Plant Catalogue: Herbaceous Perennials
DAHLIA x coccinea. Flowering sized seedlings from our super tangerine orange parent plant. £4.25
We have also begun to make our own fine single flowered selections, some with dark foliage, and hope to make these available later in the season.
*DELPHINIUM staphisagria. A tall growing species whose elegant spires are composed of many muted grey-blue hooded flowers. 2m+. £4.00
Delphinium species. Seed kindly given to us by a Dutch customer. Flower colour has proved variable but most are in the dazzling tonal range of gentian blue. £4.00
DIANTHUS.carthusianorum. On wiry stems over grassy foliage, small buds erupt into dazzling bursts of deep magenta pink through summer. 60cm £3.90
D. cruentus. As above, but veering toward the red spectrum with bluish anthers. £3.90
D. deltoides ‘Leuchtfunk’ Saturated crimson flowers, like splashes of blood over a mat of deep green foliage. £3.80
*DIASCIA personata. Delightful and intriguing newcomer holding itself, literally, head and shoulders above its kin with its lofty, upright habit. Typical horned mid pink flowers throughout summer/autumn. 60cm. £4.00
*D. ‘Coldham’. Jack Elliot’s seedling raised from D. ‘Lilac Belle’. A notch better we think. £4.00
DICTAMNUS albus. Dittany in its beautiful white form. Slow we find but worth the wait and once settled a very long lived plant. 90cm eventually. £4.30
*D. albus purpureus. The equally beautiful mauve-purple form of the above. £4.30
D. caucasicus. Rarely met with in gardens the Caucasian form of ‘Burning Bush’ is at 150cm a true giant. With typical purple-pink flowers, this is also a slow plant and will only suit patient gardeners. £4.50
DIGITALIS ciliata. Narrow tubular flowers in pale yellow above typical leathery basal leaves. Uncommon. £4.00
*D. ferruginea. Baggy pale caramel flowers with a pouting lip. Dark sentinel spikes in winter. 75cm. £4.00
*D. f. ‘Gelber Herold’. A bigger form of the above with brown-purple veining to lip and inside of flower. £3.80
D. parviflora. A notably different Foxglove whose basal leaves give rise to spikes of small, narrow tawny-brown flowers 60cm. £4.00
DISPOROPSIS sp. China. My own collection fromYa’an, famous for its strong teas. A squat evergreen polygonatum relative, 15cm high with chunky scented off white lockets, purplish-brown inside. A curio for the collector. £5.25
DISPORUM flavens. From Korea, the bamboo-like stems of this relative of Solomon’s Seal reach 60cm and carry pale yellow flowers in the axils of the newly developed leaves in April-May. £4.50
D. leucanthum. An uncommon woodlander collected by myself in Sechuan, China. Almost evergreen, the newly emerging dark stems carry slender Polygonatum like cream and green flowers in spring. Small leaden-blue fruits persist through autumn and winter. 40cm £4.50
D. sessile variegatum. The bold green and white variegated leaves and pale celadon flowers of this N. American woodlander will gladly illuminate any half shaded spot. 30cm. £4.20
*DRYOPTERIS erythrosora. A handsome evergreen fern, the unfurling fronds beautifully copper flushed. 45cm £4.50
Images at the top of the page are ©Gardens Illustrated / Sharon Pearson