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  • Hosta

    Hostaceae

  • Iris
    • tridentata   CAG00442
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

    • ‘Tycoon’ (SIB)   CAG00443
      Height50cmWidth60cmFlowering SeasonSpringWaterM - HLightSun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      The best performing of the Siberian Iris in our climate, requiring only a moist sunny position in sand or clay where the gorgeous royal blue flowers will be gracefully held on slender stems over a dense clump of elegant, rich green, strappy leaves. Very visually appropriate around lakes, dams and ponds where they will also tolerate occasional flooding.
      Siberians take a couple of years to establish before flowering but become more impressive with every passing year thereafter without the need for replanting or any other tedious chores. Completely dormant over winter when the old leaves and flowering stems are easily removed with a gentle tug, if your so inclined, making way for the verdant and cosmetically perfect new seasons growth. They do very well in dank winter shade where other plants languish, having then no requirement for light, and as such are highly suited for plantings to the south of buildings or trees so long as the sun reaches them as they begin to leaf in mid spring.

      Among the last of the Iris to bloom the Siberians commence as the Tall Bearded are finishing.

  • Liatris
  • Lysimachia

    (Loosestrifes)
    Primulaceae

    • ciliata ‘Firecracker’   CAG01444
      Height80cmWidth75cmFlowering SeasonAutumnWaterMLightFilt. Shade
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A semi-evergreen perennial which over winters as flat, nearly black rosettes of broad rounded leaves. Slender branching stems of brown-purple wedge shaped leaves rise from the rosettes in mid-Spring and grow throughout the summer to be followed in late February by small five petalled yellow flowers. Slowly spreading to form dense colonies.
      The winter rosettes are the perfect foil for early flowering small bulbs which are then covered by the Summer growth.
      Cut to ground level when the foliage withers.
      Prefers a moist soil and full sun during winter for best foliage colour.

  • Mimulus

    (Monkey flowers)
    Scrophulariaceae

  • Osmunda
  • Rumex
    • sanguineus var. sanguineus   CAG00569

      (Bloody dock, Red veined dock)
      Height40cmWidth40cmFlowering SeasonSummerWaterM - HLightLight Shade
      Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      An evergreen, clumping perennial, with a woody rootstock, grown for it's attractive red veined, large green, simple leaves. Small star shaped, green then brown flowers are produced on many branched vertical stems in summer. Needs a moist situation, although it will survive dry periods by shedding it's leaves. Ideal for areas that are constantly damp or prone to flooding, such as under a tap or other such difficult places.
      An excellent plant for the bog garden.
      In our climate it rarely flowers, I have yet to see it, but if it does, removal of the spent flower stems is all the maintenance necessary.

      An extremely tough plant that's not about to set the world on fire, but it does have a subtle charm, and I would never be without it.
      A quite achiever.

  • Salvia

    (Sage)
    Lamiaceae

    A genus whose popularity has risen exponentially in recent times. Offering a diverse range of form and colour there is a Salvia for nearly every garden situation with more and more being discovered and described all the time. The count now stands somewhere in excess of 1000, including subspecies, according to The Plant List. They are found on every continent except Antarctica.

    From a gardeners perspective they can not all be treated the same, they come from many different climates after all, but as a rule of thumb can be grouped into winter rainfall and summer rainfall species and with few exceptions they all prefer well drained soil.

    Soft leaved species from Central and South America are usually autumn and winter flowering. Coming from summer rainfall areas they typically need protection from dry heat and the accompanying high light intensity and they vary in their tolerance of winter damp. As with most plants the larger the leaves the more water they require, this also dictates how fast they grow with many growing several metres in a single season.

    Species from south western North America, South Africa, the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands are all winter growers and are tolerant or demanding of dry heat and summer drought. Slower growing but usually longer lived these all tend to have small, densely haired, silver or grey leaves or a combination of these traits which help them conserve moisture. Most of these require no additional water in Perth and are well adapted to our climate. They tend tend to flower from spring into summer.


    Prune back to where vigorous new basal growth is seen, never to dead wood, they appear to store little food in their stems and without leaves stand a chance of starving to death or at least struggle to regenerate. The exception is those few that are tuberous or clump forming, these can be cut to ground level once the stems start dying back in late autumn.
    • uliginosa   CAG00689

      (Bog Sage)
      Height1.5mWidth1.5mFlowering SeasonSu - AuWaterMLightSun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A spreading perennial. Roughly textured, mid to dark green, finely toothed leaves, are borne in pairs on tall, erect stems, carrying dense spikes of brilliant, sky blue, hooded, tubular flowers, throughout Summer. Remove any stems that have finished flowering and cut back to ground level at the end of autumn.

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