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Autumn List 2017 - 45 years of trading (This edition is 5th June 2017)

● Welcome to our new catalogue for Autumn 2017. We have, as always, worked hard to find or produce new and interesting plants for you and I hope that you will enjoy the fruits of our work in this list. Many of the new rarities have already been listed on our website, where the new range was placed online on April 21st. In fact some have sold out before this paper catalogue was even printed. It seems to be that much of our trade is moving online. We were early onto the internet and have had our website for over 21 years now, so this should hardly come as a surprise, but the pace of change has accelerated in the last few years and the paper catalogue now serves only as an aide-memoir for many customers, who then order online. As postal costs spiral ever upwards, we are happy to reduce the £4,000 costs of posting a quarter of a ton of catalogues twice a year. Our printed plant descriptions are far more detailed on our website. There are thousands of pictures for you to see and small-stock rarities are now listed only online where we can offer the exact number we have, even when numbers are limited.

We often get asked if certain plants on the website are actually available, so to confirm - if a plant is listed and showing an [ ADD ] (to your basket) button, then it is in stock and available for sale. Even if we only have one bulb we can safely list it. If we sell out, the website prevents further sales. By the way this happens only when the plants in your basket are actually paid for and not when they are put in the basket.

Our website has been re-written again in 2016 and 2017. The web address is still rareplants.co.uk. of course but behind the scenes I am still writing extensively and we are still populating the new site with new facilities and pictures. A feature already in place is the chance for customers to be emailed when an ‘out-of-stock’ plant comes back into stock. We can thus offer select plants to customers who want them. It isn’t possible for casual browsers to register for this, you do need to be a customer. Our mailing list is now managed via a dedicated site, Mailchimp. Please sign-up if you wish to receive our monthly newsletter. We cannot add people ourselves, it has to be done by the customer choosing to be added. We have added over 20 new rainlilies, Zephyranthes and Habranthus, to our listings and our website. There are more to come as seed stocks mature. Again, smaller numbers are listed just on our website. With new additions to our range of Oncocyclus Iris this year our listing has become the best that we have ever offered in over 45 years even allowing for the fact that 14 rarer species have already sold out for 2017.

● We know that everyone wants their purchases quickly but plants are not like books or CDs, they cannot be warehoused and sent instantly. We take orders from April onwards but we only start to send parcels in late August, at the very earliest. Even then this still does not mean that an entire order will be sent then, only that some of the very earliest-ripening things such as Colchicum and autumn Crocus are ready early. Our main crop is not lifted, cleaned and ripe until well into September which is when full despatch gets rolling. This continues to October. We try to minimise delays and send bulbs as early as we possibly can IF the plants will let us! Early ordering is a great help and early orders are at the head of the queue.

● We list Paeonia and Helleborus (and some Lilium) in this list. These are very late ripening items. This lateness has become the norm in the long, warm autumns of recent years. We cannot send them out until they die back and it is mid-October at the earliest that we start lifting these. Please be aware that delivery of these will be late. Customers in Scandinavia are the most affected. We do appreciate that your winter comes early for you but we cannot send these plants until they are dormant.

I wish you good gardening for 2017

Paul Christian (Dr.)Dr P.J.Christian

* indicates plants newly listed or newly re-introduced to this list

Cover picture is Erythronium revolutum Pink Beauty1

ALLIUMALLIUM* alexeianum Attractive, long, ovate blue-green leaves margined with red. The flower stems are short and carry bright red-pink flowers held on stiff, bright red-purple pedicels of unequal length.. £14.00amethystinum Deep reddish-purple flowers tightly packed into spherical umbels which are carried on tall and slender stems. Sunny spot in rich soil in the garden..................................................£5.00caesium Tall Form This is a taller clone, originally from seed collected in Bukhara in Central Asia, which carries its brilliant-blue, large ball heads on stems 70cm tall...........................................................£9.50chelotum Reliably makes large ball heads of purple on stems 30-60cm. The flowers are long-lasting, the leaves are narrow and shiny green, unlike many ball-headed species.........................£7.50flavum tauricum An excellent, dwarfed, free-flowering strain. Copper-coloured or copper-tinted flowers are prevalent in this strain! Good in the garden in a sunny, well-drained site.............................£2.50guttatum dalmaticum AH.9114 Flowers deep purple in dense umbels, 4-5 cm in diameter. The strong stems stand for weeks in mid-summer...................................................................................................£3.50guttatum sardoum CH.859 A highly ornamental Allium. Stems to 50cm carry a compact 5cm umbel of creamy-white with scented blooms on unequal stalks. Leaves thread-like. N. Greece............£3.50insubricum Heads of up to five individually large flowers of bright rose pink, hanging in clustered heads in summer. The flowers of this species are amongst the loveliest in the genus............£9.50jesdianum Per Wendelbo 60-75cm stems hold huge 15cm balls of violet flowers, each with a white centre, giving a superb, two-tone effect. Well-drained loam, full sun, dry in summer..........................................£3.00jesdianum Shing 5-6 grey-green leaves that persist during flowering. Shing is the earliest jesdianum form and has very dense, deep purple umbels, the darkest of all of the cultivars..................£3.00* karataviense henrikii Earlier, brighter, more intensely coloured flowers than plain karataviense of horticulture. Strong, red-purple flowers are produced in a larger, 20cm, ball, Faintly scented................£6.50komarowii Rounded heads, crammed with richly-coloured, intense pink-violet stars with a strong scent of chocolate. Tajikistan. Sunny garden site........................................................................£3.00kunthianum Stunning raspberry-pink blooms with white petal tips and a central darker stripe on 15-20cm tall stems - drop dead gorgeous! large flowers for such slender plants...............................£6.50* nevskianum Two attractive blue-grey leaves are held at ground level and last through flowering. Between the leaves appears a large, deep reddish 12cm globe of flowers...........................£8.00orientale White flowers on a stem some 25-30cm tall. The ovaries of the innermost flowers are often deep, purple-black, making a nice contrast with the petals..........................................£6.50pallasii Small bulbs, make 3-5 narrow leaves and a 20-25cm stem with a dense hemisphere of pale- to purple-red flowers, early in the season but as late as July in cold areas............£6.00parciflorum Flowers in late summer on slender, 20cm stems above which hovers a pink mist of 1cm bells in abundance. Hot, dry, sunny garden spot.................................................................£3.00pseudosarawschanicum A tall, stately species, with a dense ball-head of flowers on a 60-70cm stem. The flowers are light pinkish-violet but each petal has a darker central stripe. Spectacular....................£5.25shelkovnikovii Medium-sized heads of pink flowers each of a good size, marked with a deeper central stripe around yellow anthers. The blue-green leaves are borne with the flowers. ......................£7.50sibthorpianum A dwarf plant with thin, thread-like leaves below a 15cm stem which bears an umbel of pale pink-purple bells, the petals of which have a darker purple, central vein..........................£5.50subhirsutum In June a 25cm stem bears a head of good sized, pristine, honey-scented white flowers with broad petals. Likes sun and good drainage - avoid cold and wet together.................£3.00subvillosum White flowers with thick petals in an upright umbel on short stems. The intensity of the white contrasts with the vivid yellow anthers. Well-drained, hot site in sun.....................£3.50suworowii 5-7 leaves in a rosette below a 60cm stem. The flower-head is a large, round ball of cup-shaped violet flowers that flatten to large stars each over 1cm across..................................£7.50* tardans AH.0129 White bells tipped with copper each on a hanging pedicel, with up to 50 in each head, carried on a 25-50cm stem. Makes its leaves in autumn but flowers in July-Aug........£4.50tauricola Purple flowers with the edges of the long petals picked out with a thin white line. 30cm flower stems are freely made from June on...........................................................................£2.50tuberosum (odorum) 25cm tall stems with beautifully fragrant white flowers in autumn, usually bedecked in butterflies. Well flavoured leaves, with a taste between chives & garlic..................£2.50

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ACISACISautumnalis oporanthus dispathaceus Stern records forms with two spathes. Some probably refer to ionica but there are rare occurrences of true autumnalis with two spathes, as offered here...................£2.00autumnalis pulchella Distinct as it flowers with the leaves present. Additionally its pedicels arch over at the apex. A botanical synonym but valuable for its flowers being set off against foliage.....................£2.50autumnalis September Snow...... A new form with white flowers lacking the pink infusion usually found around the base of the bloom, they thus appear to be a purer white than the common clone................£1.25ionica ..........................................................................................Robust spikes of 1-6, pure white flowers from August. Fully hardy here over 15 years. The name is a new one for Greek plants formerly though to be A. valentina...............................£7.50ionica vlorense The form from the Albanian mainland and maybe more attuned to damper, cooler conditions but we can’t find real differences. Having said which, it’s a nice plant.........................£5.50longifolia A rare Corsican sp. with 20-25cm stems with 1-3 white bells in April-May, over long thin leaves. Not difficult but perhaps best in a pot as it is slender and small...................................£8.00nicaeënsis PJC.277 A rare native of a few coastal mountains near Nice. Very distinct. It has flat, grassy foliage and 1-3 miniature crystalline white bells in April. Good in a pot..........................£2.50tingitanus Like a robust, multi-flowered nicaeënsis with several crystalline white bells on each 20cm scape, in early spring. Good drainage and sun. N. Africa but hardy here.............................£7.50trichophylla JJA.630.501 This does best in an acid, sandy soil. Flowering is in early spring in spikes of 2-3 crystalline white bells with a pink tinge at the ovary.......................................................£3.50

