers age to shades of pink. ‘Candlelight’ has handsome green foliage which turns to attractive autumnal tones.

1 for $16.00, 3 for $45.00

Hydrangea paniculata ‘Greenspires’

A fine Hydrangea paniculata selection with large floral cones . The fertile flowers stay green throughout the season whilst the white infertile flowers age to soft pink in the autumn. Growing 140cm by as much across it is in flower from mid summer until late autumn.

1 for $15.00, 3 for $42.00

Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’

Kyushu Hydrangea

‘Kyushu’ is a tall vigorous variety which quite early in the season produces large white panicles which remain white for the whole season. We grow all Hydrangea paniculata cultivars in sunny spots protected from hot winds.

1 for $15.00, 3 for $42.00

Imperata

Imperata cylindrica PBR ‘Yalba’

This native grass selection is a rampant, weed suppressor for soil erosion work, roadside plantings, slopes and median strips. It is far too vigorous for ordinary garden use as it will overwhelm any other plant.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Lepechinea

Lepechinea salviae

Chilean Pitcher Sage

This is one of the stalwarts of our dry garden where it makes strong upright shrubby growth well covered by large grey arrow shaped leaves. From mid summer until quite late in the autumn the plant is topped by large spikes of dark purple pink flowers.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Mandevilla

Mandevilla laxa

Frost Hardy Chilean Jasmine

Unlike all other Mandevillas this one tolerates frost. I’ve grown this vigorous climber on an old shearing shed here at Lambley for 17 years.

$12.50 each

Marrubium

Marrubium supinum ‘Scallop Shell’

Marrubium ‘Scallop Shell’ is one of the best evergreen ground covers for hot dry spots forming a dense mat of scalloped soft grey leaves, the texture of velvet. The leaves ascend the summer flower stems which carry whorls of hazy purple-pink hooded flowers.

1 for $12.00, 3 for $33.00

Miscanthus

Miscanthus oligostachyus ‘Eileen Quinn’

Dwarf Feather Grass

A dwarf Miscanthus with bronze feathery flower heads which are produced well clear of the leaves during summer and autumn. It is best when grown in drifts rather than as individual specimens. Sun 60cm x 50cm.

1 for $12.00, 3 for $33.00

Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio’

Adagio Dwarf Feather Grass

This superb dwarf growing Miscanthus will carry dozens of bronze-pink feathery plumes over arching leaves, green with a silver mid-rib. The flowers age to silver and the foliage changes to orange, gold and burgundy during autumn.

1 for $13.00, 3 for $36.00

Miscanthus sinensis ‘Yaku Jima’

Yaku Jima Feather Grass

This rarely offered dwarfing cultivar makes a 60cm tall tussock of narrow arching leaves and during summer 100cm tall flowering stems produce coppery gold feathers. Good reddish foliage in autumn. 100cm x 80cm.

1 for $13.00, 3 for $36.00

Nepeta

Nepeta x faassenii ‘Purrsian Blue’

Purrsian Blue Catmint

This new catmint is much neater than older varieties making a tidy mound of grey leaves topped for most of the late spring summer and autumn with lavender-blue flowers. It will grow 30cm tall by 40cm across. Trim spent flowers from time to time to extend the season.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Omphalodes

Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’

Navel Wort

This long lived perennial with its deep sky blue for-get-me-not flowers over clumps of evergreen heart shaped leaves is a native of Turkish woodlands. It is happy in any lightly shaded spot which gets some extra watering during dry periods. 20cm tall by 30cm across.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

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

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

Pelargonium

Pelargonium sidoides

South African Pelargonium

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.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

Penstemon

Penstemon ‘Alice Hindley’

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.

1 for $12.50, 3 for $34.50

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

Penstemon ‘Firebird’

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.

1 for $12.00, 3 for $33.00

Philadelphus

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

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

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

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

Phlomis purpurea ssp. almeriensis

Almerian Phlomis

The Almerian Phlomis is found in the most arid parts of of the south-eastern corner of Spain. This sub-species is one of the most beautiful pink-flowered plants in the genus. It makes an evergreen shrub some 120cm tall by 100cm wide.

$12.50 each

Poa

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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