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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: 8 Plant Families and 23 plants

Oenothera

15 x 30cm. Large trumpet-shaped white flowers, opening late afternoon and turning pink by morning. Requires very good drainage, and a sunny position. Short-lived perennial. May self seed.
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15cm. Foliage red-speckled in late winter-spring. Yellow flowers in mid-summer.
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70cm. Large pale lemon,fragrant trumpets, fading to apricot, all summer and into autumn. Fertile, well-drained soil in sun. Self-seeds mildly.
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Omphalodes

30-40 x 15cm. Masses of dainty white flowers produced from spring to summer. Good for cutting. Moderately fertile well-drained soil in full sun.. Annual. Self seeds.
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15cm. Sprays of bright blue flowers in spring. Fertile, humus-rich soil. Good ground cover in full or part shade.
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Onobrychis

50 x 30cm. Spikes of red-pink flowers in summer, with pretty foliage. Well-drained soil in sun.
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Ophiopogon

30cm. Cream-variegated leaves. Pale flower spikes late summer. Humus-rich soil, moist but well drained, sun or part-shade. Hardy in warmer areas.
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20 x 30cm. Black leaves, with spikes of light purple flowers in late summer, followed by dark berries. As above, but colour is better in sun.
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Origanum

These aromatic plants, some of which are culinary herbs, are very attractive to bees and other insects.  The spikes of small flowers have conspicuous bracts, which often remain attractive for weeks.  They generally prefer a poor to moderately fertile, well-drained soil in sun (exceptions noted).
15-20cm. Apple-green bracts with small pink-purple flowers, mid-late summer. Needs very well-drained soil. Suitable for a rock garden or pot culture.
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45cm. Deep reddish-tinged foliage in winter and early spring. Pink flowers with conspicuous dark bracts.
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30-50cm. Dark green, slightly hairy foliage, with purple-tinged stems. Purple-pink flowers late summer.
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10-20 x 30cm. A mound of small blue-green leaves, in summer covered in masses of tiny pink flowers surrounded by conspicuous pale green bracts.
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30cm. Pink flowers mid-late summer.
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vulgare *** 50cm. Mauve-purple flowers in summer. Good culinary herb.
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30 x 30cm. Golden wild marjoram. Golden foliage, with mauve-pink flowers in summer. Good culinary herb.
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30 x 30cm. Crinkled, golden foliage, with small pale pink or white flowers in summer. Part shade. Good culinary herb.
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15 x 30cm. Pink flowers. Good culinary herb.
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Orlaya

60 x 20cm. Annual. Divided foliage, with lacy white flowers in mid-summer. Well-drained soil in full sun. Good cut flower.
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Ornithogalum

All parts may cause severe discomfort if ingested.  Sap may irritate skin.
60-80 cm. Hardy bulb, producing a sturdy spike of starry white flowers in early summer. Sun or part shade, and well-drained soil.
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30-45cm. Hardy bulb, producing a sturdy spike with masses of starry white flowers in early summer. Well-drained soil in a sunny position. A shorter version of O. Magnum.
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Oxalis

6-10cm. Attractive blue-grey, pleated foliage, with showy pale pink flowers, veined deeper pink, summer, Well-drained soil in sun.
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Similar to above, but flowers are deeper pink with dark pink veining.
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15cm. Primrose-yellow flowers in October-December. Summer-dormant. Fertile soil. Sun. Not hardy. Overwinter in a cool greenhouse.
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