ANEMONEANEMONE

Anemone nemorosa clones Albaplena Flowers of pure white, with a double shuttlecock in the centre. After replanting not all will be fully double in their first year. A worthy plant, often wrongly equated with Vestal..............£4.00Allenii Deep blue with a subtle infusion of indigo on the face of the flowers. The reverse, and buds, are violet infused grey. Deep green foliage..............................................................£3.50Blue Eyes Established plantings throw double flowers with several whorls of white around a gorgeous deep blue-purple centre. Less vigorous than some but increases pleasingly in time...........£6.00Bohemia Semi-double flowers with twice the usual number of petals with a lovely “full” look to them. The blooms are such a pale pink, that they only look pink when held against white!.........£8.50Bowles Purple Dark polished purple buds make a flower paler in shade than Allenii but darker than Robinsoniana. In size it also falls between the two, but it has a the purple exterior........................£4.50Bracteata Plena An old form with loose, raggedy flowers, the long segments marked with a touch of green. With age, developing a deep navy blue tinge at the base of some of the petals............£3.50Ice and Fire White flowers take on a deep pink shade front and back, becoming deep pink all over, the petals edges stay white until the end. Pink flowers and white flowers co-exist....................£6.00Latvian Pink A new pink clone raised from one plant found on the property of Ewald Paupers in Latvia. Mid green foliage and pale pink flowers which deepen in shade as they mature........................£4.50Leeds Variety The largest flowered nemorosa clone. Pure white flowers backed with a hint of pink. Twice as large as ordinary white forms & larger than Robinsoniana (the next largest form)..........£6.00Lucia AMH.7804 Selected in the Picos de Europa. This has medium sized flowers in a nice shade of pink, over wide leaves which emerge tinged with brown, maturing to green..................£5.00Mart’s Blue Flowers of good, slightly violet-infused, blue colouring. The foliage is retained longer in the autumn and is outlined with red purple along the edges....................................................£6.00Pentre Pink Opens white, then rapidly turns to pale, then dark, pink and continues to intensify, reaching deep madder with time. The foliage is strong and apple green in colour...................£8.50Robinsoniana Large, pale Wisteria blue blooms backed with pale grey. A vigorous clone still going strong after many years from fat rhizomes Named for William Robinson of Gravetye..................£2.00Royal Blue Small, rich blue flowers over dark green foliage. Smaller than many but with a much more intense and attractive colouring, nicely set off by the deeper foliage...................................£3.50Vestal Broad petals form a disc behind the rounded, tightly packed, flattened central button, formed like a double Gardenia. Simply, the best double nemorosa............................................£5.50

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Other Anemone species and formsapennina albiflora The lovely white-flowered form with a pale blue back. In sun this opens fully and looks white, in rain or gloom, it looks azure. Garden, light shade....................................................£2.65apennina Petrovac CEH 538 Very floriferous and very lovely with large multi-petalled flowers of pure bright blue, the true species from our 1980s collection in former Yugoslavia. Garden....................£2.50* blanda Glint Deep blue flowers with a white interior. The very centre of the interior has a touch less show-though of blue and appears to glisten even more than the rest of the white face.........£7.50blanda Ingramii CEH 626 The darkest flowered form first discovered and named from Mt. Parnassus, in Greece. Lovely violet-blue flowers with a yellow centre. Peaty soil, sun....................£3.40flaccida The leaves are cut into rounded lobes at the edges attractively marked in silver and green. and are borne with the pure white flowers in April. Light shade, leafy soil............................£8.50flaccida Mount Fujiwara A dwarf, alpine form originally found on Mount Fujiwara Dake. In good light, it makes small, dark green, silver-marked leaves and small, white flowers held on very short stems......£10.50lipsiensis (seehmannii). The lovely floriferous cross between ranunculoides and nemorosa, with pale primrose yellow flowers in March and April. Easy, soon making a clump..............£4.50pseudaltaica Blue Form The form offered is a good, deep royal blue with a tiny, white centre. The flowers are a good size, multi-petalled, borne in March. Gritty, well-drained, humus-rich soil..............£17.50pseudaltaica Yukinosei A full double with multi-petalled discs of white piled on top of each other, with a tiny lime-green centre at maturity. You need to see it! Needs time to settle, but spectacular...............£17.50ranunculoides An easily-grown species with small rhizomes. Bright green, ferny leaves and good-sized, rich buttercup-yellow flowers in pairs. Flowers early and reliably........................................£4.00

ARUMARUMbyzantinum Slender, white spathes with a purplish base around spadices of rich purple. Restricted to a small area of Turkey, in damp soils which also suit it well in cultivation..........................£5.00concinnatum Plain, deep green leaves and ghostly lemon-lime spathes with a yellow spadix, in May. Easy, hardy and tolerates sun or shade. Garden.......................................................................£4.00creticum FCC form Superb, large, primrose spathes with a butter-yellow spadix and a pleasant rose scent. An excellent garden plant, the brightest coloured Arum.........................................£9.00cyrenaicum Green spathes with a purple-rose interior around a dark red-pink spadix, this is scentless. Hardy here over many years. Raised from Cretan material...................................................£8.50cyrenaicum x concinnatum Leaves appear in the depths of winter and are still present in May with spathes in the region of 30cm long. Inside, these are a light pink, from the cyrenaicum parent.............£7.50dioscoridis syriacum New stock originally found by Prof. Speta in Cyprus. The spathes are lightly speckled and stippled in black but deep violet around their edges. Lightly marked leaves.....................£5.00euxinum Dark green, compact foliage with compact, scentless “waisted” spathes of pale green, stained purple at the edges and base, with a purple interior........................................................£9.00hygrophilum Pale green with the edge of the spathe picked out in purple, around a slender, pale purple spadix. The narrow inflorescence is held on a stem up to 35cm tall in April.........................£5.50* megobrebi Red-edged, cream spathes and long, thin and cylindirical purple spadices, distinct from the short, club shaped one of maculatum. It has a solitary habit and makes just two leaves. Hardy, readily grown in light shade in a well-drained, humus-enriched soil..........................................£35.00nigrum Zadar CEH.524 Large, strong, plain green leaves and big, satin-like, jet black spathes around a jet-black spadix. Hardy and a most remarkable and striking garden species.........................£10.00orientale VV.RR.55 Shiny, dark green, leaves and large green to purplish-brown decorative spathes with purple-brown spadices. Easy and hardy. Crimea.............................................£8.50* palaestinum Spectacular, deep purple-black spathes on 50cm tall stems. These reflex to display a spadix of the same intense shade. The only dark species that is pleasantly scented............£11.50pictum The only autumn-flowering species. Velvet-textured purple-black spathes with a black spadix in October. The leaves are delicately embossed with attractive, slightly silvery, veining. Not to be confused with the wrongly named “pictum” form of A. italicum. Majorca........................................£6.00purpureospathum VV.CR.543 Large polished deep green leaves around an enormous spathe of deep rich purple-black wrapped around a spadix of an even darker shade............................................£7.00sintenisii The spathe which is a warm red-brown inside disports itself in a slightly curled fashion around a deeper brown slightly-fattened spadix.........................................................................£9.50

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ARISAEMAARISAEMAciliatum liubaense CT.369. A superb garden plant with striking molasses-brown spathes, strongly striped with white, over a circular leaf parasol. Half-shade, humus-rich soil...........................................£7.00flavum abbreviatum A truly yellow hardy Arisaema. Bright yellow blades, with an imperial purple zone in the throat. Small flowered but with sweet fragrance to balance the equation.............................£8.00

ARISARUMARISARUMproboscideum Little arrow-head leaves, below, in April sit white-tubed, purple-striped spathes. A long tip protrudes out beyond the leaves. Dies away, in summer, to tiny rhizomes.............................£3.00simmorhinum In this species the spathe is larger and lies flat on the ground or parallel to it. As a rule the colours are somewhat more cheerful - greens and olives, rather than browns..................£5.00vulgare “Friars Cowl” Arisaema-like inflorescences, in spring. These have a white spathe, striped tan. The spadix is deep brown. Sunny, well-drained soil................................................£3.50

BELLEVALIABELLEVALIAatroviolacea Narrow blue-green prostrate leaves sit below a 20cm stem with a spike of hanging funnels of deep indigo-blue veering towards the sinister violet-black of gothic novels..............£3.75* cyanopoda Clean, bright, violet-blue, campanulate flowers and compact grey leaves. Needs cool temperatures and full light to keep it short, grey and dwarf. Too much heat will spoil it.......£7.50dubia 10-30 flowers of a deep violet-blue on opening. Remarkably they become brown later whilst the lobes remain white...............................................................................................£3.00forniculata Bright blue flowers with just enough turquoise in the shade to make it one of the most stunning and eye-catching of all blue-flowered plants. Happy in garden conditions.................£9.00longistyla (araxina) Spikes of 10-25 blooms, each with a purple tube and white, spreading lobes veined green. Sunny, well drained spot. Flowers best when hotter and drier...............£9.00* speciosa (sarmatica) Striking cylindrical racemes of long-stalked flowers of purple and olive-green which open from violet buds. A well drained, fertile loam soil in full sun is best...................£6.50trifoliata A rare species from Turkey and Israel with two, broad, twisted leaves and a long, slender stem bearing flowers on long pedicels in a long spike! The buds are purple-violet and the mouth becomes white, sharply contrasting the violet tube. Sunny site in a well-drained, loam...............£7.00

BIARUMBIARUMmarmarisense White to pale caramel spathes, spotted and glazed with fawn, minutely dotted with pink and sweetly scented. Like a robust davisii but easier to grow........................................sold outrhopalospadix A close relative of B. tenuifolium however this has spathes and spadices in shades of warm, slightly reddish, brown both of which are elongated in a manner not seen in tenuifolium. Easily grown in a well-drained, loam-based soil with a dry summer rest................................................£9.50

BONGARDIABONGARDIAchysogonum A tuberous member of the Berberidaceae with attractive silver-grey leaves divided into clover-like segments, each with a red mark at the base. The flowers are bright lemon, 1.5cm across on a 40cm tall stem, with a delicate, light, honey scent...............................................................£4.50

CHIONODOXACHIONODOXAforbesii Aethra A brand new Chionodoxa suspected to be a hybrid with Scilla bifolia. The segments are wider than normal and rather than being starry, they overlap, especially when young. The flowers are of an intriguing blue colour. Ordinary garden soil in sun.......................................................£3.50* sardensis One of the very best species with masses of superb, deep blue flowers with virtually no white eye. Decent loam soil in full sun..................................................................................£0.30siehei Two upright or slightly arching, mid-green, slightly-glaucous leaves and 4-10 lovely, gentian blue star-shaped, 3cm flowers with white centres bloom very early in March and April. .£2.25

