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  • Iris
    • tridentata   CAG00442
    • unguicularis   CAG01369

      (Winter Iris, Algerian Iris) syn. I. stylosa
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A garden stalwart from long before strappy was vogue and to which few fashionistas can ever measure up. Long, strappy, dark green leaves form dense, draping clumps are crowded with sweetly scented, simple, Iris blooms of pale lavender-blue during winter's depths.

      Native to much of the south and eastern Mediterranean. Plant and forget just about anywhere for a lifetime of escalating joy. Summer irrigation optional. Tolerant of even deep shade, though flowering will be diminished and foliage can reach exaggerated lengths in an effort to gather more light.

      A classic solution for the winter damp, summer scorched, south side of the house where a mass planting can be arrestingly restful to the eye and back.

    • unguicularis ‘Kilbroney Marble’   CAG02737

      (Winter Iris, Algerian Iris)
      Iris unguicularis ‘Kilbroney Marble’
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A lovely variety introduced by the legendary Slieve Donard Nursery, County Down, Ireland. The soft blue-mauve, typical Iris shaped flowers, white throated, with prominent yellow signals, are irregularly streaked with radial splashes of rich purple and are borne throughout winter in great profusion amongst the trailing, grass-like leaves.

      Vigorous, super tough and very floriferous the large clumps are ideal for lining drives and broad paths or filling tough dry areas under trees or the south side of buildings.

    • unguicularis ‘Mia’   CAG01460

      (Winter Iris, Algerian Iris)
      Iris unguicularis ‘Mia’
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A choice cultivar selected by David Glenn at Lambley Nursery notable for its shorter more upright foliage that better reveals clear lavender blooms for an extended period over winter. Forms permanent compact clumps of dark green, strappy foliage in sun or light shade.

      For any reasonably well drained soil, summer irrigation optional.

      All the Winter Iris are excellent candidates for that miserable strip against the south side of the house were it is too shaded in winter and too sunny in summer for lesser plants.

  • Lavandula
    • dentata ‘Ploughman's Blue’   CAG01418
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      An aromatic, evergreen shrub. A stockier plant than typical L.dentata, densely clothed with thicker, broader, grey green leaves. Spikes of showy, bright purple bracts are carried on 10cm long stems throughout the warmer months of the year.
      Cut down to half yearly in summer, to maintain a compact form.

    • pinnata   CAG02853
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A most heat and drought loving member of a heat and drought loving race. A dome like shrub with feather shaped, unaromatic, silver leaves and short spikes of clear lavender flowers on long, fine stems throughout the warmer months.
      Very distinct and perhaps more visually intriguing than types found in cooler gardens.

      From the Canary Islands and at its best in exposed, gutless, barren, preferably alkaline, soil. It would be very lovely on a limestone cliff where it should self sow, otherwise anywhere properly hot, dry and well drained. Expect leggy growth and a short life span in regions with high summer humidity or well watered, overly rich, gardens. Sensitive to heavy frost.

      An occasional trim to remove spent flowers should be all the input required. If you find it needs pruning (you've created a sumo with over indulgence), wait until vigorous basal growth can be seen.

  • Limonium
    • cosyrense   CAG02787
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A Maltese species with neat rosettes of dark green, rounded leaves forming a low shrubby mound and bearing a profusion of tiny, pale lavender flowers on fine, branching scapes that last all summer.

      Terribly adorable in any well drained soil and remarkably shade tolerant though maximum sun and exposure yields higher definition. Salt tolerance and a love for coastal conditions should be taken for granted as with much of the genus. Cold tolerance questionable though it so far seems able to handle any frosts W.A. can throw at it. Self sows when happy.

      Annual removal of spent flowers should be all the effort ever required to keep it looking its best.

      Makes a fine potted specimen, at least for a few years, easily mistaken by visitors as some challenging alpine and bolstering your horticultural street cred.

  • Linaria
  • Nepeta

    (Catmint)
    Lamiaceae

    • racemosa ‘Walker's Low’   CAG00495
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A mound forming, densely clumping, woody rootstocked, evergreen perennial, extremely tolerant of dry soils and exposure. Whorls of rich blue-mauve flowers, held along slender stems, are borne profusely throughout the warmer months. Cut to the ground anytime it is looking tatty and you will quickly be rewarded with a new crop of the heart shaped, toothed, grey green leaves.

      A superior plant, of better colour and habit than the generic seed raised N. faassenii commonly encountered and which regrettably seem to have ruined the reputation of Catmints in this country.
      A garden staple.

    • tuberosa   CAG02240
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      The king of Catmints. Stiff stems. clothed in thick and velvety silver leaves, terminate in richly coloured spires of purple, two lipped, tubular flowers amid rosy bracts. After flowering the whole plant dies back to it's tuberous rootstock to await out the dry summer, emerging with the onset of cooler weather and moisture.

      Minimal summer water and good drainage essential.

      Best left undisturbed once established.

      Superb amongst other Mediterranean type plants eg. Cistus, Lavender, Euphorbia characias and proves to be the perfect vertical compliment to flat heads of Achillea or other horizontal flower types. Beware when planting together with the greenery of more tender plants as it appears in contrast just too content and well suited to our climate leaving them looking shabby and out of place, as perhaps they are.

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