ABELIA X GRANDIFLORA 'KALEIDOSCOPE'

Pale pink flower buds open white Aug-Nov, golden-yellow and green foliage reddens with age, neat 60cm.

ABUTILON 'KENTISH BELLE'

Apricot flowers from red calyces Jun-Nov, scandent to 3m or more. Hardy. In a sheltered position it will flower perpetually.

ABUTILON 'WALTZ'

Large slightly cupped highly veined pendent yellow flowers May-Nov, probably half-hardy and will need winter protection. The flowers are apricot-coloured in cold weather.

ABUTILON INDICUM

Apricot flowers all one colour.

ABUTILON X MILLERI 'VARIEGATUM'

Apricot-orange bells with red veins on the outside from red calyces, several on long wiry stems from each leaf axil, (Apr)Jun-Oct(Dec), bright cream-speckled variegated foliage, 2-3m. Enjoys

ACANTHUS 'WHITEWATER'

Bold dark green foliage with white foaming particularly when growing strongly, pink-kissed white flower heads on clean pale pink stems Jun-Aug, foliage 60cm, flowers 1.5m. Sumptuous.

ACANTHUS MOLLIS 'HOLLARD'S GOLD'

Beautiful broad shining golden yellow-green leaves, particularly between autumn and spring (and in summer in shady places). Mauve and white flower spikes Jun-Sep, 90cm. shade or half shade.

ACANTHUS MOLLIS 'TASMANIAN ANGEL'

Flowers are stunningly pink and white, shapely dark green leaves with frosted white ends and margins turn dark green, 60cm.

ACANTHUS SPINOSUS FERGUSONS' FORM

Good, neat, floriferous and mildew-free. As the Fergusons said (somewhat enigmatically), "First find your clone". White flowers with purple bracts Jul-Oct, dark figured leaves more divided than

ACHILLEA 'CORONATION GOLD'

Gold flowers Jun-Aug, 1m. Well-drained soil.

ACHILLEA 'FANAL'

Bright red flowers Jun-Aug and later, 60cm. Best in open well-drained soil. Syn.'The Beacon'.

ACHILLEA 'MOONWALKER'

Yellow flowers over unusually bright green foliage continuously reblooming May-Nov, 70 x 60cm.

ACHILLEA 'PROSPERO'

Like a cream flowered Achillea 'Moonshine'. Evergreen grey foliage and creamy yellow flowers May-Aug, 60cm. Sun.

ACHILLEA 'WALTHER FUNCKE'

Short fiery orange-red flowers over grey-green foliage Jun-Aug, 40cm. Easy even in dry shade when established. Hardier than A.Feuerland in wet winters and shorter.

ACHILLEA FILIPENDULINA 'GOLD PLATE'

Flat gold flower heads Jun-Aug, 1.2m, feathery leaves. Sun, easy and very long-lived. Good for drying.

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM 'WONDERFUL WAMPEE'

Heads of translucent chalky-pink and white flowers Jun-Oct, 50cm. Good for butterflies. Easy.

ACIS VALENTINA

Pretty hanging dish-shaped white flowers 2-3 to a stem Feb-May (for St.Valentine's day), 25cm. Easy but uncommon. Synonym Leucojum valentinum.

ACONITUM CARMICHAELII 'RIVER FINN'

ACONITUM CARMICHAELII 'RIVER MEDWAY'

Spidery pink foliage changes to pale green-edged pink and cream and matures green. Blue flowers with brownish crests Sep-Nov, short 55cm.

ACONITUM CARMICHAELII 'RIVER NENE'

Deep blue flowers Sep-Nov, short 35cm, foliage burnished green with darker green tips.

ACONITUM CARMICHAELII 'RIVER OUSE'

The young foliage is yellowish with leaves divided into 3. This greens-up later, deep blue flowers Sep-Nov, 1.3m.

ACONITUM CARMICHAELII 'RIVER TEIFI'

Distinctive butterfly-shaped foliage with a yellow midsection, nice deep blue flowers 85cm.

ACONITUM CARMICHAELII 'RIVER WELLAND'

Leaves start pink and turn green with a more or less persistent yellowish middle, full rounded shape, even segments. Keeps variegation more than other kinds, slate grey shaded violet-purple

ACONITUM CARMICHAELII 'ROYAL FLUSH'

The leaves are deep red in spring but become green later, substantial deep blue flowers - a much darker and clearer blue than normal Sep-Oct, shorter than normal at 60cm. Good cut flower.

ACONITUM CARMICHAELII THIERRY NO NAME YET

2m high.

ACONITUM FISCHERI

Clear violet-blue spires of flowers Aug-Sep, compact and sturdy 60cm. Not hot dry sunny places.

ACONITUM LYCOCTONUM 'DARKEYES'

Primrose-yellow flowers with black stamens from dark stems (and darker leaves than normal) Jun-Aug, 75cm. Easy. Developed from a mutant shoot here.

ACONITUM LYCOCTONUM SUBSP.LYCOCTONUM 'GRAUPE'

Tall spikes of pale grey-blue flowers May-Jul, large dramatic foliage, 1.7m. Cool moist shade.

ACTAEA PACHYPODA 'MISTY BLUE'

Clusters of white doll's eye berries from red pedicels preceded by scented white flowers, attractive foliage with a blue cast, white flowers Apr-May, 60cm. Discovered at Mt.Cuba, Delaware.

ACTAEA SIMPLEX

Late flowers of pinky cream in bottlebrushes, neat plant, 80cm. Half shade, not dry.