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  • Saxifraga
    • stolonifera   CAG02948

      (Strawberry saxifrage)
      Saxifraga stolonifera
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A rampant groundcover for moist shade. Popular for its round, scalloped, coarsely haired, silver veined leaves and clouds of white butterfly-like flowers borne briefly in spring. Forming a dense colony of plantlets by means of rosy red stolons, particularly nice draping from a hanging basket, which provide a too easy means of propagation and to which it owes its common name.

      Tends to desiccate in our low humidity summers but its vigour soon compensates during cooler, humid weather to the point that it may need annual thinning.

      Not hardy but unique, lovely and easy to grow, if you can provide it with a choice spot. Maybe as a groundcover between large ferns and cool climate shrubs.

  • Seseli
    • gummiferum   CAG01928

      (Moon carrot)
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      From Turkey and Eastern Europe comes this surreal, biennial member of the carrot family.

      Silvery-blue mounds of lacy foliage throw up fat, branching stems of creamy-white umbels followed by the unavoidable death of the plant but no loss, as providing there is good drainage and a sunny exposed position, a healthy crop of seedlings should appear the following Winter.

      Tolerant of dry, stony and poor soils this plant is astounding in scattered drifts with winter bulbs, Catmints, Lambs ears, Anthemis or any other tough low growing plants.

      It shouldn't need saying but just in case. Intolerant of shade and much summer moisture.

  • Sonchus

    (Sow thistle)
    Compositae

    • canariensis   CAG02541

      (Giant sow thistle,Tree dandelion)
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      Seuss-like, with bold, plumed rosettes of dark green, skeletal, pinnate leaves on stiff bare branches. Showy, and incongruous to the uninitiated, branched scapes of bright yellow daisy flowers burst forth in spring.

      Summer dormant and impervious to heat and drought, though possibly sensitive to heavy frost. At home in poor, alkaline, well drained soil, wet feet are tolerated poorly.

      The perfect compliment to other similar Canary Island plants, Echium, Euphorbia atropurpea, E. characias, E. dendroides, E. lambii, Geranium maderense for a climatically appropriate "tropical" garden.

  • Tricyrtis
    • formosana   CAG00637

      (Toad lily)
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      Trailing, jointed stems are furnished with glossy, mid green, broadly lance shaped leaves, irregularly spotted with darker green spots which no doubt gave rise to the common name of Toad lily. Furthering the toad-like resemblance the orchid like white flowers, held in airy panicles, are heavily spotted in dark plum.

      Semi-evergreen, dying down after flowering while next seasons growth is already sprouting.

      Spreading by stolons to form dense colonies this Taiwanese forest dweller makes sensational ground cover for moist shade. Plant with the equally vigorous and simultaneously flowering Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’ for one of the finest autumnal displays your ever likely to see in a shady garden, as well as providing the ultimate weed suppressing ground cover.

      If your going to waste water on tender woodlanders this is the only Tricyrtis that contends well with our heat, the others whilst all beautiful during spring, invariable only make it through summer looking battle scarred and sad by flowering time.

  • Xanthosoma

    (Yautias)
    Araceae

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