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  • 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.
    • japonicus   CAG01001
      Height30cmWidth40cmFlowering SeasonSp - SuWaterL - MLightSun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A truly remarkable biennial, grown as much for it's unique form as it's flowers.
      Rosettes of wax-like, dark green, 2cm wide, lance shaped leaves form mounds that appear completely at home in the otherwise exposed locations they prefer to inhabit.
      Large heads of small, five petalled, blue pink flowers cover the plant from late spring, only after your garden has been graced by the foliage for a full year.

      Found growing on cliffs by the sea in Japan, it has proved extremely tolerant of excessive exposure and reflected heat, as well as sea spray. Ideal for gravel gardens, on the edge (or in the cracks) of paving or on barren sand. Self seeds nicely in any seemingly inhospitable place, the delightful little seedings are easily removed as they grow larger. Extremely tough. Likes good drainage.

    • ‘Mars’   CAG01470
      Height15cmWidth20cmFlowering SeasonSp - AuWaterLLightFull Sun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      An old modern pink, an oxymoron made possible by a long history of cultivation, bred by by the legendary breeder Montagu Allwood. Forming a tight bun of tiny, powder blue, sword like leaves that bears an abundance of small (2cm) folly (a more rosy crimson), semi double flowers, richly clove scented.

      Good drainage and maximum sunshine are essential. An occasional shearing to remove accumulated spent flowers keep it looking fresh.

      Always dependable, smaller and tighter than most it is just as at home amongst rocks or pavers as it is in a garden proper. A scattering amongst gravel with a few choice Thyme, Origanum and some diminutive bulbs makes a perfect, perfumed, water efficient and heat tolerant alpine styled garden, possible even on a rooftop.

    • ‘Pink Parasol’   CAG01706
      Height20cmWidth30cmFlowering SeasonSp - SuWaterM - LLightFull Sun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      Small, satin pink flowers with reflexed petals appear like tiny umbrellas stiffly held above the shrubby mound of linear, silver-blue, glaucous leaves.

      Highly floriferous in any well drained very sunny soil. Cut back after flowering to keep fresh and dense.

    • ‘Watercolour’   CAG00213
      Height10cmWidth50cmFlowering SeasonAllWaterLLightFull Sun
      Dianthus ‘Watercolour’
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      An exceptional plant forming a dense mat of needle-like, very glaucous foliage, studded with flat, stippled, pink and pinked, delicately scented flowers throughout the year but in abundance through spring.

      A variety we have grown for many years and it has never failed to impress both in beauty and hardiness. Drape it over walls, across or in paths, with a few small spring flowering southern African bulbs for some garden pizzazz, or have it spill from a large planter with a choice succulent companion.

  • Diascia
    • barberae   CAG00215
      Height30cmWidth45cmFlowering SeasonAu - SpWaterMLightSun
      Diascia barberae
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A small, evergreen, perennial, suckering sub-shrub with small, dark green, sparsely toothed, broadly lance shaped leaves. Bearing from Autumn through to early summer a profusion of bright, salmon pink, masked shaped flowers on wirey stems.
      One of the best small plants for winter colour, rivaled only by the perennial Nemesias.
      Cut back to ground level whenever in need of a tidy up.
      Well drained soil with good sun.

    • ‘Blue Bonnet’   CAG00961
      Height30cmWidth45cmFlowering SeasonAu - SpWaterMLightSun
      Diascia ‘Blue Bonnet’
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A small, evergreen, perennial, suckering sub-shrub with small, dark green, sparsely toothed, broadly lance shaped leaves. Bearing from Autumn through to early summer a profusion of blue stained, pink, masked shaped flowers on wiry stems.
      One of the best small plants for winter colour, rivalled only by the perennial Nemesias.
      Cut back to ground level whenever in need of a tidy up.
      Well drained soil with good sun.

      Uniquely coloured flowers which can be entirely pink, denim blue, or anywhere in between depending on light levels, temperature or something else entirely. I have yet to figure it out.

  • Dierama

    (Hairbells)
    Iridaceae

    Grassy leaved plants from the summer rainfall regions of southern Africa. Bearing arching spikes of pendant bell like flowers.
    Most of the commonly encountered varieties, D. pulcherrimum types, thrive in regions with cool summers and well drained acid soil but are very tolerant of less than ideal garden conditions. Some species would seem less adaptable or at least more difficult to flower (I'm looking at you D. luteo-albidum). After transplanting they usually take a full cycle of seasons, or two, to settle in and flower well and should then be left undisturbed for many years. Terrible in pots, possibly because of the increased root temperature.

    Their graceful form and coincidental flowering period makes them a natural choice for planting with Kniphofia for a wide range of intriguing colour combinations.
    • pulcherrimum   CAG00220
      Height1.5mWidth30cmFlowering SeasonAllWaterMLightSun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      (Fairy Fishing Rod) A clumping, evergreen, cormous perennial. Narrow, sword-like foliage, rises in fans from underground corms. At any time through the year, slender, wiry, arching stems, from which hang, along its length, dainty, baby pink bells, with red hearts marked in the throat. Takes time to establish after transplanting, otherwise extremely tough.

  • Echeveria
  • Echium
    • wildpretii   CAG01911
      Height3mWidth60cmFlowering SeasonSpringWaterLLightSun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A magnificent and highly desirable monocarp. Globe like rosettes of slender, tapering, silver haired leaves eventually produce a fat towering spire composed of millions of small, rich rose flowers.

      A true xerophyte that adapts perfectly to our hot dry summers and then keels over instantly after chance summer rain or just the return of autumn humidity if still too warm.

      From high altitude in the Canary Islands receiving most of its moisture from passing clouds to which it's physiology is highly adapted. Growable in cooler climates, were it won't adapt itself so highly, with infrequent water in very well drained soil where intense sunlight will be preferred and some frost tolerated. As with most monocarps only very young plants establish well, if at all.

      Unlikely to be offered again having conceded defeat after many attempts.

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