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Delphinium 'mixed blues'
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ca$ 3.25 |
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Tall perennial that produces showy spikes of shallowly cupped flowers in shades of blue or white in summer. |
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Aquilegia chrysantha
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ca$ 3.45 |
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Growing 60-90cm (2-3ft) in height, it will produce clear yellow flowers, held well above the foliage on slender stems, in the spring to early summer. |
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Nigella damascena
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ca$ 3.55 |
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This annual, a favourite for Victorian gardeners, adds a delicate touch to almost any planting scheme. Sky-blue flowers surrounded by a ruff of foliage are followed by attractive seed pods. The seed pods are useful for dried arrangements of 'Immortals'. Height 20 inches; spread 9 inches. |
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Aquilegia vulgaris 'mixed'
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ca$ 3.65 |
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This is a pale blue selection of that delightful, and reliable, old fashioned perennial so many people remember from their childhood. Growing 60-90cm (2-3ft) in height, it will produce its flowers held well above the foliage on slender stems, in the spring to early summer. |
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Anemone pulsatilla
Syn. Pulsatilla vulgaris
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ca$ 3.75 |
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This perennial has finely divided, pinnate light green leaves and bears pale purple bell-shaped flowers in spring. Flowers are followed by spherical, silvery seed-heads. 8 inch height and spread. |
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Aquilegia canadensis
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ca$ 3.75 |
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Airy perennial with fern-like dark green leaves bears nodding flowers with scarlet sepals and lemon-yellow petals from midspring to midsummer. Height 24 inches; spread 12 inches. |
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Aquilegia formosa
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ca$ 3.75 |
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Airy perennial with deeply divided leaflets bears pendent flowers with orange sepals, yellow petals with red lobes and reddish-orange spurs. Height 24-36 inches; spread 18 inches. |
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Thalictrum rochebruneanum
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ca$ 3.75 |
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This upright perennial has lobed leaves and bears small white or lavender-pink flowers with pendent yellow stamens in loose panicles in summer. Height 36 inches; spread 12 inches. |
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Actaea pachypoda
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ca$ 3.95 |
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This clump-forming woodland perennial has ovate green leaves and bears white flowers in spherical racemes, followed by spherical white berries, each with a black eye. 36 inches high and 18 inch spread. |
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Anemone coronaria
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ca$ 3.95 |
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This erect perennial has palmate, green, finely-lobed leaflets and bears single, solitary red, blue or white flowers in spring. Height 12-18 inches; spread 6 inches. Winter-flowering in the wild, and the basis of many cultivars. |