This attractive foliage form of the rarely-seen New Zealand plant (Haloragis erecta) is a relative of the much larger gunnera plants. Bronzed leaves and spikes of many greenish-yellow flowers add colour to the border both before and after the main flush of garden flowers. This was obtained from Wellington Botanic gardens 30 years ago and named by us at Plant World. ... Learn More

Upwards-facing, stemless yellow flowers open on completely prostrate mats of bright, shiny green leaves. This rare and lovely high alpine, comes from the mountains of the Western USA, where it grows in rocky places. It makes a slowly spreading solid carpet which completely stifles any weeds that try to grow amongst its tightly packed compact foliage. Good fertile seed is very rarely produced or offered, but we have managed to collect a few! ... Learn More

A large packet of seeds from choice and unusual dwarf bulbous plants from around the world. Includes numerous treasures, including amongst others, bellevalia, brodiaea, clintonia, eucomis, habranthus, lilium (dwarf forms), notholirion, sisyrinchium and tigridia. ... Learn More

A generous packet of taller bulbous plants, including such rarities as asphodeline, eremurus, galtonia, hermodactylis, veratrum, watsonia, and dozens more. ... Learn More

Many of our perennial plants produce seed in quantities too small to list. This generous packet is a mix of countless lovely old and new favourites and many others from our range. Germination will be from a few days to several months. ... Learn More

A huge choice selection of literally hundreds of different taller cottage garden plants. Some of these are collected from famous gardens and stately homes so expect some surprises! ... Learn More

Tall, strong stems hold inflorescence of many flowers, with smaller inflorescences branching off lower levels of the stem, each flower being cream or greenish-white with six curly, lily-like tepals. Each blossom has six white stamens with large brown anthers, and when the flowers fall away, they leave the fruits, which are green capsules containing black seeds. Rare and little known, even in the wet boggy places it inhabits in its northern California and southern Oregon home, this fascinating plant will baffle even the keenest plantsman or plantswoman. With a pale and unassuming beauty, it is often searched for by the botanical equivalents of ornithological "Twitchers"! And finally, it is a major attractant for all pollinating insects. ... Learn More

An attractive newcomer from the South African mountains. You can safely challenge almost anyone to name even the family of this delightful plant which resembles an (impossible!) cross between a snapdragon and a corydalis. Sprays of orange-blotched cream flowers produce a perfect combination with the delicate fern-like leaves. ... Learn More

Clumps of broad spectacular leaves thrust up thick stems of bright orange fragrant flowers. In autumn clusters of bright red berries appear. A sumptuous and almost completely hardy plant, surviving outdoors here at Plant World Gardens for over 20 years. ... Learn More

Probably the hardiest of the gingers from the Himalayas bearing large grey-green leaves. In late summer it produces extremely fragrant lemon-yellow flowers with bright red stamens. ... Learn More

It would appear that this cold-hardy, early-flowering Butterfly Ginger is one of the rarest plants we offer, as it was discovered and first introduced by American company Gingerwood Nursery after many fruitless years attempting to find it. Sizeable, true-red flowers open from red bracts atop strong stems bearing short, beautiful foliage. Although it resembles Hedychium greenii and was thought to be closely related, genetic research has shown they aren’t closely related. It does best in a bright shade to medium sun area. ... Learn More

This absolute smasher is probably the hardiest and most reliable of the ginger family, and is ideal for giving a tropical appearance to a UK garden, as unlike so many others in the genus, it flowers quite reliably, very valuably and very late, before the onset of winter, in September. Its delicate, and sweetly-scented, creamy-white to pale yellow flowers have a coral apricot-pink colouring towards the base, and are held high on the flower spike, about 3-4 feet above ground level. It makes seed readily, and when ripe the bright green seed capsules burst open to reveal attractive orange linings with bright red arils. It prefers a deep planting and a good winter mulch and in the wild has a wide geographic range across the Himalayan region, from Uttarakhand in Northern India, through Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan, and on into Myanmar and China. In India they burn the dried rhizomes as incense, and the powdered rhizome is used for perfuming chewing tobacco. It is also used in love spells and for inducing feelings of goodwill, whilst an oil derived from the rhizomes is used in perfumery. Oh, and it also allegedly has antibiotic properties............. ... Learn More

Snow-white, exceedingly fragrant flowers have a faint greenish-yellow tint to the base, and prominent white or off-white stamens. This rarely-offered Indian native, with big, bold, banana-like leaves, is very easy to grow from seed, and is one of the very tallest of all Hedychium species growing anything up to ten feet (3m) or so tall. Superb for a large garden in a warm climate, or a warm sheltered garden or even a large container elsewhere. ... Learn More

This rarely grown American sub-shrubby plant is an unlikely member of the 'Loosestrife' family. Thin woody stems, which will slowly spread to form a clump, produce masses of small, bright yellow flowers in early spring. ... Learn More

This heat-loving, drought-tolerant plant is valued for its lovely, straw-like flowers in bright shades of red, orange, pink, purple, yellow, and white. An easy to grow annual, it will reward you with non-stop blooms from summer until the first hard frost. It is well-suited for the sunniest spot in your garden and the daisy-like papery heads will last indefinitely if dried. They will retain their colour and are perfect for dried flower arrangements. ... Learn More