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Papaver somniferum
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ca$ 3.00 |
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| A mixed blend of white and dark seeded opium poppies. Beautiful summer flowers that brighten up any garden. Open pollinated blend of single flowered plants. Profuse bloom from July to early August. Monocarpic. |
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Phlomis russeliana
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ca$ 3.00 |
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| This deer proof old fashioned flower forms great basal clumps of soft semi evergreen heart-shaped leaves. In May, flowering stalks emerge to reach over 1 meter in height. Dense whorls of soft yellow nectar filled flowers gather at the stem nodes that open in succession, so it can in flower until... |
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Phytolacca acinosa
Syn. Phytolacca esculenta
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ca$ 3.00 |
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| A white flowering perennial with large oval shaped leaves. Flowers appear in July to August and are much loved by nectar seekers. Midgreen leaves with white veining; pink pigmentation only forms in the flowering stems when berries are forming which darkens to a dramatic deep purple. Plants reach... |
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Arum italicum
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ca$ 3.25 |
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| When most of everything is dormant in winter here is this little lovely patch of deep glossy green with white veining or marbleing. Elongated arrow shaped leaves to 20 cm in length are held just above the soil. In mid Spring a creamy flowering spathe appears and by mid summer the leaves die back... |
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Calochortus albus
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ca$ 3.25 |
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| A stunning early spring blooming species with nodding globe like flowers. Blooms range in colour from ivory (with or without carmine marking) to carmine. Each arching stem can carry up to 10 of these incredibly lovely flowers. Co-evolved with our wet winters and dry summers, so becomes naturally... |
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Eriophorum chamissonis
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ca$ 3.25 |
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| A highly decorative 70 cm tall sedge that can grow to vast colonies due to spreading rhizomes. Produces single fuzzy fruiting heads with 8 cm long fine fibres that are tawny at the base but fade to an ivory at the tips. |
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Geum rivale
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ca$ 3.25 |
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| A small spreading perennial for cooler moist soils. Small nodding reddish-pink-purple flowers hang suspended upon the rounded lobed divided leaves by hairy dark red-purple stems. Its long bloom time (May to September) makes a great understory plant for shrubs, taller perennials or among at the... |
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Gunnera manicata
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ca$ 3.25 |
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| This is one of the largest herbaceous perennials in the world growing over 2 meter tall with wider spread. A single leaf can reach 2.5 meter in diameter and are shaped to direct rain water to its roots. Prickly stems. A real show stopper in any garden. Three year old plants are massive, so plan... |
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Gunnera tinctoria
Syn. Gunnera chilensis
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ca$ 3.25 |
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| A smaller sized version of its massive Gunnera manicata cousin. Being half the size, its a great landscaping plant near waterways, ponds, or a damp spot in the garden. Young stems are edible when peeled and are considered a delicacy by the Mapuche where its eaten with salt and chilli. After the... |
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Iris forrestii
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ca$ 3.25 |
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| In your mind's eye imagine a primrose to lemon yellow flowered iris with short streaks of purple along the falls held above graceful grass like 45 cm long sword like leaves. This beauty is sweetly scented too...something hard to find in a nonbearded species. Simply gorgeous and non invasive... |
