Rare and sought-after, native to East Asia and China, this little known annual is edible and known as the Bluebell of Japan. A member of the mustard family, its violet flowers are a beautiful addition to the garden. Growing to around 60cm tall and 30cm in spread, it grows pale green basal leaves around 15cm long. The leaves are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked into dishes. The gorgeous flowers are around 3cm across, and are produced in racemes of up to 25 flowers. Petals appear in a cross shape, with four petals surrounding a yellow eye with blooms from late spring to early summer. Enjoys ... Learn More

Compact basal tufts of long grassy leaves give rise to attractive, woody flower panicles which are incredibly fine and airy, starting from late spring and lasting all winter. These benefit from then being cut back to the ground to encourage new flower spikes and growth from the old base and also to avoid the plant becoming too large and prostrate. This incredibly graceful plant is rare and almost unknown but really should be more widespread. It is well established in the grounds of Highlands College, Jersey, where it may be a garden escape, and also in West Kent in the UK. ... Learn More

A rare and lovely New Zealand foxglove relative making a spreading carpet of dark green, rounded, leathery leaves beneath dense sprays of white, tubular, mimulus-like flowers in candelabra-type whorls up the stem. This lovely plant is breathtaking in light shade in a moist spot when it will slowly spread to form a succulent carpet. ... Learn More

From the Andes east of Valdivia in southern Chile, in 1994, we collected this clump forming, very long-flowering, non-invasive plant. A rosette of trifoliate leaves is surmounted by a continuous succession of dazzling yellow flowers from spring until late autumn. ... Learn More

Common in the tundra of the Arctic grows this densely-tufted plant with flowers which are small and green, ageing to reddish, and grouped in an open upright cluster, before ripening to dense red tufts holding the seeds. This astonishingly hardy plant, to Zone 2 in the USA, has attractive, fleshy, kidney-shaped leaves which are very tasty. Indeed I have eaten these tasty leaves, high in vitamin C, high on the Scottish mountains in the UK where it maintains a foothold. ... Learn More

Tufted and stemless white to red-purple flowers open on upright stems above a compact cushion of ferny compound leaves growing from a persistent woody base. This alpine plant is found at high elevations in gravelly, well-drained locations, screes, bare slopes and alpine fellfields up to 4100m in California to Alaska and eastwards to Colorado and Quebec. It is unique within its genus by virtue of its viscid, 'sticky with glandular warts', bracts and inflorescence. ... Learn More

Superb, large, deep-rose blooms open like Meconopsis flowers, slowly flattening with age and displaying their centres as a golden boss of anthers, and as a bonus are perfumed like lily-of-the-valley. The stems of this rare Siberian species are clad in attractive leaves which are much divided with very narrow segments. ... Learn More

This is the first paeony to flower in spring and you could grow it just for its attractive leaves, which appear in February and are a greyish-green pewter colour, with beetroot-red veins and stems. In March the large flowers open and are from mauve to pink. It truly is the first really glamorous plant of the year and sets very few good viable seeds. ... Learn More

A choice mix of some of the rarest and very finest peonies, grown and selected by Peony specialist and breeder Carter Moore. We have only a small number of seeds of each of these varieties. Each pack contains 5 DIFFERENT seeds selected at random from Paeonia 'Colour Magnet', Paeonia officinalis ssp. villosa 'Saint Loup', Paeonia kavachensis, Paeonia lactiflora 'Early Glow', Paeonia officinalis ssp. mollis, Paeonia 'Salmon Dream' (Pictured), Paeonia hybrid 'Roy Pehrson's 'Best Yellow' and Paeonia 'Silver Dawn', Paeonia Peregrina, Paeonia Caucasia, Paeonia Starlight, Paeonia Lactiflora 'Madame C ... Learn More

This valuable mixture from a specialist Canadian grower contains many gems and includes the following varieties and species, all of which have delightful flowers and foliage. Paeonia suffruticosa 'Guardian of the Monastery'. Paeonia 'Silver dawn'. Paeonia officinalis ssp mollis. Paeonia Companion of Serenity. Paeonia rockii - pink form. Paeonia anomala. Paeonia Pehrson's Best Yellow. ... Learn More

Paeonia daurica, a member of the Paeoniaceae family, showcases resplendent blooms that captivate with their intricate beauty. The large, showy flowers come in various hues, including shades of pink, magenta, and white. The layered petals create a lush and alluring floral display. This herbaceous perennial typically reaches a height of 60 to 90 centimeters, forming a robust and elegant presence in gardens. Its attractive, deeply lobed foliage complements the striking flowers. Originating from the Caucasus and parts of Turkey, Paeonia daurica thrives in well-drained soils and temperate climates. ... Learn More

This very long-lived plant makes hundreds of single, bowl-shaped, yellow-eyed flowers from red to deepest burgundy. In time this herbaceous shrub makes an imposing, many branched, deciduous tree, which is well worth waiting for. ... Learn More

The lovely yellow "Tree Peony" produces masses of golden yellow bowl-shaped flowers from late spring until mid summer. It is relatively slow-growing, producing masses of strong "trunks" which lengthen over the years, but it is a very long lived thing, becoming an heirloom after ten years or so. ... Learn More

Another fabulous plant which is one of the most beautiful of the true species, producing superb, large, pink to deepest rose flowers which appear on erect stalks above unusual, broadly divided, light green leaves which are narrow and hairy underneath. This rare subspecies originates from Eastern Europe and Turkey. It performs well in any rich, well drained soil in full sun. ... Learn More

A truly fabulous hardy herbaceous plant with huge pale lemon-yellow flowers in spring. In autumn, follows an equally impressive show as the large pods open, just like mouths, revealing the good, fertile black shiny seeds, and brightest crimson, decorative hollow ones. ... Learn More