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- Award of Garden Merit (RHS Award) indicating a plant that is rated excellent for garden use, of good constitution, and not requiring specialist conditions to grow well.
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- New addition to this year's catalogue.
You have found: 14 Plant Families and 31 plants
Hacquetia |
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10cm. Lime-green showy bracts surround a head of tiny yellow flowers in late winter/early spring. Dappled shade in humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, acid to neutral.
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Helenium |
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150 x 45cm. Coppery-coloured daisy flowers from late summer into autumn. Any fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun.
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90 x 60cm. Rich bronze flowers from July to September.
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Helianthus |
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170cm. Pale yellow sunflowers in late summer and autumn. Spreads. Humus-rich soil in sun. Not too dry. |
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Helictotrichon |
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100cm. Blue Oat Grass. Evergreen grey-blue leaves, with straw-coloured awns, summer. Well-drained soil, full sun. Prefers alkaline soil.
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HemerocallisHemerocallis require fertile, moist but well-drained soil, usually in sun or part shade. Dry conditions and excessive shade will reduce flowering. Once established, they produce a good display. |
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70cm. Deep purplish-maroon flowers with a green throat. |
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90cm. Large golden yellow flowers, June to August. Full sun. |
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60cm. Red flowers with ruffled edge and lime-yellow throat. Slightly fragrant. |
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50cm. White flowers with a yellowish-green throat. |
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60-90cm. Small deep yellow flowers with rich chestnut reverse to petals. Free-flowering, June to August. Fragrant. |
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100 x 100cm. Rhizomatous perennial bearing wonderfully fragrant clear yellow flowers in early summer. Full sun.
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85 x 75cm. Free-flowering, bearing very fragrant lemon-yellow flowers in mid to late summer.
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70cm. Creamy-white flowers with a deep maroon throat. |
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70 cm. Deep scarlet flowers with yellow throat, in summer. Sorry, none available this year. |
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70cm. Purple-red flowers with a fine white edge, and yellow throat. Fragrant.
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Hermodactylus |
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30cm. Tuberous perennial bearing iris-like, fragrant flowers in spring, green and velvety-black. Fertile, well-drained alkaline soil in full sun. Needs dry conditions in summer to flower well. Good for cutting.
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Hesperis |
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90cm. Masses of fragrant lilac flowers from late spring to mid-summer. Very attractive to insects. Fertile, humus-rich soil, neutral to alkaline, in sun or part-shade. Biennial or short-lived perennial. Self seeds.
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White flowered form of above. |
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Heuchera |
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75 x 75cm. Mounds of dark green foliage, with spikes of green flowers in early summer, good for cutting, and attractive to bees. Good ground cover. For fertile, humus-rich soil in sun or part-shade. Propagated to order.
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10cm. Neat clumps, with dainty wands of pink flowers in early to mid summer. Humus-rich soil in part shade, or sun if it remains moist (but not wet). |
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Hibiscus |
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60 x 60cm. Creamy lemon trumpet flowers with dark maroon blotch at the base, from mid-summer to autumn. Fertile, humus-rich soil in sun. Sometimes overwinters if kept frost free, but always best to collect some seed.
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Hordeum |
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50 x 30cm. Squirrel Tail Grass. In early to mid-summer, bears tassels of silky green flowers, turning beige with age. Well-drained fertile soil in full sun. For drying, cut before the flowers are fully mature.
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HostaHostas need a moisture-retentive soil, and flourish in part or full shade. They make good container plants, and can be protected from slugs by a ring of vaseline around the container. They produce spikes of white or mauve flower in summer. |
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30cm. Yellow-margined leaves. Deep lavender flowers to 75cm.
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10cm. Foliage chartreuse to yellow, gradually greening. Purple flowers to 35cm. Needs full shade
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10cm. The smallest hosta. Dark green leaves, lavender flowers to 20cm.
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Houttuynia |
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15 x 30cm. Spreading, rhizomatous perennial, with dark green, aromatic leaves, and bearing double white flowers in late-spring mid summer. Fertile, humus-rich, moist to wet soil, or shallow water, in full sun. Can be invasive.
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Hyssopus |
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60 x 100cm. Dwarf, semi-evergreen, aromatic shrub, with spikes of blue flowers, mid-summer to early autumn. Dead-head to prolong flowering. Very attractive to bees and butterflies. Makes a good low hedge or edging plant.
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As above, with white flowers.
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As above, with pink flowers.
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30cm. Semi-evergreen aromatic shrub, bearing spikes of blue flowers, mid-summer to autumn. Attracts bees, etc. Well-drained soil in sun. Cut back in spring to maintain compact habit.
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Hystrix |
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100 x 60cm. Flowers in summer, remaining of interest into winter. Will grow in fertile, moist soil in woodland conditions. Makes a good companion for Chasmanthium latifolium (Northern Sea Oats).
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