Saturday 1 February 2020

Iris albicans

Iris albicans
The true Middle-Eastern species – a bearded Iris with fragrant clear white flowers, touched with lemon toward the centre.
Iris albicans
Grows and flowers freely in a sunny raised bed here under a Ceanothus papillosus.
£8



Lilium Rosemary North

Lilium Rosemary North
I got this 30 years ago from an RHS auction. I arrived late and missed it but a lady very kindly let me have one of hers. Then I almost lost it because I was moving home so often and wasn't paying attention, but I caught it at the last possible moment - rooting a couple of scales. Now I have enough to sell some.
Lilium Rosemary North
A brilliant adaptable lily here, producing plenty of amber coloured nodding recurved flowers, sprinkled with brown toward the centre, on 3ft stems every year without any help at all.
tops eaten off by rabbits this year. Still available but no top growth