Foliage

Astilbe Chinensis

$10.00

Height to 40 cms. Lovely greenish purple foliage and blue flowers. Sun or partial shade in summer. Winter dormant.

Hosta fortunei 'Gold Standard'

$15.00

(Plantain Lily). Height to 55 cms. Light green leaves turning gold in summer with dark green edging. Lavender flowers. Partial to full shade. 1.5 to 2 litre pots. Winter dormant.

Hosta 'Kiwiskyscraper'

$15.00

Collect from November. To 1 metre. Outstanding variety with rich blue-green, thick foliage in a distinctly upright large mound. Lavender flowers in mid-summer. Great as a background or specimen plant for part/full shade, moist rich soil. 1 to 2 litre pots. Winter dormant.

Primula sieboldii Bright Pink

$10.00

Unnamed with bright pink flowers in spring. About 20 cms in height and summer dormant. Leaves are pale green, wrinkled and covered in short hairs. The pretty flowers are often fringed. Part shade. Light woodland. Summer dormant.

Rodgersia aesculifolia - Collect

$15.00

To 1 metre. Architectural plant. Huge, impressive, palmate, wrinkled leaves. The veins and leaf stalks are reddish-brown and densely woolly. In midsummer, the upright flower spikes are made up of white or pink florets. Rodgersias add drama and definition to gardens in full sun and partial shade. Suits by water, woodland, or in other moist garden sites. Humous rich soil, partial shade to full sun. Winter dormant.

Disporopsis omeiensis

$12.00

To 45 cms. Evergreen, resembling a Solomon’s Seal, but with snakes-skin patterns on the stem. Dark green foliage. Pendulous lemon-scented, pale greenish-yellow flowers early summer. Ground cover. Semi-shade, moist and well drained soil.