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COLCHICUMCOLCHICUMautumnale JMH.8001. A superb cultivated form which makes good clumps of robust, well-coloured flowers of such size and vigour that they approach speciosum in stature................................£3.50autumnale alboplenum Spectacular, great big, fully doubled, pure white flowers in the autumn, held on short strong stems. These stand the weather very well. Garden............................................................£6.50autumnale Karin Persson AH.8954 An attractive form with very large flowers in August. So large that it was first thought to be bivonae. Confirmed as C. autumnale by K. Persson at Gothenburg. .................£5.50autumnale Lysimachus Large pink goblets, probably a hybrid with haynaldii, which was found in the original collection site, over 25 years ago! Lysimachus is vigorous and is a very good grower..............£5.50autumnale Spartacus Lovely soft, bright, pink flowers with a white centre, which contrasts well with yellow-orange anthers. Short, broad petalled flowers in compact bunches through Sept.......................£8.50agrippinum Clustered of heavily-chequered violet-rose cones in Aug-Sept. followed by small blue-green leaves. Excellent, free-flowering, easy, garden species..............................................£8.00asteranthum Makes 1-2, strongly honey-scented flowers from Dec on, these open white but mature to palest pink with yellow anthers. Sunny, well drained spot. Easy.............................................£7.50bivonae Apollo Clusters bearing up to 6 large, cup-shaped, beautifully chequered bright violet blooms with a white star. Lightly scented. Early flowering and makes a magnificent display..................£5.00bivonae Disraeli Bunched, large, rose-purple, strongly tessellated flowers with contrasting white centres. An excellent garden plant with strong constitution bearing autumn weather well......................£4.50bivonae Giona AH.9139 Selected from a population found in Greece on Mt. Giona at 1,000m altitude. Superb, scented, goblets overlaid with heavy pink-purple chequering. Garden............................£5.00brachyphyllum The short, triangular leaves are borne with small, bunched, virtually white flowers, in mid winter. Hardy here in a raised-bed! Raised from Sonderhousen 1987 material............£15.00byzantinum Innocence Dense clustered bunches of heavily-textured, white funnels in September. Each bunch has up to 20 flowers, the tips of the styles picked out in purple...........................................£8.00cupani pulverulentum Glossy, wavy-edged leaves, a miniature, hardy species with packed clusters of small pink goblets with the colouring beautifully concentrated in bands on the petals............................£7.50davisii Compact clusters of short-stemmed, flowers with broad overlapping petals, lightly chequered in pale pink-violet, darker at the petal tips. S. Turkey..................................................£7.00haynaldii CH.871 Bunch-flowered, early autumn sp. many flowers on each bulb. These are medium-sized, pale pink, with faint chequering. Their abundance ensures a wonderful display.......£6.50hungaricum Valentine Retains all of the lovely features of this excellent little species but the flowers are of a good rose colour. Flowering often coincides with Valentine’s Day.............................................£4.50hungaricum Velebit Star AH.8918 Flowers reliably with packed clusters of weather-resistant white blooms with contrasting black anthers in the midst of winter snow and ice.............................................£4.50* kesselringii A miniature spring species with white funnel flowers, striped outside purple-violet with contrasting yellow anthers. Unique; it is the only striped species. Pot or frame...................£15.50kotschyi Genuine stock not the common mis-named speciosum hybrids. Packed clusters of large, slender, starry, white flowers very early in summer before the leaves......................£16.50laetum Pink 5cm flowers with yellow anthers and rounded, strap-shaped petals. Its free-flowering nature has kept this clone in horticulture for over 75 years. True stock............................£5.50macrophyllum AH.9806 Clustered, well- chequered violet-purple flowers, a shade not found in many Colchicum. Deep, fertile, well drained sunny spot. Superb pleated foliage.................................£14.50* montanum (Merendera) Several widely flaring, rounded, white-centred, rosy-lilac flowers on short stems, close to the ground, early in the season. Very floriferous..............................................£6.50pannonicum (Nancy Lindsay) Clustered, good-sized, dark pink flowers with darker, purple tubes, make a vividly coloured spectacle, from mid autumn. Hungary....................................................£5.00* peloponnesiacum A dwarf species with autumnal flowers which are held in a small cluster and are a pale but bright rose-pink in the shape of starry funnels. .............................................................£17.50persicum Rich purple-pink to deep violet-purple flowers, faintly tessellated. Broad, glossy leaves appear in spring. Will grow outside in a sunny, raised bed in our latitudes................................£13.50Poseidon The best of the garden hybrids, robust, well coloured, with intense purple flowers on short, stout, dark tubes. The petals have, perhaps, a touch of true violet to them.................£8.50

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raddeanum white A seed-raised stock from the Elburz Mts in Iran. All that have flowered have been white. This contrasts wonderfully with the black anthers (opening to yield yellow pollen)............£15.50Rosy Dawn Big, bright pink, scented flowers overlaid with violet-chequering contrasted with a white centre from Sept-Oct. Reliable in the garden and weather defiant. AGM (RHS) 1997...............£5.50sanguicolle Bears 2-4 bright rich pink flowers, on white tubes, in Sept. Unique in having garnet-red cataphylls. Reliably hardy here............................................................................................£16.50tenorii Bright vivid pink flowers with a faint tessellation in clusters in autumn, each flower with purple “crooks” to the styles, which instantly identify the plant. True stock...........................£4.00

CORYDALISCORYDALISdensiflora Flowers clear pink, in a dense raceme of 15-20 flowers. The foliage is biternate and slightly blue-tinged, and this makes a splendid foil for the lovely flowers.........................................£3.00integra A splendid plant, with both a PC and an AM. Decorative, glaucous leaves below palest blush-pink and white flowers each with a tiny dark black-purple nose...............................£6.50malkensis Dense spikes crammed with large, creamy-pale yellow flowers early in the year over compact foliage. A superb species which thrives everywhere and self-sows here..........................£2.50* nudicaulis Good-sized flowers displaying an attractive contrast between the black and white as half of each bloom is white, half is near black, all on a long, well-packed spike. ....................£15.50schanginii ainiae One of the loveliest, most striking species. Large flowered, each 3-4cm white bloom is lined with pale pink and the mouth of the flower has a large bright yellow blotch...................£16.00

CORYDALIS SOLIDA forms

solida Coscoroba White buds with a thin carmine band, open to white flowers infused soft pink at the top and edges and a tiny pink centre. Like the swan whose name it bears.......................................£6.50solida Fire Bird Divided ferny foliage and vivid bright red flowers with a slight hint of orange to them. Really stands out as a superb plant. Flowers well, vigorous and soon clumps.............................£8.50solida Firecracker Intensely coloured, rich, bright red-orange flowers which attract from a distance. In effect an improved ‘George Baker’ with loads more ‘oomph’. Garden conditions................£5.50solida Lucky Bird A lovely, mid-season clone with, bright red blooms held on a long spike of nicely set flowers. Raised by Jan Huisman of Heemskerk......................................................................£6.00* solida Purple Beauty A very unusual, very dark-flowered, hybrid of solida and decipiens. With large inflorescences and large, deep plum coloured blooms. Excellent in the garden. ...................................£3.50solida Purple Bird From the late Jan Huisman. An excellent, strong growing, deep purple selection for the garden from a cross of deep red C.s. Zwanenburg with purple C. solida......................£4.00solida Red Baron Raised by J. Huisman. This is one of the most robust and strong-growing red forms. The earliest of Jan's clones making masses of intense, bright red flowers................................£15.00solida Robin From J Huisman of Heemskerk this is an especially good deep red clone, originally raised from a cross of C. solida Zwanenburg with C. decipiens of Dutch gardens...................£6.50solida Turaco This has superb, robust growths bearing large white flowers which tone to deep purple-violet just at the very edges of both the upper AND lower petals........................................£7.00solida White Knight A robust form selected by W. van Eeden. Flowers late in the season and complements White King well. Pure snow white flowers in large spikes over finely divided foliage........£3.50solida Zwanenburg One plant was spotted and segregated by the late Michael Hoog as the deepest, most intensely coloured red-orange form, and that original criterion holds today.....................£9.50* vittae Densely packed flowers open green-white but mature to snow-white. Flowers later and lasts longer than other sp. Very worthwhile garden species....................................................£4.25

CROCUS (AUTUMN)CROCUS (AUTUMN)asumaniae JP.88-45 White or pale violet flowers with a hazy yellow throat and long branched, vivid orange styles, which may be used as saffron................................................................£4.25banaticus Intense soft violet flowers with fantastically frilled styles, the outer petals longer than the inners, lending a unique “Iris” appearance................................................................................£6.50banaticus Snowdrift Unblemished, white, Iris-like flowers in Sept. A superb, strong-growing floriferous clone, the best white form of the most beautiful autumnal crocus. Hard to over-praise........£13.50

