Purpleleaf False Shamrock has large, clover-like deep-purple leaves and lovely white flowers, making it a very popular plant. It does well as a houseplant, but also makes a nice garden plant, in the ground or in a container.Oxalis triangularis is cal...

With each bloom looking like a bonfire of orange flames, the beautiful Trollius 'Golden Queen' has wonderful deep-orange (the colour has come out a bit yellow in the photo for some reason), chalace-shaped flowers. Strong, 90cm stems, don't require st...

Cat's Ear, Hairy Cat's Ear and False Dandelion are the common names of Hypochaeris radicata, a British native perennial wildflower herb. It is a useful food source for many butterflies and moths, which love the open flowers. Yellow dandelion-like flo...

The Alpine Strawberry is a British wildflower with small, bright red strawberries that have an intense flavour. The small white flowers are a good food source for bees.It's very easy to grow and suitable for containers, rockeries, herb bed and border...

The Helen of Troy Foxglove is a beautiful rare perennial foxglove from Turkey. Strong stems of creamy white flowers delicately veined. Coffee coloured streaks within and a large white lip. The blooms last for weeks.Strong 40cm stems don't need stakin...

I like to think Viola 'Dick o' the Hills' was named after a wizened old shepherd, who wandered remote hills, tending his sheep. The reality may be more mundane, but I haven't been able to find out any information regarding its age or origin. Either w...

Viola 'Irish Molly' is a perennial viola of unknown age, but believed to be very old.It is almost metallic in colour, with tones of olive green, khaki, chestnut and gold, with black rays. It flowers for most of summer and is perfect for containers or...

Hardy Geranium 'Nimbus' is a popular variety, very good for ground cover in sun or partial shade. It was discovered in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden in 1979 and has since been awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit.A large form, it grows to ...

Bleeding Heart; Dutchman's Breeches; See Less; Lady in the Bath; Locks and Keys; Lyre Flower; Seal Flower - all names Lamprocapnos spectabilis is known as.Arching sprays of dainty, rose-pink, heart-shaped flowers appear in late spring and e...

'Freckles' is an unusual winter-flowering, evergreen Clematis which flowers from late autumn through winter to spring. A plant which offers rare winter blooms and these are a lovely cream, heavily freckled with reddish-brown.Plant now for flowers fro...