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ABROMEITIELLA BREVIFOLIA RCB RA-P-27

Spreads to make sadistic rime-grey cushions 10cm x 10cm. Short heads of very boring three petalled green flowers Apr-Jun. Dry cliffs in Rio Toro Valley, Salta province, Argentina, 2300m asl.

ABUTILON INDICUM

Apricot flowers all one colour.

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 LATIFOLIUS GROUP 'RUE LEDAN'

Green hooded white flowers Jun-Sep, broad glossy dark green herbaceous foliage, compact 60cm. Sterile - no unwanted seedlings. No Mildew so far! I reckon it's A.spinosus not A.mollis.

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 'LUCKY BREAK'

Clean creamy yellow flowers Jun-Aug (and later?), grey-green foliage, 60cm. Easy. A sport of Achillea 'Taygetea' spotted by Christopher Lloyd at Great Dixter. More vigorous and persistant

ACHILLEA 'MARTINA'

The truth - the flowers are the colour of old crusted mustard (dubious 1960's seaside cafes), but the colour works well with purples and blues, Jun-Aug(Oct) 80cm.

ACHILLEA 'MOONSHINE'

Clear lemon yellow flowers May-Jul(Nov), good grey evergreen foliage, 60cm. Open sunny sites. Easy.

ACHILLEA 'PROSPERO'

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

ACHILLEA 'RED VELVET'

Broad heads of strong pure red flowers Jun-Sep that keep their colour (maybe darken to crimson) as they age, 60cm.

ACHILLEA 'SCHWELLENBURG'

Like 'Coronation Gold', 'Cloth of Gold', etc. but shorter, greyer foliage and equally well behaved. Flat heads of yellow flowers Jun-Sep, grey evergreen foliage, short 60cm.

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 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.

ACTAEA SIMPLEX

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

ACTAEA SIMPLEX 'BLACK NÉGLIGÉE'

Decorative black foliage, spikes of white scented flowers Jul-Sep, 90cm.

ACTAEA SIMPLEX 'BRUNETTE'

Very dark black-purple leaves and spikes of scented white flowers Jul-Sep, 120cm.

ACTAEA SIMPLEX 'PINK SPIKE'

Black foliage, pink flowers Jul-Sep, 1.2m.

ADENOPHORA PERESKIIFOLIA

Spires of blue flowers from a mound of foliage Jun-Oct, 80cm. Easy and persistent in bad conditions.

AEONIUM ARBOREUM 'ZWARTKOP'

Vowel-rich large flat rosettes of near black succulent leaves - very good architectural plant for standing out in summer, heads of yellow flowers late summer, 40cm. Tender perennial, sun.

AEONIUM ARBOREUM (SEEDLINGS FROM 'ATROPURPUREUM')

Purple-flushed flat rosettes of succulent leaves - very good architectural plant for standing out in summer, heads of yellow flowers late summer, 40cm. Tender perennial, sun. Take out the eye