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boryi A lovely October flowering species, from southern Greece. Clusters of robust white goblets feathered and lined with purple on the exterior of the three outer petals...........................£3.50cartwrightianus CEH.613 Deep violet flowers, striped dark violet with chrome yellow anthers & red stigmas enhanced by a strong fragrance of saffron. The best saffron producer...............................£5.50cartwrightianus Marcel Flowers of a pale lilac hinted with white and contrasted with a lovely violet throat star and a violet tube. Red and yellow, stigmata and anthers complete the picture......................£3.50cartwrightianus Michel Lovely pure white flowers with the throat shaded with a hint of pallid violet-grey in the form of a star made of thin lines. Bright red and yellow styles and stigmas add a lovely, colourful contrast. Both clones grow and flower readily.........................................................................................£3.50clusii Poseidon A free-flowering selection with superb, bright violet flowers with a tracery of violet lines at the base. This garden clone is dependable and attractive................................................£3.25* gilanicus Ghostly white flowers with the subtlest hint of violet at the petal tips which are stained a little deeper. The centre of the flower is a light sulphur-yellow boss of anthers and styles......£5.00goulimyi Robust violet flowers on long tubes in October. S. Greece. Stands the worst autumnal weather and still looks good, flowering and increasing well....................................................£2.50goulimyi leucantha This is the restricted endemic of Malea in S. Greece. Wispy white flowers in the autumn. It retains the characteristic long tubes of the species. Sunny well-drained spot........................£4.00hadriaticus Alepohori A long elegant flower, not as goblet-shaped as other forms, infused with violet at the tips. Throat gold, red at the base and lovely yellow and red anthers and style.............................£3.00* hadriaticus Celia A lovely, brand-new clonal form of Crocus hadriaticus with soft violet buds. The inside opens to the palest, lavender-kid possible, with a deeper star of violet-purple in the throat.. £6.50hadriaticus lilacinus Little known form with flowers of light violet, the centre of the flower being of a contrasting yellow. Vigorous and does well outside. A good producer of saffron....................................£4.50hadriaticus Purple Heart White flowers with a lovely purple centre. Possibly of a hybrid origin, but cannot yet be verified. A gorgeous plant, well suited to growth outside..............................................................£6.50kotschyanus HKEP.9205.... Light violet, violet marked flowers and a yellow-orange throat. Not as vigorous as ‘Reliance’, increase is slow, but flowers are good sized and dependable.......................£3.00kotschyanus HKEP.9317 Stoloniferous and makes very good increase whilst still producing lovely light violet, hair-lined flowers plentifully. Makes small corms........................................................£2.75kotschyanus Reliance This has strong, clustered flowers of light violet with contrasting darker veins and a bright orange throat. ...................................................................................................................£2.35laevigatus CEH 612.............................. Pale to deep lilac flowers, many striped outside. Feathery orange styles, white anthers and a superb honey scent. Nov-Feb, but influenced by climate............................£4.50laevigatus pumilus Propagated from a gorgeous form with a white background colour and varying degrees of thin, purple feathering on the exterior, the whole beautifully contrasted with a frothy, frilly mass of expanded style lobes. ...................................................................................................................£7.00longiflorus Nebrodi AH.9703 Strongly fragrant violet-purple flowers and greater variability than the usual cultivated Dutch stocks, we have had whites from seedlings of this stock....................................£5.50mathewi HKEP.9291 White flowers with a gentian-violet throat, red stigmas and yellow anthers. Variable but all are sublime. Garden, well-drained, sunny spot..............................................£13.50mathewi Dream Dancer The species is more variable than was supposed. Some natural populations, perhaps hybrid, consist of gorgeous plants with pink-violet petals and dark throats...............................£9.00melantherus This differs from most other biflorus forms in having autumnal flowers, and these are white marked with small, deeply coloured, almost black, stripes on the outside. The anthers are black set in a yellow throat. Gently honey-scented when warm..............................................................£9.50niveus Late Form VV.KA.2312 Selected for its late habit. Extends the flowering season of this species and autumn Crocus generally. True and even, late-flowering, nursery-raised strain.................£3.00niveus Large AH.0166 From the environs of Mount Taygetos at 1100m, this is a late, large flowered form. Some plants have a faint tinge of violet to the outer petals.............................................£3.50nudiflorus JMH.8149 Large, vivid deep-violet flowers on long tubes in September. These are so large and richly coloured that they can be mistaken for Colchicum.............................................£3.50* oreocreticus Florane Superbly marked and violet-feathered flowers with a violet ground colour contrasted with long red styles and vivid, chrome-yellow anthers. Deep in the throat is an intense indigo-violet zone spreading up each petal.......................................................................................................£9.50

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pallasii pallasii VV.TU.184 Stunning. Deep lilac-violet lightly striped with violet. Gold anthers and vivid red stigmas. A good garden plant. A reliable source of saffron in our climate..........................£4.50pallasii turcicus VV.TW.855 The flowers of bright, light-violet marked and feathered with purplish lines around a divided, saffron-fragrant style. Garden, sun, easy..............................................£5.00* pulchellus Michael Hoog An exceptional, large and strong-growing, pure-white selection of Crocus pulchellus found by the late Michael Hoog growing in a stock of Crocus pulchellus albus......................£2.50salzmannii Feathered KPW.9425 The flower is a soft, lilac-purple, finely feathered, with yellow styles. The leaves are prostrate..................................................................................................................

£3.00salzmannii KPW.9432 Noticeably large flowers of a nice lilac-purple with faint feathering at the base, prostrate foliage. This is very tolerant of summer water......................................................£3.00speciosus Aino Large flowers with a pale ground, striped and flushed violet. Inners deep, blue-violet. Like an improved Oxonian, with a strong tube and better weather resistance..............................£3.00speciosus Oxonian True stock of the real plant. The largest flowered speciosus, 10cm across. Deep violet flowers on violet tubes with deep orange stigmata. October. Highly recommended............£3.00thomasii (visianicus) Flowers of pale to deep violet with a pale yellow throat. Happy in a well drained sunny spot where it increases and flowers well..................................................................£3.75tournefortii Large, flowers of soft lavender, white anthers and divided orange stigmas. The only autumn Crocus which stays open in poor light or cold weather! Warm sunny spot.........................£2.75tournefortii VISA 08-50 Large flowers of soft violet in Sep. with a central froth of white anthers and a yellow throat below highly divided orange-red stigmas which hang out of the flower.......£3.75vallicola White flowers with miasmic violet veins and sulphur stigmata. Petals are drawn into wispy tips. Damp, well-drained, humus-rich soil, it does NOT like hot dry conditions.....................£17.50xantholaimos Good sized deep to mid-purple flowers lined and striped violet. Unusual in being the only speciosus with a golden throat. Grows well outside here. N. Turkey...............................£3.50

CROCUS (SPRING)CROCUS (SPRING)abantensis The freely borne flowers of light blue with bright yellow throat. Makes a tremendous show in February. Well drained, sunny spot but not too dry in summer............................£10.00adanensis The petals are pale violet with a white base stained with a little yellow six-pointed star. The outer petals are silver or buff with violet lines basally..................................................£3.75antalyensoides Sky Blue An excellent garden plant which is hard to fault. Dense clumps of bright blue-lilac flowers (in this clone) and a large orange-yellow throat. Hardy here over many years....................£4.25antalyensoides White White forms first appeared in seed-raised stock of the blue form but in fact C. antalyensis is very variable in nature and blue is not the typical colour for it..........................................£6.00antalyensoides Yellow A lovely soft mid yellow. Some are very pale, a few have darker zones, all flare widely in sun for a honey-scented spectacle...........................................................................................£4.00* caspius Soft pinkish-violet to white flowers with a well defined, orange throat patch and yellow anthers and stigmas. These are made in abundance from about November to February............£9.00chrysanthus Milea CH.865 The pure species with vivid orange-yellow flowers, with orange anthers, in Jan-Feb. From 1450m in the Katara pass, one of the best of our 1987 finds........................£3.50cvijicii Flowers in shades of primrose and yellow. Ours are raised from the best, yellow, Greek forms there is colour variation. Deliciously and uniquely scented of Freesia..................£16.50* cvijicii x veluchensis Rainbow Gold The colouring is a unique combination of yellow and violet, resulting in stunning rosy violet tones, with a bronze tube and yellow shading throughout the flower.....................£25.00dalmaticus Petrovac CEH.537 A superb Dalmatian species with a buff-silver exterior lined with purple, opening to a vivid light violet interior with a yellow throat, all with a good honey scent...............£4.00* danfordiae RUDA.096 In this form, propagated from a RUDA collection, the flowers are a good, rich yellow rather than the pale forms sometimes seen in the wider species................................£8.00etruscus CG.8315 Very fine, pale rose-lilac segments inside, the outside is cream. There is purple feathering on all segments.............................................................................................£3.25gargaricus TRUE Intense, vivid yellow-orange blooms produced early in the spring. Moist, humus-rich soil in full sun or light shade. This grows only on Kaz Dag in Turkey...................................£6.00jessopiae A dependable garden plant for a sunny well-drained spot. Tight clusters of white miniature funnels, marked blue-grey at the base. Inside they have orange stigmata....................£3.50

