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Acis (Leucojum) autumnale
Acis (Leucojum) autumnale
Snowflake. Flowers like tiny snowdrops in autumn. White with just a hint of red-pink as they join the stem. Very narrow foliage. 15cm. Sun and drainage; rock garden / path edge.
Aconitum nagarum KR 7589
A fine Keith Rushforth collection from Yunnan, China. A handsome stocky monkshood species, with dark blue flowers on red tinted stems over grey-green thick textured foliage. Up to 1m high, but sometimes smaller. Toxic if eaten, so why would you?
Actaea matsumurae 'White Pearl'
Bug Bane. A lovely sight in late summer when these send up their tall spikes of scented white flowers to about 1.5m over prettily dissected bright green foliage. Prefers a moist-ish, shady-ish site.
Actaea simplex 'Black Négligée' (new)
Leaves emerge green and then turn almost black, perfectly offsetting tall spikes of scented white flowers, in late summer. 150cm. Part shade or sun, but always just moist soil.
Agapanthus 'Blue Giant'
Large heads of mid-blue flowers on upright stems to 1.2m. Sunny position.
Agapanthus 'Blue Ice' (new)
A new cultivar selected by Dick Fulcher at the National Collection in Devon. This is a robust evergreen A. praecox type with large heads full of flowers of palest blue. The leaves have purple bases. Very effective in large pots brought inside in winter or in the ground in milder areas.
Agapanthus 'Buckingham Palace'
Agapanthus 'Buckingham Palace'
Round heads of deep blue flowers on stems to 1.5m in summer. Scarce and slow to propagate. One of the original, true Headbourne Hybrids, propagated by division only. Sun.
Agapanthus 'Liam's Lilac' (new)
From the National Collection in Devon is this distinct and robust hybrid of A. inapertus nutans. The heads have fewer flowers than some but they are nodding, deep violet at the base, lilac toward the tip, giving a distinctive and elegant look. Height 1m.
Agapanthus 'Phantom'
Stout stems with huge heads of white flowers edged in sky blue. Height to 1.5m. Deciduous (pretty hardy) most winters, but mulch over in very cold areas.
Agapanthus 'Sandringham'
Agapanthus 'Sandringham'
A semi-dwarf, with heads of very dark blue flowers in summer. One of the original, true Headbourne Hybrids, propagated by division only. Height to 60cm. Sun.
Agapanthus 'Tarka' (new)
Round full heads of pale violet flowers with reflexed tepals from violet blue buds in Aug/Sept. A deciduous hardy cultivar with a most unusual flower colour. Height 1m.
Agapanthus 'Windsor Grey'
Agapanthus 'Windsor Grey'
A rare and choice African Lily cultivar. Huge heads of dove-grey flowers in summer. Height 1m. Sun.
Agapanthus inapertus 'Graskop'
The Holy Grail to many Agapanthus fans for a long time, and coveted by visitors to Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, this is at last more widely available. Smallish heads of very dark blue, with a hint of purple, strictly drooping, narrow tubular flowers in summer. Height to about 80cm. Sun and well drained soil.
Agapanthus praecox 'Flore Pleno'
Agapanthus praecox 'Flore Pleno'
Deep blue double flowers from great fat buds. Height 60cm. Evergreen, so keep nearly frost-free in winter. A great pot plant.
Albuca aff. setosa G&L 13 (new)
A winter dormant collection from the Drakensberg, S.A. with 40cm stems topped by large upward facing white flowers, striped green on the reverse. For sun, not too dry in summer, but well drained for the dormant season.
Allium schoenoprasum 'Black Isle Blush' (new)
Why grow ordinary chives when you can have this pretty alternative? Slightly larger heads of almost white flowers mature to show a pink blush in the top centre. Just as edible…
Amicia zygomeris
A most exotic looking large perennial pea from Mexico, with strong growth to about 2.5m. Pinnate foliage has leaflets with indented tips, giving a very distinct effect. Highly conspicuous large pale green, but heavily purple-red stained, stipules on the stems and large deep yellow pea flowers in late summer, makes for a striking specimen! Absolutely bone hardy in my experience, even through Dec' 2010, without a mulch. Sun.
Anemone nemorosa 'Buckland' (new)
Comparatively large lavender-blue wood-anemone flowers in spring. Height 10cm. Part shade. Lovely under deciduous shrubs & trees. Discovered under trees in a Devon lane.
Anemone x lipsiensis
A hybrid Wood Anemone with the loveliest sulphur-yellow flowers in spring. Height 10cm. Light shade.
Anemone x lipsiensis 'Pallida'
A paler form of this hybrid wood anemone with flowers in softest pale yellow-cream. Height 10cm. Light shade.
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