One of the fifty fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, this low growing perennial has spear-shaped leaves and stems spreading along the ground which then turn upwards at the tips. A quite spectacular plant, it bears dense sprays of sizeable, hairy, tubular, bluish-purple helmet-shaped flowers, which are produced in summer. ... Learn More

Dark blue trumpet-shaped flowers are held on upright stems over a mass of tiny lanceolate deeply veined leaves. This is an excellent plant to occupy a corner in a rock garden, or for solo display in a container and will appreciate well drained soil in a sunny position. ... Learn More

Startlingly gentian-blue flower open on this bright, drought-tolerant gem that comes not just from the Havana area of Cuba but also the rocky pinelands of the Caribbean area, including South Florida. This dazzling blue "Skullcap" is a dependable choice for well-drained locations in full to part sun. Once you have planted it, it will cheerfully spread around and reseed itself in a localized area, and should never be invasive, so some will always return, even after you think it's gone. ... Learn More

From the dry mountains of Iran comes this dwarf gem. Upwards-pointing, pale blue-violet tipped white flowers open from June until August on short stems above compact clumps of foliage. It is definitely a non-running plant and possibly one for the alpine house as it does self-seed. ... Learn More

Securinega suffruticosa is a deciduous shrub growing to 1.5m. It flowers from Aug to Sept, and the seeds ripen from Sep to Oct. The flowers are dioecious, individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant, so both male and female plants must be grown if seed is required. The plant is not self-fertile. This plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism,(USE AT OWN RISK) where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs where it is used in the treatment of contusions and nervous paralysis. ... Learn More

From Western Siberia (so it should be hardy) and Japan, comes this herbaceous, trouble free plant. In spring many stout stems clad in toothed, fleshy leaves arise from a stout rootstock. Large heads of rich yellow flowers are produced from June until August. We are offering the 'best form' - Sedum aizoon ssp. maximowiczii. ... Learn More

Another excellent new flower bred, selected, and seed produced here at Plant World. Perfect for sunny, dry locations, strong, medium length upright stems produce impressive masses of flowers, varying from crimson red to chocolate brown, from late summer through to late autumn. The fantastic shiny foliage varies from purple-brown to almost black, whilst the fragrant flowers attract honey bees and butterflies. Just like many other sedums, it does well in parched dry gardens and once established thrives without irrigation. ... Learn More

An ever-popular rockery plant forming a close mat of evergreen, fleshy, dark green leaves and low flat compound heads of numerous bright yellow flowers. (Sedum kamtschaticum var. ellacombeanum) ... Learn More

Emperor's Wave is a completely new and different variety of Sedum telephium, with its dense purple-red umbels set-off by its darkest purple foliage, making it a great attractor of bees and butterflies - especially late in the summer. This excellent choice for sunny borders and rockeries is a perfect cutting flower. ... Learn More

Fertile seeds collected from our new and extremely attractive hybrid sedum with succulent, chocolate coloured foliage and strong stems displaying deepest pink flowers. With its exotic looking foliage it looks tender and vulnerable, but it is in fact totally hardy, dying away safely every autumn after a final burst of flower. Cut flowers will also make attractive, long-lived displays in a vase. A beautiful, very long-lived and long-flowering garden plant, with absolutely no vices. Very fine seeds, care when sowing. ... Learn More

Low trailing stems carrying close-packed, succulent leaves, terminate in rosettes from which arise short stems bearing many creamy yellow star flowers. A very long-lived and hardy plant which is perfect hanging over a wall or for the front of a rockery. ... Learn More

Although the common pink form has always been one of the top ten rockery plants, this new variety has much improved, deepest purplish-red flowers. Additionally, its slowly low-spreading carpet of succulent plum-coloured leaves is always attractive. ... Learn More

An absolutely mind-blowing selection of dark-foliaged plants for sunny, dry locations. Numerous strong, shortish semi-upright stems produce masses of flowers from pink to deepest crimson, from late summer through to autumn. But the foliage demonstrates its most crowning glory, and it varies from mahogany to almost jet black, and none of the seedlings should disappoint you. The flowers attract honey bees and butterflies, and like other sedums, it is invaluable in rock and dry gardens because, once established, it thrives without irrigation. And if you are curious about the cultivar name..... ... Learn More

Another very rare sedum, with five-petalled, greenish, cup-shaped flowers on smooth, hairless leaves, borne upon purplish stems. It is found in Eastern Siberia, China, Japan and Korea, amongst shady rocks and in woods where it flowers from July to September. It is easily grown in full sun to partly shaded sites in a well drained soil. ... Learn More

This rare plant, that grows up to 13,000 feet in the Himalayas, rises later in the spring than most perennials, but then it spreads out its basal leaves forming tiered mats of fine, lacy, fern-like foliage. During late summer the flower buds emerge, each flower head becoming a plateau consisting of thousands of tiny flowers, the intricate flower heads being perfect circles composed of even smaller circles. E A Bowles called it "The queen of all umbellifers, with its almost transparent tender greenness, and the marvellous lacy pattern of its large leaves, it is the most beautiful of all fern- ... Learn More