Plant name & description

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Stenomesson Pearcei

Bulb with umbel of primrose yellow flowers, attractive shiny dark green leaves with pale centre stripe. Easy, clumping up very quickly.

£2 - 75

Tibouchina Edwardsii

An improvement on urvilleana. Similarly coloured, but slightly larger vivid purple flowers. A bit closer jointed so that it makes a more compact plant. Flowers virtually non-stop through summer and autumn, it makes a superb patio plant provided that it is not left outside once the serious frosts start. Even young cuttings give a stunning display.

£7 - 50

Veltheimia bracteata

Most of the year, it will reward its grower with its handsome shiny dark green leaves, surmounted in late winter by a “red hot poker” like inflorescence in a range of colours from near neon pink to a more restrained greenish orange.

£8 - 75

Veltheimia bracteata, yellow

Grown from seed of Veltheimia bracteata 'Lemon Flame', seedlings supposedly come true and have the same pale greenish lemon coloured flowers. Young plants, probably a couple of years off flowering.

£3 - 00

Watsonia humilis

Watsonia humilis is an attractive small Watsonia about 12” high with white flowers. Many Watsonias are hardy and flower well outside. I have no idea whether humilis or laccata would be hardy, but they would be worth a try.

£2 - 00