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Colchicum tenorei AGM
New for 2019
Rarely offered species and one of the earliest of the so-called ‘Autumn Crocus’ or ‘Naked Ladies’ to come into flower. Each corm produces a succession of up to 12 flowers, from August into September. The 6" tall (15cm) flowers are soft mauve, with delightful, light chequering to the petals. Easily naturalised in well-drained soil in sun...
Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon
New for 2019
Serpent Garlic/Rocambole. We love this form of garlic for its ornamental qualities - the flower stems twist and coil like snakes, before straightening up to flower in late summer. Used like this, the bulbs will grow larger each year and the bulbils produced in the flower heads can be allowed to naturalise. Or, if you wish, you can treat the bulb as an annual, harvesting it to use the...
Anemone nemorosa 'Lychette'
New for 2019
Vigorous and large flowered form of white wood anemone, with prominent golden stamens. The rhizomes spread to form striking clumps in shade/part shade. Flowering in spring through to early summer at 6" (15cm).
Pack of 3 (size 1) roots for £5.00
Pack of 10 roots for £15.00
Chionodoxa luciliae 'Violet Beauty'
New for 2019
Newish hybrid, sporting clusters of mauve-blue flowers - an unusual colour for 'Glory of the Snow'. Flowering in March-April at 4" (10cm).
Bulb size 5+cm
Pack of 10 bulbs for £3.00
Pack of 50 bulbs for £12.00
Hyacinth 'Rembrandt'
New for 2019
A lovely new hyacinth for this season, with flowers of rich, dark blue - always a popular hue.
Bulb size 15/16 cm
Pack of 10 bulbs for £7.00
Pack of 25 bulbs for £15.00
Iris hollandica 'Autumn Princess'
New for 2019
Warm shades of bronze/brown, with a flash of burnt orange on the falls. Flowering in June/July at 20" (50cm).
Bulb size 8+ cm
Pack of 10 bulbs for £3.00
Pack of 25 bulbs for £5.50
Iris hollandica 'Pink Panther'
New for 2019
Flowers of the most delicate lilac-pink, with an orange blotch on the falls.
Bulb size 8+ cm
Pack of 10 bulbs for £4.50
Pack of 25 bulbs for £10.50
Iris reticulata 'Purple Hill'
This splendid recent introduction has greater robustness and vigour than some older reticulata varieties. We have been growing its companion variety 'Blue Hill' for a couple of years now and have only neglected to stock 'Purple Hill' due to its similarity to the very popular iris 'George'. The sole grower of 'George' has experienced total crop failure this season, so we are offering 'Purple Hill' as...
Narcissus 'Emcys'
New for 2019
Outstanding new hybrid, raised by John de Winter in the Netherlands. The parentage of N. 'Jenny' is apparent in the white, swept back petals and elongated cup which opens pale primrose before turning white. Flowering March/April at around 12" (30cm).
Bulb size 1
Pack of 3 bulbs for £9.50
Pack of 10 bulbs for £27.00
Narcissus 'Romance' AGM
New for 2019
Beautiful, fragrant narcissus with overlapping petals of pristine white and a short pink cup with an apricot edge. This vigorous, AGM holder, was raised in Ireland in the 1950s and still sets the standard for excellence. Flowering in April/May at 18" (45cm).
Bulb size 11cm
Pack of 5 bulbs for £7.00
Pack of 15 bulbs for £19.50
Narcissus 'Stella'
New for 2019
This heritage narcissus has a graceful and informal appeal, with its curvaceous, tapering primrose/white petals and lightly frilled yellow corona. Hybridised by W.Backhouse, pre-1869. Flowering in April at around 15" (38cm).
Bulb size 1
Pack of 3 bulbs for £6.00
Pack of 10 bulbs for £17.50
Narcissus 'Stint' AGM
New for 2019
Floriferous triandrus narcissus, one of the 'Bird' series, raised by Matthew Fawlds in the US. The petals are lemon yellow and slightly reflexed, whilst the cup is a shade darker. Bearing up to 3 flowers to a stem, 'Stint' flowers in mid-spring at around 12" (30cm).
Bulb size 12+cm
Pack of 10 bulbs for £5.00
PAck of 50 bulbs for £20.00