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heuffelianus Drina Marvel AH.8973 A superb form with intense and deep, mineral violet, (think Methylated Spirits) conical flowers in early spring. Easy in a moist, well drained spot outside...............£3.00heuffelianus Krasno PoljeAH.8908 This is a nice dark form, late to flower with deep, rich violet flowers, all of which have a deeper violet tube. ...................................................................................................£3.50heuffelianus Uklin Strain Seed-raised from seed ex Uklin Pass, Ukraine! Classic dwarf, spring-flowering vernus. Flowers from pale to deep violet, most with darker petal tips.....................................................£3.00leonidii Early Gold Very large, golden yellow flowers (favouring the angustifolius parent) but with the exteriors of the outer petals tiger-striped with deep bronze-brown and gold.....................................£2.75leonidii Ego Ego is the largest flowered of this very hardy and garden-worthy cross and makes strongly purple-striped, bronze flowers in abundance in early spring..........................................£3.00malyi CEH.519 Masses of large white flowers, perhaps the largest of the species. The white is set off by a golden throat and a rose basal infusion. Easy..................................................£3.50malyi Ballerina A lovely new form with a white throat, shaded outside with dove grey. The overall appearance of the elongated flowers is pure, simple and very lovely..........................................£3.50minimus Bavella A notably dark-flowered form of Crocus minimus in which the feathering on the outside of the outer three segments is both intense and wide, the stripes have, in effect, fused into a solid, deep aubergine purple area contrasted with just a tiny feathered edge of violet.....................................£1.00neapolitanus Slender, deep purple flowers, early in spring, with darker tips to the petals. This is the Italian representative of the C. vernus complex. Moist garden soil................................................£3.00* olivieri balansae Deep orange flowers with bronze tubes and fine bronze stripes on the exterior. Seed-raised stock more vigorous and than the old, virused stock of the trade.......................................£2.75* olivieri Little Tiger Seedlings raised from candidus subflavus of horticulture come up in several colours. ‘Little Tiger’, has been cloned. Bright orange-yellow with brown feathering..............................£3.50olivieri olivieri Parnon AH.0156 . . .Strongly coloured deeper yellow-orange flowers without a hint of feathering, all over quite broad leaves with a very prominent white stripe..............................................£4.00paschei Large honey-scented, silvery lilac-blue flowers with a golden throat and divided orange styles. Proving to be a very good species in cultivation..............................................................£4.00pestalozzae Tight bunches of yellow-centred, white flowers with tiny marks on the filament looking like specks of soil. Flowering is early. Good outside...................................................................£2.70pestalozzae violaceus Superb mineral violet-purple flowers with a lovely golden throat are borne with the narrow wiry leaves. Floriferous, adaptable and one of the best for the garden.................................£2.70rujanensis Belphoebe Broader-petalled than normal rujanensis with a larger yellow throat. On the reverse there is much more feathering of a well contrasted and deeper purple-violet but with the creamy-yellow colourations of typical rujanensis retained towards the petal tips...............................................£12.50sieberi atticus Amfiklia CH.855 Strong, bunched violet flowers, with yellow throats, made with the broad, silver-centred leaves. Easy but best of all in a humus-rich, sunny site........................................£3.00sieberi sieberi The Cretan, high-mountain form with pure white flowers, golden throat and the whole of the outside stippled and finely striped in violet..........................................................................£7.50sieberi sublimis An excellent large-flowered stock of this sublime pale lilac-blue, lemon-throated subspecies, sometimes tinted purple on the petal tips............................................................................£3.75* suterianus Brilliantly yellow flowers early in spring, with the reverse of the outer petals feathered in brown. An easy stunner now recognised as a distinct species and not a form of olivieri.....£5.50tommasinianus Eric Smith A robust pure white form, with just a hint of purple pin-prick dotting on the outside. Doubly unusual in frequently having eight petals instead of the usual six.................................£3.00veluchensis VV.GB.285 Well coloured violet purple flowers, lacking any trace of yellow in the throat - as is normal for the species. Moist, humus rich soil, not drying in the summer.....................£5.50* veluchensis Woodland form ................................. Raised from plants found under the shade of oaks. Larger well-coloured violet purple flowers, lacking any trace of yellow in the throat as is normal for the species....................£5.50vernus albiflorus Delnice CEH 509. This species carpets the grasslands of the low Alps through the spring with small, tough white chalices, varyingly stained or striped purple at the base.........................£2.00vernus albiflorus Purple Desire Attractive, creamy white flowers with just a tiny tip of purple to the petals. A selection from Delnice seedlings.........................................................................................................£2.50vernus albiflorus Lavender Symphony This appeared in a seedling stock of Delnice albiflorus and has purple outers and white inners, which themselves have a thin purple line along their length..................£2.50

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CYCLAMENCYCLAMENafricanum Big polygonal leaves marbled with silver and sage green. Large, pale-pink flowers in early autumn. Hardy outside here in a south-facing area........................................................£4.50balearicum Deep green leaves silver-clouded on the top, red below. Flowers pure white and lightly fragrant, borne in spring. For pot culture but perhaps hardy in favoured spots......................£4.50cilicium Rounded, silvery-marked leaves clustered together with the slightly elongated, honey-scented pastel pink flowers, each marked with magenta, on the nose.........................................£2.50coum album Selected plants, with plain leaves, white flowers and a plum nose.............£3.80coum Maurice Dryden The leaves in this form are so heavily clouded that they appear to be solid silver, held below good sized, dumpy white flowers, which appear from January onwards....................£4.50coum Pewter strain Leaves of solid dusty sage green with a thin green outline, red underneath. Flowers of a bright, almost shocking-,pink, paler in the centre, picotee at the edge...............................£4.50coum Mixed Pinks Flowers in shades of pink over plain to patterned leaves...........................£3.00coum Red Deep seedlings from our deepest red parents, these are our darkest forms and are as close to red as the species ever gets...........................................................................................£4.00cyprium Beautifully silver-speckled, deep green leaves sit below pink-nosed, spice-scented, white or pale-pink flowers in September. Hardy here for many years.......................................£4.50graecum Infinitely variable leaves, from deep green, from near-black to pewter, lime and dusty sage. Splendid pink flowers in autumn and sporadically through winter........................................£6.30graecum album Veined and patterned leaves below pure white, fat flowers in October. These are true-to-type (flowered) seedlings from the original Greek albino plants...........................................£9.50hederifolium Lysander AH.8672A Raised from seed found in the Taygetos Mts., near Sparta. Vigorous and, some of the plants are fragrant of Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria)...................................£3.50hederifolium Silver Leaf Superb, predominantly silver leaves, in addition to which, it has strong pink flowers in the autumn. Makes a superb display all year “paying rent” for 10 of 12 months.....................£4.25libanoticum Patterned and zoned leaves and then suddenly in March, very large bright pale pink, angular flowers. Very lovely and the largest flowered of the species..............................................£4.50mirabile Small, rounded leaves, patterned and zoned around the scalloped edges borne in autumn with the long pink, purple-nosed flowers which are deliciously honey-scented......................£4.50persicum The true elfin wild type from which the florists’ monsters were bred. Silver patterned leaves and violet/spice-scented flowers of shell pink with a dark pink nose, in autumn..........£4.00pseudibericum Vibrant rosy purple, violet on the nose and violet scented. Well marked leaves. Hardy here over many years, a lovely plant justifiably our most popular Cyclamen................................£3.80purpurascens The hardiest of all Cyclamen. with pink flowers borne from July, strongly scented of Convallaria. Likes humus-rich, moisture-retentive soil, good drainage, half shade...............£6.50repandum peloponnesiacum...... A good form with silver-splashed and speckled leaves below elegant flowers of bright magenta to pale pinks with a carmine nose. Totally hardy here...................................£6.50repandum Vivid magenta-pink flowers in April, this is the latest species. A hardy woodland plant which likes good drainage. Only ever makes a small tuber but easily............................................£4.75rohlfsianum Large, pale-pink, highly-scented flowers over superb, angular, silver-splashed leaves. Too tender to be grown outside but a superb alpine house plant...............................................£8.00trochopteranthum (alpinum) A Turkish winter-flowering species with silver-patterned leaves, and masses of deep pink, honey-scented flowers over a long period from Jan. to April. Hardy....................£4.50

CYPRIPEDIUMCYPRIPEDIUMparviflorum Pure deep chrome yellow lips and twisted, mahogany petals. This is true, parviflorum in a good form and an excellent, cold-hardy plant..............................................................£37.50pubescens A superb North American plant with up to 3 fat yellow pouches and long, curling brown tepals. The tepals vary in shades of tan and olive..........................................................£36.50ventricosum Pink Raised here by division of a small number of original plants from one seed-raising these were selected for their rich pink flowers, which are the colour of raspberry sorbet......................£45.00

There will be more Cypripedium listed on our website from around June

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DICENTRADICENTRAcucullaria Graceful, ferny, grey-dusted foliage is a perfect foil for the flowers, held, in arching spikes above. The flowers are white, with two long, ascending spurs which give the bloom a very distinctive “angular” appearance. A superb early-spring flowering plant either for an alpine house pot, or a lightly shaded woodland type garden spot in humus rich but well-drained soil.......................................£3.75

DICHELOSTEMMADICHELOSTEMMAcapitatum Blue dicks. A wiry stem bears a head of 2-15 flowers of blue, violet or purple with a pale throat and a central "beak". Likes a dry summer rest............................................................£2.75volubile Walnut-sized heads of candy-pink, heavy-textured flowers each on a climbing stem. Each bulb can produce several of these twining stems, each bearing heads of flowers...............£3.00

ERANTHISERANTHIShyemalis Schwefelglanz A bright sulphur yellow hyemalis form totally distinct. Flowers of pastel, sulphur-yellow rather than the acid lemon yellow of the normal form. Earlier than most with us.............£4.50tubergenii This is not Guinea Gold but the wider cross (hyemalis x cilicica) is still an excellent plant. Large slightly fragrant, lemon-peel yellow flowers, a week before Guinea Gold............£7.50

ERYERYTHRONIUMTHRONIUMcalifornicum Large reflexed white flowers with a broad golden band in the throat. Easy outside. The best of all species for garden use. Makes a lovely display reliably each year....................£4.00caucasicum The earliest species of all to flower, in January. Large, pure white (rarely palest pink) flowers over patterned leaves. These have bright yellow pollen..................................................£11.50Citronella Slightly marbled leaves appear early in spring and good-sized, bright lemon flowers are held above in spikes with several blooms on each. ....................................................£3.00* dens-canis Charmer The palest shade of lavender kid, shaded lilac with a slightly greenish centre, marked with large, Indian red spot. The leaves are irregularly mottled with both green and brown........£5.00* dens-canis Frans Hals Purple-plum flowers with a greenish-bronze ring in the throat which is spotted and striped with soft brown or Indian-red at its edges. This is surrounded by a diffuse yellow zone.......£5.00* dens-canis Moerheimii A deep purple clone in which the flowers have the usual number of petals (six) increased to between eight and twelve once established. The leaves are well marked..........................£7.50dens-canis niveum The contrast of ice-white flowers and dark anthers, early in the year, over attractively mottled and marbled foliage is wonderful. The true plant......................................................£6.00dens-canis Old Aberdeen Superbly marked leaves and this is the deepest violet-purple flower colour of all of the clones. Carol Scott’s superb selection deserves the widest audience......................................£5.50* dens-canis Pink Perfection Good sized, pale pink-purple flowers which, away from the petal tips, shade through lighter pink to a small ring of almost white in the throat..............................................................£5.25* dens-canis Purple King Large pink-purple flowers with a throat spotted and striped with soft brown or Indian-red, contrasted by a white margin. This is perhaps the deepest coloured of all of the cultivars.. .£5.25* japonicum Superbly marked leaves of sage, pewter and fawn and deep amethyst-purple flowers, darker at the mouth around a white zone. Deep navy blue anthers...........................................£6.50Jeannine Large yellow flowers with a faint red throat ring, over slightly marbled leaves. These are smaller, in proportion, making this less “cabbagey” than Kondo and Pagoda........................£6.00* Natalie The best clone segregated from a cross which I made here some years ago, between revolutum & californicum White Beauty. Pale pink petals of the revolutum type, darker at the tips, paler at the base where there is a yellow throat which is overlaid with a faint red ring, the result being pale orange. The flowers are borne over foliage which is darkly mottled at flowering time (fading later)......£18.50revolutum Deep-green leaves with strong purple marbling below spikes of wide-open, bright-pink flowers. There is a ring of yellow in the throat and protruding yellow .Seed-raised stock......£6.50revolutum Johnsonii Paired deep-green leaves with strong purple marbling below spikes of large, wide-open, bright pink flowers. There is a ring of yellow in the throat and protruding yellow anthers.... .£9.50revolutum Pink Beauty Large, strong flowers with notably broad pink petals and a very attractive poise. The base of the petals is yellow, faintly dotted with orange spots. Special offer this year..................£11.50

