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GENUS |
Species / CULTIVAR |
Height (cm) |
DESCRIPTION |
|
Achillea |
ageratifolia |
15 |
Silver-grey, toothed leaves with white flower
clusters on tall stems. Drought tolerant. |
|
Achillea |
huteri |
10 |
Silver-grey foliage with numerous snow-white
flowers on short stems. |
|
Achillea |
lewisii 'King Edward' |
10 |
Silver-grey foliage with very pretty
lemon-yellow flowers. Long and free flowering. |
|
Ajuga |
reptans 'Chocolate Chip' |
10 |
Low perennial with chocolate coloured foliage, bearing
blue flowers. Good groundcover, but not invasive. |
Awaiting photo |
Alyssum |
montanum 'Luna' |
12 |
Forms clusters of yellow flowers. Very
attractive trailing alongside aubrieta. |
|
Androsace |
sarmentosa |
12 |
Rock jasmine. Loose rosettes of hairy leaves
from which delicate, pink-lilac flowers are borne. |
Awaiting photo |
Antennaria |
dioica |
15 |
Forms attractive florets of pink flowers, which
can be used as an 'everlasting' arrangement as they dry well. |
|
Anthemis |
rudolphiana |
15 |
Silky silver-grey fern-like foliage with
solitary deep yellow daisy-like flowers. Drought tolerant. |
Awaiting photo |
Aquilegia |
alpina |
35 |
Alpine Columbine. Bears clusters of
bonnet-shaped, dark blue flowers. Fine in sun or shade. Native to Swiss
Alps. |
Awaiting photo |
Aquilegia |
flabellata 'Mini Star' |
15 |
Dwarf columbine. Pretty aquilegia. Blue
flowers with white corolla. |
Awaiting photo |
Arabis |
blepharophylla |
15 |
Rose rockcress. Ground-hugging alpine, bearing
deep rose-pink small flowers in abundance. Sun or part shade. |
Awaiting photo |
Arabis |
caucasica 'Rosabella' |
13 |
Discontinued. |
Awaiting photo |
Arenaria |
balearica |
15 |
Discontinued. |
|
Arenaria |
montana |
15 |
Bright white flowers with yellow eyes above
glaucus green foliage. |
|
Armeria |
juniperfolia 'Bevan's variety' |
6 |
Tight cushion with an abundance of double-pink
flowers from spring. |
|
Armeria |
maritima 'Dusseldorf Pride' |
10 |
Compact green foliage, clusters of deep pink
flowers on single stems Mar-Jun. |
|
Armeria |
maritima 'Nifty Thrifty' |
15 |
Grass-like cream and pale green leaves with
rose-pink flowers Mar-Jun. |
|
Armeria |
maritima 'Rubrifolia' |
10 |
Unusual bronze foliage with pink flower clusters Mar-Jun. |
Awaiting photo |
Armeria |
maritima 'Splendens' |
10 |
Deep
green foliage with clusters of deep pink flowers on single stems. |
Awaiting photo |
Armeria |
maritima 'Tweedyi' |
20 |
Discontinued. |
|
Artemesia |
schmidtiana 'Nana' |
20 |
Wonderfully tactile silver-grey, fern-like
foliage. Yellow flowers. Drought resisting. |
Awaiting photo |
Aster |
alpinus 'Albus' |
25 |
Compact plant with large daisy like, white flowers
with yellow centres, 5cm across. |
Awaiting photo |
Aster |
alpinus 'Dark Blue' |
25 |
Compact plant with large daisy like, dark blue flowers
with yellow centres. |
Awaiting photo |
Aster |
alpinus 'Happy End' |
25 |
Compact plant with large daisy like, rose pink flowers
with yellow centres.
Very cheerful. |
|
Aubrieta |
'Anne Kendall' |
10 |
A beautiful aubretia, producing a mass of mauve
flowers, later than other varieties. |
Awaiting photo |
Aubrieta |
'Blue Cascade' |
10 |
An
early flowering aubrieta with light blue flowers. |
|
Aubrieta |
'Bressingham Red' |
10 |
Purple-red flowers above spreading foliage. |
|
Aubrieta |
'Dr Mules variegated' |
10 |
Purple-blue flowers above green/cream variegated foliage. |
|
Aubrieta |
gracilis 'Kitte Rose' |
10 |
Deep
pink, large flowers above compact foliage. |
|
Aubrieta |
'Hamburger Stadtpark' |
10 |
Blue flowers produced in abundance above wonderfully cascading foliage. |
Awaiting photo |
Aubrieta |
'Whitewell Gem' |
10 |
Lilac-purple flowers cover this trailing aubrieta. Great for
tumbling over walls or rocks. Good companion to alyssum. |
|
Campanula |
cochlearifolia 'Baby Blue' |
10 |
Very
cute campanula with an abundance of small blue flowers. |
|
Campanula |
EK Toogood |
15 |
Bell
flower. Deep blue, star-shaped flowers. |
|
Campanula |
garganica 'Dickson's Gold' |
10 |
Fantastic lime-green foliage with star-shaped pale blue flowers. Great
combination. |
Awaiting photo |
Campanula |
poscharkyana 'Lisduggan' |
25 |
Trailing campanula, bearing star-like, lavender-pink flowers from spring. |
Awaiting photo |
Campanula |
rotundifolia 'Olympica' |
10 |
'Bluebells of Scotland'. Dainty long blue, bell-shaped flowers. |
Awaiting photo |
Cerastium |
tomentosum |
12 |
A popular spreading alpine with silvery leaves and many white flowers. |
|
Cistus |
obtusifolius |
30 |
Dwarf mound with silky foliage and bright white
flowers with golden centres. Originates from Portugal - since 1827 ! |
|
Commelina |
dianthifolia 'Electric Blue' |
20 |
Wonderful gentian-blue flowers, produced each
morning. |
|
Corydalis |
flexuosa 'Pere David' |
20 |
Rich blue flowers above purple-tinted leaves.
Flowers in spring. |
|
Corydalis |
flexuosa 'Purple Leaf' |
20 |
Rich
blue flowers above leaves with reddish-purple leaf markings. |
|
Cotula |
hispida |
10 |
Tactile soft-leaved silver foliage with yellow button-like flowers on fine
stems. |
Awaiting photo |
Cyclamen |
hederifolium 'Rose Pearls' |
|
Hardy
cyclamen. Marbled, glistening leaves, with pretty pink flowers Oct-Nov.
Perfect for planting beneath trees. |
Awaiting photo |
Cymbalaria |
muralis |
10 |
Discontinued. |