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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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Fully hardy
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Hardy to -5°C
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Unlikely to withstand a frost
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Tender
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New addition to this year's catalogue.

You have found: 5 Plant Families and 26 plants

Iberis

25-30cm. Makes a very floriferous, bushy plant, with large heads of white flowers through summer. Well-drained soil in sun.
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Dwarf evergreen, slowly growing to 20-25cm. Heads of white flowers in spring. Well-drained soil in sun. Good in a trough.
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25 x 60cm. Evergreen sub-shrub, mound-forming, with pure white flowers in spring. Moist but well-drained soil, neutral to alkaline, in full sun.
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Impatiens

30-40cm. Attractive foliage, with pale yellow flowers in summer. Best in part-shade. Hardy in milder areas.

Sorry none available this year.

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Ipheion

These bulbs produce a good display of starry flowers in spring, and sometimes earlier.   They prefer humus-rich, well-drained soil in sun.
20cm. Large white flowers.
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15cm. Brilliant mid-blue flowers, more rounded than the others listed here. Also slightly less hardy.
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15-20cm. Foliage appears in autumn, with pale silvery-blue flowers in spring. Increases well. Hardy to -100C, but prolonged frost may damage.
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15cm. Light pink, fragrant flowers, appearing from November in mild periods, until late spring. Hardy to -100 C, but prolonged frost may damage.
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15-20cm. Violet-blue flowers, late winter to spring.Hardy to -10C, but prolonged frost may damage.

SOLD OUT FOR THIS SEASON

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Light blue flowers. Hardy to -10C, but prolonged frost may damage.
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Ipomoea

2-5m. Vigorous climber for a sheltered spot. Unusual flowers, crimson, turning to yellow, then white with age.Good for cutting. Can be hardy in a very sheltered situation, or treat as an annual.
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3m. Irridescent dark purple flowers. Deadhead regularly. Needs a warm sheltered position.
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3m. Morning Glory. Sky-blue summer flowers. As above.
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Iris

All Iris are harmful if eaten.

Bearded Irises prefer fertile, well-drained soil in full sun.  Others as described.

90cm. A tall Bearded Iris, free-flowering, with large, scented, blue-mauve and white flowers in May-June. Fertile, well-drained soil in sun.
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30-90cm. Evergreen rhizomatous iris with dull purple flowers. Seed pods split to reveal attractive orange seeds in autumn. Grows well in shade.
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30-90cm. Evergreen rhizomatous iris with lemon yellow flowers. Seed pods split to reveal attractive orange seeds in autumn. Grows well in shade.
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25cm. Grassy foliage, and plum-coloured flowers with a heavenly greengage perfume, May-June. Reasonably fertile soil, preferably in sun.
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80cm. Bearded Iris. Intense pale blue flowers, May/June. Fertile, well-drained soil in sun.
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50cm. An Intermediate Bearded Iris, with Rich purple-maroon standards, and similar falls with darker veins and a dark yellow-brown beard. May-June.
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15cm. Deep blue-purple flowers with central yellow blotch on falls. Flowers February. Very well-drained soil in sun.
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65cm. Large rich violet-blue flowers with narrow silver edge to petals. Rounded and ruffled falls. June. Conditions as above.
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60-90cm. Pure white flowers with a touch of yellow at the base of the petals. Conditions as above.
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90cm. Large, velvety, deep violet-purple flowers with blue and white markings in heart. Mid purple standards. Flowers in June. Full sun and moist soil. Tolerant of some drought once established.
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60-90cm. Flowers lilac, edged creamy white.
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90cm. Large, dark purple-blue flowers with wide ruffled falls, paler in centre. Conditions as above.
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90cm. Rose-purple flowers in early summer. Conditions as above.
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