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Sundisc Strongly-bronzed foliage, which fades to a nice even green with a bronze sheen. Well-carried spikes of large, yellow horizontal flowers with a red ring in the throat.....................£5.00* Susannah A gorgeous pale, golden yellow hybrid between fertile tuolumnense and oregonum, the best yellow hybrid to date, it leaves all others standing. A fully opened flower is almost 10cm across and there are normally 3-4 per spike. Free flowering. VERY few...................................£18.50tuolumnense This reliably makes plain leaves and long spikes of bright pure yellow flowers early in the Erythronium season, in March..............................................................................................£4.00White Beauty Strongly marbled leaves, in bronze and green, below spikes of large creamy flowers. These are yellow in the centre and have a rusty-red throat ring................................................£4.00

FRITILFRITILLARIALARIAbucharica Romit Several open-faced white flowers, with green centres, on 20cm stems, early in the season. Starts in mid-March most years, outside and unprotected...................................................£4.00conica An endemic of a small area in S. Greece, this bears strongly cone-shaped flowers of pure, bright citron-yellow on short stems, above glaucous green-grey foliage......................£10.50* eduardii A rare Crown Imperial. Tall stems, up to 1m (usually less), with abundant flared flowers in orange-yellow, lined with deep orange-red. Well drained sunny spot.........................£10.50meleagris Eros A new clone (2015) which opens pale pink, with green chequering and pink edges to the petals, soon fading to pale-mid pink overall with the nectaries picked out in green. ..........£5.50* meleagris Mars This has larger than normal flowers, which are a deep, dark, red-infused purple held over lovely blue-green foliage. It is a strong grower and makes larger plants.................................£7.50meleagris mixed Broad-shouldered, chequered flowers of pink, purple or white, on 25cm stems. An excellent garden plant. Moist soil, but tolerant! The largest available, top-sized bulbs......................£0.20* meleagris Pomona This has flowers with a very pale background strongly chequered with pale pink. The petals have a central, pale green stripe on the outside of the flower.......................................£8.50* meleagris Saturnus Large flowers with a pale background but very good strong red-purple colouring. The flower is shorter than many clones and the petals flare outwards towards the tips.........£7.50* meleagris Vesta A lovely white form with greatly elongated flowers. On the outside, the petals have a thin green stripe running their length.........................................................................................£15.00persica Senköy F. persica has tall spikes of purple-black flowers but can be shy to flower in n. Europe, Senköy is not. Rich deep plum colouring and freely produced flowers. Not fully FS.................£5.50raddeana A Crown Imperial only 30-45cm tall. Early in the year this bears a crowded whorl of bright straw yellow flowers. One of the hardiest and most frost resistant..................................£8.50reuteri Wide, garnet coloured flowers with a sharply contrasted yellow mouth with rounded, pinch nosed flowers and wide, curled basal leaves. Genuine stock.........................................£4.00stenanthera Soft bright pink “mob-caps” with deeply impressed purple nectaries, on short stems very early in the year. A good pan plant, although grows happily outside here............................£7.50

GALGALANTHUSANTHUS* alpinus alpinus Narrow, bluish leaves shorter than the stem at flowering. The stem is 10-15cm tall and holds one white flower which has a small V or U shaped green mark at the tip of the inners.. .£16.50Atkinsii A vigorous plant with slender growths and large, narrow-petalled flowers. Left undisturbed this soon makes a good display and increases pleasingly..................................................£4.50Cedric’s Prolific 30-40cm tall stems bearing large, well-marked, rounded flowers above very broad, blue-grey leaves. The inner segments are marked with a long deep green "V"...........................£9.50Christmas Wish A hybrid plant and one of the earliest flowering clones of nivalis affinity. It is tall, usually 15-20cm in flower. There is a faint median grey leaf stripe.......................................................£16.50Comet (elwesii Comet). Glaucous foliage with robust stems hold large, perfectly shaped flowers on long pedicels. The outer segments are long...........................................................£10.00* Desdemona A large, strong Greatorex Double. The well-marked rosette has strong green markings on each petal. The outer whorl comprises three, broad petals................................................£9.00* Dionysus Deep-green, inverted heart marks on the exterior of the inner petals. The inners have a broad central stripe composed of five fine green lines, running their length.....................£5.50* Elgar A lovely strong form with glaucous leaves and a stout stem with broad-petalled flowers of good texture, marked with a prominent green apical blotch on the inners............................£11.50

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elwesii elwesii Strong, broad, silvery leaves and good sized white flowers with a green apical blotch on the inners and a second, hazy, mark at the base. Seed-raised) garden stock........................£2.00elwesii monostictus Spring-flowering with strong, broad, silvery leaves and good sized white flowers varyingly marked with a single green blotch at the end of the inner tube....................................£1.75elwesii Plemy Green A large and imposing main season clone of monostictus with strong growths and a large and confluent, rich green 'X' mark spread across the end of the inner segments..............£11.50elwesii hiemalis A fabulous autumn plant, no ‘early winter’ here, this flowers from Oct. onwards. Strong growing and very desirable with good sized, green marked autumnal flowers!............£6.50Galatea One of the largest of all of the nivalis clan. Reminiscent of Magnet with its long hanging pedicel, but this is angled and the flower is scentless...............................................................£7.50* Handel A fine elwesii form with leaves which are much darker than usual and a lovely, mid-sized, pure white flower as early as November, once settled and established.................................£8.50* Hippolyta Fully-doubled flowers with petals which flare open sideways in warm sunshine. The inner frill is strongly marked with deep emerald green at the notched tips.....................................£14.00* Limetree One of Oliver Wyatt's selections considered to be very close to Atkinsii, resembling a slender version of that plant which blooms somewhat earlier............................................£7.00* Magnet Good sized flowers with long outer petals which are quite strongly honey-fragrant held on a long, gradually curving pedicel which nods and bobs in the slightest of breezes.......£6.00Maidwell L Very attractive, broad, glaucous, blue-grey leaves. Large, wide-petalled, elongated flowers early in Feb. The inners are marked with a large, deep green X................................£6.00Mrs MacNamara Attractive glaucous foliage and tall flower stems holding large flowers with thickly textured petals. Our biggest and tallest snowdrop, is arguably the best clone there is..............£15.00* Peter Gatehouse Good sized, symmetrically triangular flowers marked with a substantial amount of mid green on the inners in the shape of a pair of scissors with paler handles..................................£13.50reginae-olgae A lovely autumn-flowering snowdrop from the Taygetos Mts of S. Greece. Hardy here with flowers from Sept to Nov. It should be in every garden. Best left to clump...................£9.50reginae-olgae vernalis A vigorous spring-flowering form which retains the characteristic silver-lined foliage of the autumnal plant. Strong and early - on the spring side of Christmas..................................£9.50rizehensis Just 10-15cm tall with deep green, flat leaves recurving after flowering, with a very distinct appearance. Dainty flowers, on a hanging pedicel, longer than the spathe......................£12.00* Sam Arnott Globular honey-scented blooms, marked green on the tips of the inside. Named in the 19th century this has retained its popularity since for its good dependable display..........£6.00Silverwells A fine plicatus hybrid selected by Alex Duguid. Narrow silver-washed leaves and a long hanging flower with an inverted green ‘V’ at the apex of the inner petals..............................£8.50* Wendy’s Gold This has one of the better yellow colourations of the attainable plicatus forms, with well-covered inner segments and a yellow ovary..........................................................................£25.00* Winifrede Mathias Lovely slender growths with beautiful, silvery, glaucous leaves and slender flowers with the apex of the inners marked with an inverted broad, rounded V shape..........................£10.00woronowii Strappy, flat bright green leaves with no trace of blue, with the flowers in March. These have a characteristic, small green “cut-off” mark on the inner segments only..................£2.80* woronowi Vladimir Vasak . .Bright green, polished, (but not shiny) reflexing leaves and small nodding flowers, instantly recognisable as woronowii for the sharply “cut-off” apical marks on the inners.........£16.50

GERANIUMGERANIUMatlanticum Clusters of large flowers of a lovely blue-purple with fine violet-purple veins over the petals, on plants 25cm tall. Flowering begins in May outside and lasts until dormancy. Finely dissected, grey-green foliage. Likes a sunny spot, in a well drained fertile soil.......................................£4.50

GLADIOLUSGLADIOLUScarmineus Unique in its autumnal blooming, before the grey-green foliage, the stems carry 4-5 large flowers of rich deep pink, marked white, in September. Hardy in the UK with good drainage and sun being its ideal combination, it does not need lifting for winter...........................................................£5.00caucasicus RS.0572 The best Mediterranean species, native to Turkish marshes. Dense spikes of large flowers of rich deep purple to carmine. Very hard and has no demerit, other than its rarity. Sunny well drained site with adequate moisture when in growth............................................................£4.00

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This list is valid to October 31st 2017 onlyhowever some early species may be out-of-season well before the closing date,

whilst others continue to be available long after, we will always do our best to accommodate late orders but early orders are always best for everyone concerned.

