Billowing trails of blue-grey leaves cascade along the ground or scramble through undergrowth, followed by an overwhelming display of golden yellow ochre flowers opening in June. This gorgeous Andean plant is astonishing when its deeply tunneling hardy roots are established on a hot well-drained bank, and although it improves quite slowly over the years it is well worth the wait. Very few good seeds available. ... Learn More

Sheets of dazzling scarlet flowers cascading amidst pretty, delicate, divided leaves, adorn this gorgeous plant throughout midsummer. This fabulous Chilean native prefers peat to be incorporated into the soil, when it will make countless, long-lived hardy tubers. It is happiest when planted under dark shrubs, when it will soon establish and scramble over them, especially boring evergreen ones that have either finished, or are yet to flower. Finally, in late summer and autumn, bright blue shiny berries are formed. Just a few hundred fresh seeds are collected here every autumn! We collect less and less each year.....PLEASE NOTE: Limited stock. Maximum 3 packets per customer ... Learn More

From the Western Mediterranean comes this beautiful xeric plant with semi-woody branches and glossy leaves with marked veins, all topped by showy, golden-eyed, lemon-yellow flowers. It will perform best in a rich, well-drained soil in a sunny spot throughout the year. ... Learn More

Purple and white flowers adorn this aromatic herb, along with dark purple stems and narrow green leaves. Widely used for both culinary and health benefits, a valuable addition to any herb garden. It has a milder flavour when compared to sweet basil, and is used extensively in Thai and Vietnamese cookery.Prefers well-drained soil in full sun or can also be grown in pots on a sunny windowsill. ... Learn More

Splendidly fragrant cream coloured flowers, tinged with greenish yellow at the centre, are displayed on upright stems emerging from dusky-green fleshy foliage. A sweet almond-like fragrance emanates from the flower at evening time on this distant relative of the onion family, which will make a good addition to a rockery, or can be displayed perfectly in a good terracotta pot, where it will be happy in a conservatory or cold greenhouse. For best results keep the plant moist during spring summer but allow it dry out a little over winter. ... Learn More

Fragrant, pale purple, tubular flowers open in large terminal umbels in late summer and early autumn on this strong-growing rhizomatous perennial. It has grey-green basal leaves which are long, narrow, strap-like, slightly fleshy and smell strongly of garlic when bruised. This attractive ornamental plant is also ideal for the herb garden, as the leaves and flowers can both be used in salads and other dishes. ... Learn More

This unusual selected form has narrower leaves and spikes of pale pink flowers, with far less purple than the normal form, the petals being more pinched and crowded, often hiding the centre of the flower, rather like a rhodohypoxis, and at first glance giving the impression of double flowers. ... Learn More

Lovely white flowers with a golden star at the centre, show off a cluster of yellow stamens with a tiny black tip. This really is a rarely-seen and unusual flower, larger than most other forms of species tulip, and with wider leaves than usual too. As with other species tulips, the flowers will only open out fully when they stand in full sun. However, the outside of the petals on this interesting plant are flushed with a rich red shade so you are guaranteed a display of colour even on shady days. ... Learn More

This is a gorgeous two-for-the-price-of-one flower! Performing in mid to late spring with grey-green foliage, when the flower is closed, the exterior of the petals are rose with a tiny white edge, but when the flower opens it shows the bright white interior. It really is like having two flowers for the price of one! And they can self-seed too! ... Learn More

Elegant, white, lily-like flowers are enhanced by the pink tinge on the outside of the petal, making it a quite spectacular feature in the early spring garden, and ideal for mixed planting with contrasting colours, maybe grape hyacinths or crocus. They are best planted densely to maximise the impact of colour, and in very well-drained soils, the bulbs can be left for next season without needing to lift them. ... Learn More

Native to Iran and Turkestan, this scarce dwarf tulip has very narrow grey-green leaves and bowl-shaped bright red flowers resembling open, pointed stars in mid to late spring, each petal marked with black within at the base. Species tulips prefer sharp drainage and plenty of room to grow, when they will often naturalize, doing well in rock gardens and containers. Few seeds collected. ... Learn More

Deepest blood-red cup-shaped flowers on short stems open in earliest spring . Growing wild on the stony hills of North West Iran, it is happy in cold gardens, but like most wild tulips it is best kept in a well-drained spot in the summer. There is no need to lift it as it will happily grow, and indeed spread, in the same position for many years. Richard Wilford in his indispensible book "Tulips" writes “This really is one of the most alluring of the smaller tulip species.” ... Learn More

Strong clumps of glossy bright green leaves stand below goblet-shaped bright red flowers which are 5-6cm in length in early summer. This is the latest of all of the tulips to open its flowers and will self seed to make remarkable colonies in time. This most desirable, rare, late-blooming tulip which will grow in sun or shade, is very rarely for sale and then is often offered at more than £3 per bulb! ... Learn More

Stunning, flame-coloured flowers, open on branching stems much later than most other tulips in May and June, in fact this is the latest flowering member of the genus. This, easy beautiful and distinctive bright-red flowered tulip will self-seed, even into grass and under trees. This larger-flowered and taller form with the same vivid colour was named after a friend of E.A.Bowles. ... Learn More

Although this plant has been long-grown and naturalised in the UK, it is not in fact a native, having come from the Mediterranean region hundreds of years ago. It is now found in less than 50 localities throughout the UK, and it sadly seems to have gone out of fashion as a garden plant, which is very sad, as it makes attractive, bone-hardy clumps of thin-leaved flowers, all with pointed petals of brightest golden yellow, and which will indeed spread if given the chance to compete with more vigorous intruders! ... Learn More