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  • Cistus
    • ‘Bennett's White’   CAG00992
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

    • creticus   CAG01562

      (Hoary rock rose)
      Height1mWidth1mFlowering SeasonSpringWaterLLightFull Sun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A dome-like shrub of stiffly upright stems clothed in small, crinkly grey edged, broadly lance shaped leaves and bearing 5cm soft pink five petalled flowers that appear to be in need of a good ironing.

      Texturally very different to more laterally branched varieties of Cistus and with a more rigid feel that contrasts well with the softness of many mediterranean furries.

      From the eastern Mediterranean and easily grown in any well drained sunny soil, probably best to avoid summer irrigation but a drink or two in spring and autumn may be appreciated.

    • crispus   CAG00846
      Height40cmWidth1mFlowering SeasonSpringWaterLLightFull Sun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A ground hugger densely clothed with elliptical, grey-green, velvety leaves and smothering in cerise coloured flowers with five lightly creped petals. From the south western Mediterranean basin.

      An extremely useful growth habit with a more solid and definitive form than the similarly scaled C. x skanbergii. Plant with other low growing quintessential Mediterraneans, Nepeta, Origanum, Lavandula, Ballota, Santolina for a stunning and indulgently texture rich garden, you could even add other Cistus, especially C. creticus with its similar flowers but distinctly different growth.

      For any well drained sunny soil, summer irrigation optional.

    • salviifolius   CAG00176
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

    • ‘Silver Pink’   CAG00177
      Height1mWidth1mFlowering SeasonSp - SuWaterM - LLightFull Sun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A small to medium, evergreen shrub. Small, silvery, sage green, lance shaped leaves are held in pairs on thin wiry branches. In late spring it smothers in small, satiny, baby pink, saucer shaped flowers. Prune regularly to keep dense and encourage flower production. All Cistus's are extremely tough plants.

  • Coreopsis
    • gigantea   CAG02279
      Height1.5mWidth60cmFlowering SeasonSpringWaterLLightFull Sun
      Coreopsis gigantea
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A summer deciduous species from the southern Californian seaside with lush mops of bright green, feathery foliage atop thick, grey, branching trunks. Somewhat palm-like and very succulent looking, growing more so with age. Large, simple, canary yellow, daisy flowers explode on long stems from short, annual, side spurs.

      Easy to grow in very well drained soil, or gutless sand, and an excellent pot subject. Plenty of sun while in growth is essential and its summer dormancy must be respected, though some moisture is required to mimic the regular fog of its native haunts.

      The cusp of an irrigated garden or somewhere convenient for occasional hand watering could see a grove of these make an uncommon spectacle with little care, underplant with Cyclamen graecum and C. persicum for a planting that cool climate gardeners can only fantasise about.

      Frost sensitive. East coast hardiness questionable.

  • Cyclamen
  • Dianthus

    (Pink, Sweet william, Carnation)
    Caryophyllaceae

    The commonly encountered garden varieties are European plants of garden antiquity grown for their attractive, often perfumed, flowers which pick well. They are on the whole easily grown but demand excellent drainage and plenty of sun and are ideally suited to poor, dryer, well drained, alkaline soils. They are often encountered overgrown and root bound, tucked away in the shade, to which they are intolerant, and once purchased are good naturedly smothered with too much "good" garden practice.


    Pinks are known to all by name, which they lent to the colour, if not in person. Classic perennials of English cottage gardens. They have extensive root systems and most varieties offered are quite hardy in Perth with a good drink once a week over summer. They invariably have narrow, glaucous foliage resistant to dry air and high light intensity.

    Sweet williams (Dianthus barbatus) are biennials that will often persist for several years and typically have tall stems bearing clusters of small fringed flowers. They have broader leaves and require a bit softer conditions than the Pinks. The Nigrescens group seem the hardiest of the bunch and can become quite shrubby, potted colour varieties, often sold by the punnet, are worth growing but usually amount to little more than tender annuals.

    Carnations (Dianthus caryophyllus). Those developed for the cut flower market are mostly ugly plants needing support and are best left to the dedicated enthusiast or florist. Better garden plants are the seldom seen border carnations, they have the same beautiful flowers of the florist types but are less gawky, don't need staking, are often perfumed and are almost as hardy as the pinks.
    • barbatus ‘Isabella Rose’   CAG01380
      Height50cmWidth50cmFlowering SeasonSp - AuWaterM - LLightSun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      An evergreen, mounding perennial or biennial. The narrowly lance shaped, satiny green, bugundy-black tinted leaves, variably streaked in cool white are borne in tight rosettes on red stems to form quite large, dense mounds. Throughout the warmer months simple, rounded flowers of darkest satin red-black are held among fine white bracts, in flat heads, on slender, erect, sparsely leaved stems.
      Tough and as easy to grow as most Dianthus, merely needing well drained soil and sun to thrive. Just don't crowd them with other plants

      A plant of an exciting colour combination that we are proud to say is our own introduction, discovered in our nursery in 2000.

    • ‘Cherry Queen’   CAG00201
      Height45cmWidth30cmFlowering SeasonSp / AuWaterMLightFull Sun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A clump forming, evergreen perennial. Highly decorative, intensely glaucous, grey-blue, stiff, strappy foliage. Frequently throughout spring and autumn, sprays of double, pink carnation flowers with attractive dark red markings, are produced. Dead head to promote flowering. Cut back hard when it becomes leggy. All dianthus are extremely tough.

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