GYNANDRIRISGYNANDRIRISmonophylla Pale blue-violet flowers with a sharply defined bright yellow crest are borne in tight clusters at the same time as the long, very thin leaves which grow singly, one from each corm.....£3.00sisyrinchium Dwarf Slender foliage and short stems, topped by good-sized, short-lived, Iris-shaped flowers of bright blue. Fresh flowers are produced in succession...........................................................£3.00

HELLEHELLEBORUSBORUSabruzzicus An extreme form of multifidus bocconei in which the leaves are greatly sub-divided in the manner of serbicus, below lizard green flowers hinted with caramel..............................£12.50croaticus From Croatia and related to atrorubens & torquatus. Rounded leaves divided up into a host of narrow leaflets below slightly nodding, deep, dark-purple flowers..............................£13.50dumetorum A deciduous woodland sp with a distinctive leaf cut into slender leaflets. Medium-sized, lime-green flowers in abundance with up to 10 per cluster, on each 30cm stem............£7.50* Maroon An orientalis clone selected for its deep, dark, velvety-purple flowers overlaid with a “waxy glow”, missing in all other dark hybrids. Inside is paler with yellow stamens....................£12.50* occidentalis Strongly perennial with multi-cleft, deep green leaves. In early spring, this bears hanging racemes of lizard-green flowers....................................................................................£10.00orientalis abchasicus WM.9607 The flowers set this apart, as they are strikingly red-tinted & sometimes spotted, or infused with, red-purple. The nectaries can be purple sometimes too..............£18.50orientalis caucasicus Flowers with a ground colour of white veering towards pale yellow or pale green. Rarely there is an infusion of pink at the base, and sometimes a few speckles.........................£14.50orientalis orientalis Nov. flowering A selected strain which reliably starts to open during Nov. This is generally white with a degree of cream or green shading, at the base of the petals.............................£14.00purpurascens WM 9922 Related to both atrorubens and dumetorum, but with larger flowers which are much more inclined to pink-purple than violet or brown, and with distinctive leaves...............£9.50torquatus AH 9115 Erupts early with reptilian juvenile foliage which matures to more familiar multi-divided leaves. Gorgeous nodding saucers follow early in spring. Raised from the best dark-purple plants, like all forms they are green inside. Partial shade, moist, well-drained soil....................£11.50

HABENERIAHABENERIA* tridactylites Small tubers make 2-3 opposite, pointed, deep-green leaves below a short flower spike of inconspicuous blooms of whitish-green. These are lightly, but pleasantly fragrant in the evening. It flowers very early in the wild and may show its buds as early as October...........................£19.50

HERBERTIAHERBERTIAlahue A small, spring-flowering member of the Iris family with very narrow and short (5cm) leaves and masses of short-lived, blue-purple flowers (each petal with a darker basal zone and shading). The flowers are readily produced, in abundance, over a good period before the plant dies back to a small, hazelnut-like corm. Garden soil with a dry summer rest. Hardy.................................................£6.50

HYACINTHELLAHYACINTHELLAdalmatica grandiflora Beautiful bright cobalt blue flowers crammed into short spikes. Each bell-shaped bloom has flaring petals, revealing dark blue-black anthers inside. Hardy.................................£7.50lazulina Glaucous leaves and spikes of rich blue flowers, infused with deep inky indigo. Mediterranean bulb conditions, dry summer rest and fertile, loam-based composts...............................£6.50

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HYACINTHOIDESHYACINTHOIDEShispanica Distinguished from the English Bluebell by its larger, paler blue flowers, which are held on more erect flower stems. The flowers have little or no scent. A very different and distinct form, propagated from the most southerly population known in Spain.............................................................£3.20vicentina VH.702 A May-flowering plant, with soft blue flowers of heavy texture, made reliably every year. These have the paired bracts under the flowers and yellow pollen..........................£2.75

HYACINTHUSHYACINTHUS* orientalis The beautiful wild plant which is smaller than the ephemeral mutants with blue hanging-bell flowers spaced loosely up the stem. These emit the most glorious perfume......................£8.50

IPHIPHEIONEIONAlberto Castillo Attractive silver foliage with large fragrant blooms of pristine white. An excellent advance, twice as large as the old, scrawny ‘album’, which we have dropped.......................................£0.50Charlotte Bishop Broad-petalled flowers of sugar pink and white plus a light fragrance of sweet violets. Readily grown outside in the garden and flowering from Jan to late summer.............................£0.50dialystemon A splendid, bright yellow species from Patagonia. Ideal in a pot under glass or perhaps for outside in a sunny, well-drained spot...................................................................................£5.00Jessie A selection from Rolfe Fielder seedlings of a more intense, deeper blue whilst preserving the same lovely broad petals, scent and pleasing appearance of that plant..........................£0.50Tessa Light blue-violet outside and violet inside with violet edges and a darker midrib. The yellow pollen in the centre of the flower makes a lovely counterpoint.............................................£0.50

IRIIRISSIRIS Juno types

bucharica Baldschuan Yellow ..........................There are some superb bucharica forms now available. They grow well outside, make masses of flowers, some are fragrant. We cannot grow them all and now concentrate on the best. This is superb, dwarf plants, plastered in deep golden yellow flowers...........................................£5.50* caucasica x orchioides Simsi An eminently growable small plant with beautifully formed and coloured, bright yellow flowers, early in the year..................................................................................................£10.50* nusairiensis x aucheri Olof The flowers are usually of a light, blue tinged, cream with yellow crests to the falls but there is variation usually towards the blue end of the spectrum.........................................£10.50orchioides Slender yet strong stems, bear good sized flowers of softest creamy-yellow, each with a darker yellow crest. This is the real species in a vigorous form, clearly true orchioides...............£7.25* pseudocaucasica Flowers of a pale, translucent, yellow-green, sometimes with a discernible blue tinge. Rarely they bear totally bluish flowers. All colour forms have a bright yellow crest to the falls....£35.00* vicaria x microglossa Marjaneh .......................................................................................................25-30 cm tall pale violet-blue flowers with a yellow central part of the blade and very intense violet-blue veining. Late to flower extending the flowering season.....................£8.50warleyensis Pale blue standards with a central deep-blue band and purple-striped, white falls shading to a violet apex and gold crest. Best in the garden, rather than potted..............................£9.00warleyensis x willmottiana Lazuline .....Abundant medium sized flowers of strong pure blue purer and stronger than either parent. The flowers have a large central white patch, toning to primrose yellow and then to chrome at the crest, contrasted by a small zone of navy blue lines............................................£9.00

IRIS Bearded typesalbicans AH 9170 The true sp. found only in Arabia & Yemen (the widespread imposter is white germanica). Grey leaves & 1-3, sweetly scented, white flowers, green bracts...........................£7.50* cengialti Large, deep purple flowers with the standards and falls of the same rich colouring. The falls have a prominent, bright, chrome-yellow beard.......................................................£7.50* sicula A superb species, the giant of the bearded section, up to 170 cm tall with 20 cm flowers of light lavender with a sweet and pleasant, slightly ‘chemical’ scent.........................................£7.50

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IRIS Regelia typeshoogiana Up to three, 10cm wide, soft violet flowers with a superb fragrance of Lily-of-the-Valley in May. Raised from the original collection made by Graeber in the Pamirs in 1913..............£3.50hoogiana alba A new clone propagated from a 1990 find in Harangon valley. Unlike the old clone this one is healthy and is pure white with no purple tones, just a lemon-yellow beard.................£8.50hoogiana Amphion Dusky burgundy falls edged with gold and a yellow tipped, white beard sit below coffee-infused blue standards, toning to violet at the base...........................................................£5.50* hoogiana Antiope Pale blue-washed background edged with golden-bronze veining contrasting with deep imperial purple falls, edged with bronze veining, darker than that found on the standards.....£5.00hoogiana Hippolyta Golden-bronze veined falls and standards, toning to an almost electric violet in the centre. The central colouring is more pronounced on the falls..........................................................£5.50* hoogiana Zethos This has deeper violet-purple flowers with intricate, deeper violet veining covering the falls and the standards. The falls are a darker purple-violet than the rest of the flower.... . .£7.50korolkowii Perhaps the finest Regelia, this is vigorous with magnificently veined 7cm flowers of cream, overlaid with a netting of deep maroon. The standards are tinged violet..................£13.50lineata Flowers with purple brown falls and a blue beard. Pointed standards of red-brown with a bluish centre on 30cm tall stems a month before the related stolonifera. (ex JCA seed). £11.50stolonifera Vigorous 30-55cm stems carry 3 flowers each. These are white, shaded brown at the edge. The falls are edged chocolate, shaded violet, with a purple centre.....................................£6.50stolonifera Caligula Violet-blue falls with a broad, bronze-brown edge and a white beard. The standards are centrally lilac on a whitish ground becoming bronze-banded laterally..............................£9.50stolonifera Claudius The edges of the falls are deep brown blending out to bright violet in the centre, brought together by reddish-brown veins. The small beard is white..........................................£12.50stolonifera Tiberius A superb clone of very rich and intense brown and purplish-violet in combination, in effect a stronger, darker version of Morning Coffee.......................................................£8.50* stolonifera Trajanus Richly coloured flowers with falls which tone from deep purple to pale tan. The petals are superbly marked with toffee-brown veining around a faintly blue-tipped, white beard..........£12.50stolonifera Vespasianus Standards of pale sky-blue overlaid with deeper violet. Falls violet-brown with strongly coloured deep brown veining on a violet ground toning to white towards the white beard.......£10.50stolonifera Zwanenburg Beauty. Blue-hinted, white standards with frilled, bronze edges and veins with lilac-shaded falls fading to white in the centre, with bronze veins. White beard......................................£8.50

