There are about 150 different types of perennials and bulbs in the nursery including:
There are a few seed varieties and plastic labels available for sale. Visitors can obtain a printed catalogue and are welcome to wander around and enjoy looking at the variety of lines on offer. Some photos are on display or online.
"Its been said that life is like a garden.
Every small work of kindness and every thoughtful gesture is like a tiny seed.
And when you plant these seeds, wonderful things can happen." - Tracey Donovan
(Darmera peltata) .90 to 1.3 metres. Rounded cymes of numerous 5-petalled pink flowers to 1.5 cms across in late spring followed by large rounded leaves. Rounded, deeply lobed, coarsely toothed, dark green leaves with conspicuous veins to 60 cms across, that turn red in autumn. Slowly spreading, rhizomatous perennial that suits part or full shade. Winter dormant.
Rare. To 80 cms in flower. Erect stems with pale yellow hooded blossoms. Deeply dissected foliage. Gritty, well-drained soil. Lime loving. Winter dormant.
To 45 cms. Masses of purply blue flowers with darker veining. from late spring. Very long flowering. Deeply divided leaves. Sun or light shade. Winter dormant.
20 pieces. Deep green, glossy, arrowhead leaves. Long-tailed, brown and white flowers that suggest mice doing handstands in the greenery. Ground cover. Part shade. Goes dormant in hot weather. Winter dormant.
50 pieces. Deep green, glossy, arrowhead leaves. Long-tailed, brown and white flowers that suggest mice doing handstands in the greenery. Ground cover. Part shade. Goes dormant in hot weather. Winter dormant.
20 pieces. Perennial cornflower. To about 40 cms. Deep blue spidery flowers from spring. Long flowering. Sun or part shade. Ground cover - clump forming.
5 pieces. To 1.2 metres. Hooded purply-blue flowers on very erect stems late november to mid-summer. Unusually early for Aconitum. Great for back of border - best staked. Part shade, moist soi. Winter dormant.
5 barerooted pieces. To 20 cms. Cute wee Geum that is dwarf in nature with small deep pink flowers from spring. Sun is best, suits rockery or edge of border. Semi dormant in winter.
pieces. Purply Blue. 60 to 80 cms in flower. Late spring to early summer flowering. Sun. Clump forming.