Plant Catalogue: Herbaceous Perennials
RANUNCULUS aconitifolius platanifolius. The flowers emerge almost at ground level and eventually erupt into an airy flight of delicate white blooms on 90cm branched stems. Adores our clay. £4.30
*RATIBIDA pinnata. A classic prairie plant brandishing its chirpy drooping lemon yellow ray petals at gardeners and insects alike. Sun + drainage. 120cm £4.00
RODGERSIA ‘Kupfermond’. Meaning ‘Copper Mound’ this German form has been selected for its rich coloured leaves and short habit. £5.25
R. pinnata ‘Buckland Beauty’. An uncommon form from Devon, selected for its dramatic rufous foliage. Demands moist soil if the leaves are not to look like potato crisps in summer. £5.25
*R. p. ‘Maurice Mason’. Named by Christopher Lloyd after his plantsman friend, this is a magnificent form, handsome in foliage, flower (rich pink) and seed (dusky red). Deserves the very best soil. 120cm. £6.50
R. podophylla. Ample palmate leaves emerge in spring strikingly bronze flushed, eventually turning green but retaining their beauty until autumn. Drought will make a mockery of this plant. 90cm. From £4.80
ROSCOEA ‘Beesiana’. Related to the Gingers these woodland plants have an exotic beauty. The vaguely orchid like bi-coloured blooms of this form are pale primrose and reddish-purple. 40cm. £4.50
R. cautleoides ‘Kew Beauty’. A tremendously vigorous form with large, soft yellow flowers. 45cm. £4.80
R. purpurea. A large flowered purple form, not difficult to grow. 30cm. £4.30
*ROSMARINUS officinalis albus. The beautiful white form of the common Rosemary. 90cm. £4.00
RUDBECKIA. Stalwarts of the herbaceous border and like wily politicians will go on and on for years with little encouragement. From £4.25
*R. fulgida ‘Goldsturm’. The mind boggles as to how Susan received her black eyes. Perhaps staring at her namesake for too long for this is a bold yellow! In fact, yokes of free-range eggs spring to mind. Whilst brazen, it remains a peerless plant. 90 cm.
*R. ‘Herbstsonne’. The large bright yellow drooping petals and central green cone make for a plant of enormous quality. Tangos beautifully with Salvia uliginosa through the autumn. 2m+.
*R. laciniata. An elegant plant bearing graceful clear yellow daisies with green coned centres on 2m stems. Both foliage and the persistent seed heads are handsome too.
*R. occidentalis ‘Green Wizard. Green flowers always fascinate. This selection, made at Marchants, has larger ray-petals than most, a deep Granny Smith green setting of to a tee the black cone. 150cm.
*R. subtomentosa. A notch softer in colour than some of the former and gentler therefore on the eye. The central cone resembles a maroon button. Needs a few pea sticks on our windy site. 120cm.
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