Plant Catalogue: Herbaceous Perennials
BAPTISIA australis.A long lived legume whose stems are clad with handsome pale green foliage, terminating in summer with Lupin-like spikes of indigo blue flowers. Needing a little patience, it is too infrequently seen. 120cm £4.30
B. a. ‘Purple Smoke’. A striking introduction from the States, highly spoken of with dusky purple flowers. Needs bags of summer sunshine to flower well. 80cm. £4.75
BERGENIA stracheyi alba. Possesses neat, small oval leaves and in Spring produces chubby 15cm spikes of white flowers, fading to palest pink. Charming, not a word much used to describe this genus. £4.30
BUPLEURUM fruticosum. An evergreen shrub related to Cow Parsley with leathery grey green leaves and domed heads of sharp yellow flowers in autumn. A top notch plant, always much sought after. 2 m. £7.50
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