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What they say...

In the beds and borders of the gardens that are part of Marchants a style of gardening is evolving that fuses the best elements of the "New Perennial" movement with a very English love of colour.
Elspeth Thompson. The Garden.

Clay, Ink, Silk, Salix, Tin and Gold

Saturday 21st August and Sunday 22nd August
10.00am – 5.30pm

A weekend exhibition in the Potting Palace, Sales Pavillion and beautiful garden of Marchants Hardy Plants. Free admission to garden.

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Propagation Day: Hands On

Why not join us on our ever popular propagation course on which dozens of keen gardeners have joined us over the years. Participants get the opportunity to hone and expand their propagation skills in one of the most exciting topics of gardening under the expert tutelage of Marchants owner Graham Gough.

Monday 30th August 2010

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Desperate Plea! Boxes!

We spend many hours collecting boxes from a number of sources for you to take your plants home in. It is an enormous help therefore if you can provide your own boxes and moreover a sure way of becoming a favourite customer! Many thanks.

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Plant Catalogue: Herbaceous Perennials

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

*VERBASCUM sp. Thinking this an annual I left this mullein on the Armenian hillside where it was discovered. Not however my inquisitive friend John Coke, and it is to him that we owe the introduction of this plant. The flowers come in an extraordinary range: Moleskin grey, petrol blue, deep jade, khaki, etc. Best of all, it has proved perennial but remains unamed as a species. 50cm. £4.30

*V. blattaria albiflorum. From neatly packaged buds burst large white flowers with rosy stamens. Short lived but seeds freely. 90cms. £4.00

*V. phoenicium ‘Violetta’. Airy spikes of large rich purple flowers more than compensate for the lack lustre basal rosettes. Seed freely when happy. 60cm. £4.00

*VERBENA bonariensis. Erect, skeletal Giacometti like stems bear clusters of tiny lavender-purple flowers through summer and autumn. Its transparent structure is beautiful in winter too. 150-180cm. £4.00

*V. hastata. Erect stems terminate in a branched candelabra arrangement of tiny purple flowers. 90cm. £4.00

*V. h. alba. The less often encountered white form. 75cm. £4.00

V. h. rosea. Hopefully, we shall have plants available of this delightful pink form in early summer. 90cms. £4.00

V. ‘La France’.The ambitious stems of this bedding type verbena will gladly weave themselves to great effect through neighbours. Domed heads of bright lilac-mauve flowers throughout summer/autumn.

45cm. £4.00

V. rigida ‘Polaris’. The clusters of small pale lavender flowers are always much admired here. Pessimists would have us believe it is not hardy. £4.00

VERNONIA fasciculata A good late perennial which should be better known. The leafy 1.8m+ stems are topped in Sept/Oct. with a generous display of small crimson-purple aster like flowers. £4.80

*VERONICA exaltata. Stiff stems that need no staking terminate in spikes of tiny, soft lavender-blue. A handsome, trouble free garden plant rarely met. 120cm. £4.20

*V. longifolia ‘Blauriesin’. A strong growing, dependable form with a long lasting display of lavender-blue spikes of tiny flowers. 125cm. £4.00

VIOLA. cornuta ‘ Heaselands’. Such a good strong plant with large scented, pale violet flowers. 20cm. £3.90

V. c. ‘Victoria Cawthorne’.Chirpy, small flowers in lilac-pink to cheer you through the season. A haircut mid-season will encourage a further flush of flowers. 20cm. £3.90