Adenophora triphylla

A tall slender form with white to palest mauve flowers and attractive narrow foliage. Extremely graceful.

An adaptable and easy border or woodland perennial. 

£8

Callirhoe - the Poppy Mallows

I have absolutely no idea why everyone doesn’t grow the poppy mallows – maybe they're just too colourful?

Callirhoe involucrata

Intense shocking pink mallow flowers are produced throughout the summer on long trailing leafy stems that can be made to decorate other plants that have finished for the year. 

The stems do not root so it is not invasive. It dies back to a compact rootstock in autumn. Totally hardy and long-lived. The one in the picture has been where it is since I started the nursery 12 years ago.

£8

Callirhoe involucrata tenuissima

A really lovely soft bicolor pink version with perhaps more narrowly lobed leaves. 

First time I've grown this and I'm extremely taken with it. If it's as tough and long-lived as the species it'll be an absolute winner.

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Strobilanthes penstemonoides dalhausieana

An impressive robust bushy perennial making plenty of fresh violet flowers from late summer until frost. 

One of the very best late flowering hardy perennials for a wide range of situations, including dry shade. 

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Ruellia strepens

There are a number of hardy Ruellia from the eastern USA – all with showy mauve flowers on bushy plants. This one seems particularly good with rich violet funnel-shaped flower and fresh green foliage. 

Seems very adaptable (unfazed by December 2023) and easy to grow. Should be much better known.

£8

Collinsonia canadensis

An impressive and little-grown lamiaceae from North America - tall, with broad lush leaves - almost indistinguishable from some good forms of Hydrangea arborescens. The amber-yellow flowers top them off nicely in late summer/autumn. 

Good in dry shade and chalky soils and flowering when little else is. A fully hardy and easy-going woodlander that should be much more widely grown.
£10

Adiantum venustum

The hardy maidenhair fern. A real classic - every garden should have it. Genuinely hardy and remarkably happy in dry shade, gradually spreading to form extensive colonies.

An exquisite foil for any collection of choice woodlanders.
£10

Aristolochias

Aristolochia baetica

A climber from southern Spain and Portugal that can be seen there twining about among the shrubs with its grey heart shaped leaves and maroon pitcher-shaped flowers. It’s one of the more vigorous and obvious of the Mediterranean species and worth trying in a sheltered sunny well-drained site. 

I recommend planting it under a smallish shrub like a Cistus or broom and letting it grow forward among the branches. Even if it gets frosted the roots will usually regenerate well
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Aristolochia sempervirens from Toulon

A very special form of this species from the South of France with relatively large, lush foliage (up to about 3ins long), a more vigorous climbing habit and very refined, richly coloured flowers. Hardy.

Very nice indeed.

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Aristolochia sempervirens - small form

A form introduced originally I believe by Kevin Hughes, with very neat cordate, deeply veined dark green leaves and gold/brown flowers. Smaller overall than the Toulon form with a more compact habit. 

Ideal for scrambling among Mediterranean subshrubs. 

Fully hardy and easy here. 

£15