IRIS Oncocyclus types* atropurpurea Black buds yield deep and intense burgundy flowers with a near-black oncodot and a purple tipped yellow beard. Flowering is very early in the season. Israel. ..................................£40.00* barnumae barnumae Great big standards of deep imperial purple shaded with reddish-brown. The petals are contrasted with a narrow median beard composed of whitish or cream hairs......................£20.00* barnumae protonyma Khoy A dwarf steppe plant with richly coloured, brownish-purple falls (sometimes infused with ruby red shades) and slightly less intense purple, violet or purple-violet standards..........£30.00* barnumae urumiensis Strongly falcate grey leaves sit below flowers of bright primrose yellow. The beard is a slightly deeper yellow and it sits above a signal patch which is also darker than the petals.£40.00* elegantissima Yerevan This represents a really superbly contrasted form of the most typical colour combination of this species – creamy white standards and deep brown falls.......................................£29.50* iberica Rustavi Pale standards with a hint of light blue sit above falls with a cream ground colour marked with deep chocolate veins and flecks around a dark coffee-coloured signal patch........£29.50* kirkwoodii calcarea Syria Each bloom has a virtually white background colour very heavily overlaid with deep purple-black. The signal patch is also deep purple and is surrounded by long purple hairs.........£45.50* kirkwoodii kirkwoodii Blackthorn ....................................................................................................30-40cm tall stems with huge flowers Standards veined & stippled with intense violet on a pale ground. Falls veined with deep purple......................................................£40.00lycotis Deep purple falls and standards, the falls heavily veined around a dark oncodot. Narrow, sabre-shaped, blue-green leaves. Clonal, from a plant ex Urmia Lake, Iran............£28.50* lycotis Tizh Tizh In this clone the standards are a little darker and more intensely veined than the falls. The flowers sit on very short stout stems over wider, spreading, green leaves......................£30.00* lycotis Yeraskh In this clone both the standards and the falls are of a similar, deep purple-brown colour with the falls tending towards a background of cream towards their tips.........................£30.00

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* lineolata 09-91A Sharply "pointed" white-cream flowers intricately marked all over with near-black veining and a small black signal spot. The dwarfest of our clones, only 10-12cm tall.........£25.00mariae Satin-textured flowers of pink to pale violet, marked with fine purple veining, (only visible close to) and a deep-purple, bearded signal patch. Good drainage, scant watering, frost-free and barely dry in winter. Restricted to the Negev desert.......................................................................£39.50* meda Iris meda is variable, it is usually thought of as having bright but pale, lemon yellow to creamy straw-yellow ground colours. These are veined with dull brown and a dense beard of bright yellow hairs immediately above a chestnut-maroon-black signal patch......................................£50.00* meda x barnumae protonyma This mingles the deep purple-black colouring of beard of Iris barnumae protonyma with the lined and striped standard of Iris meda..................................................................£35.00nigricans. Deep and intense blackish-purple, with dark beards. The flowers are borne on 35cm stems. Needs attention to good winter air circulation, light and sharp drainage..........................£29.50* nigricans Jordan. Superb, purple and black satin, heavily veined flowers, this is a typification of the imagery that Gothic cinema depends on! A distinct horticultural stock, of traceable wild origins.....£30.00paradoxa The 4cm falls of delicious purple with a dense black-purple beard. The standards are larger, white dotted and veined blue. The whole plant is 10-20cm tall............................£18.50* paradoxa Archut This selected clone is the darkest of all of those that we grow and it is raised from a single plant, traceable to near the village of Archut in Armenia..................................................£20.00* paradoxa Chosab Iran A superb colour variant from the border areas of Turkey, Iran and Russia with deeply coloured violet-black falls and white standards with strong but delicate veining........................£30.00* paradoxa Tovuz Tovuz (or Z-Tovuz) is notable for the beautifully strong contrast between the violet-blue veins and the white background on the standards...............................................................£20.00* paradoxa Vahagni This clone comes from a plant traceable to the countryside around Vahagni Village in Yeravan, Armenia about half way between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea...................£20.00* petrana (hieruchamensis) Flowers of such a deep, dark violet that they truly live up to their epithet of "Black Iris". The flowers are accompanied by slender, upright, greyish leaves.............£45.00* sari manissadjanii An exceptionally compact and very desirable form of sari which bears short narrow, strongly falcate leaves and fabulously coloured flowers on short stems..................................£24.00* sprengeri Large cream flowers spotted and veined with purple-red. The signal patch is deep purple-brown. Slender, elongated rhizomes run some distance...................................................£20.00

IRIS Reticulata typeswinogradowii Large, soft primrose yellow flowers, early in the year. The best of the yellow species, and vastly better than the ephemeral danfordiae. Damp peaty soil, good drainage, full sun.. . .£6.50* zagrica EGO.IQ129 A new species from the Zagros Mountains of Iran. Notable for its very long flower stalk yet almost no flower tube. Pale sky blue standards with a darker central zone above powerfully veined, imperial purple falls with a central orange crest.........................................................£9.50

IRIS Various types* cretensis AH.0127 Short, narrow leaves and strikingly coloured flowers of violet and lavender, with an orange crest, and darker standards. This flowers from February onwards, when colour is doubly welcome. Sharply drained soil, full sun and good on a south-facing wall....................................£5.00

LEUCOJUMLEUCOJUMvernum Podpolozje Combines the yellow-tipped habit of carpathicum with the robust stature and twin-flowered habit of vagneri, the best of both worlds. A superb plant..................................................£7.50

LLILIUMILIUMhenryi A robust and easily grown Lily for the garden with glossy green leaves and large tangerine-peel coloured blooms in summer...................................................................................£5.00pyrenaicum Strong growing making a superb display in June with dense whorls of compact leaves on short stems and rust-speckled vivid yellow flowers...............................................................£15.00pyrenaicum Gavarnie A distinct stock traceable to a collection made by the late Frank Waley in the French Pyrenees at the Cirque de Gavarnie, at 1,500m in 1935..........................................................£15.00

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MELASPHAERULAMELASPHAERULA* ramosa Tiny, bell-shaped corms make slender leaves with red stripes. Masses of small, creamy- to sulphur-yellow flowers, with a purple star in the centre, are made in racemes on thin wiry stems in spring. Easily grown but needs glass in the UK as it is wintergreen.........................................£3.25

MIERSIAMIERSIAchilensis A dwarf species. Starry flowers of pale greenish-white & purple with violet filaments and yellow anthers. Between 3 and 7 are held in short, lax, spikes on slender short stems. Either way a well drained gritty loam-based compost in full light is best. An alpine house pot is adequate.......£5.50

MORAEAMORAEAspathulata Tight clumps of narrow leaves with stiff, upright stems bearing Iris-like flowers of bright yellow over a period of weeks, in Summer. Humus-rich soil, full sun........................................£4.00

MUSCARIMUSCARIadilii Bluish-violet flowers with white teeth around the apex. The flower spike is very dense. 2 or 3 wide, arching leaves in cultivation though they are prostrate in the wild...........................£7.00anatolicum Giant Form Long, bicoloured flowers of deep, black-violet pinched in at the mouth and with large white reflexing tips. A small upper tuft of sterile flowers in light blue sets the whole off.................£6.50chalusicum Very distinct blue to turquoise flowers, like little hand-bells - flared at the mouth, not pinched as in most Muscari. Easy outside in a sunny well-drained soil. ..............................£2.50commutatum album Vegetative clonal propagations from a pure white variant originally found on Peloponnesus in Southern Greece.........................................................................................................£7.50cycladicum subsessile (Leopoldia cycladica) This has brown (rather than purple) fertile flowers tipped with bright yellow teeth. The sterile tuft is made directly from the flower stem........................................£4.50dionysicum AH.8965 Tall spikes of greenish-purple fertile flowers crowned by a “tassel” of long-stemmed glowing purple infertile flowers. This spectacular plant can be 80cm tall.........................£3.50discolor Just 2-4 narrow, leaves curl below a short stem bearing a large flower spike, of deep blackish-blue with a white apex and white lobes, not constricted or pinched.................................£5.50kerkis The lower, fertile flowers are a very deep indigo, sharply contrasted with white teeth and set off by a pale blue tuft of sterile flowers at the top..............................................................£6.50leucostomum Free-flowering deep rich navy-blue, so intense that it looks to be black. Each tiny “grape” is outline with a tiny white crinoline. Easy in a well drained sunny spot. Hardy....................£3.00pinardii (Leopoldia pinardii) This rare tassel species has dainty tufts of violet-blue flowers above the chamois-grey fertile blooms. Well-drained sunny spot...............................................£2.50spreitzenhoferi........................................... The lower, fertile, flowers are narrowly urn-shaped, about 5mm long, yellowish to tan borne on long pedicels whilst the upper, sterile, flowers are reduced to just a few wispy threads..........£5.00

NARCNARCISSUSISSUSbroussonetti An unusual autumn flowering daffodil with pale greyish leaves and several white, scented flowers with broad petals and virtually no trumpet. Tender in the UK..............................£9.50bulbocodium nivalis A dwarf form from upland Portugal where it grows in wet peat soils close to the snow. Ideal for cold gardens but surprisingly happy in a pot. Seed raised in cultivation.........................£2.00bulbocodium paucinervis Pale primrose to cream hoop-petticoat flowers with quite a large, shallow, flaring, almost translucent trumpet borne through the winter months......................................................£2.50calcicola A rare and limited Portuguese species with curling, prostrate foliage and comparatively large, highly scented flowers on short stout stems early in the season............................£5.50cantabricus cantabricus Pure white, hoop-petticoats very early in the spring, sometimes in winter, over attractive curling narrow leaves. Likes sun and good drainage, but happy here outside.........................£5.00cantabricus foliosus Makes good growth, with freely produced flowers in a shade of soft cream rather than pure white. What it lacks in ice-white purity it repays in ease of growth................................£4.50cantabricus monophyllus Good-sized, pure white hoop-petticoats in abundance in the spring. The name ‘monophyllus’ (one leafed) is not accurate, there are usually a few, but lots of blooms..........................£5.00

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* cerrolazae This is one of the green-leaved, jonquil section species. It makes tough, tubular leaves and a spike of 1-4 flowers which usually have a curved tube, but this is not invariable...............£6.50* confusus Glaucous blue-green leaves only 5cm long at flowering. Above are held good sized flowers on short stems. The petals are bright sulphur yellow, the tube is deep gold.....................£6.50cyclamineus Dwarf growths with each bulb making a single scape with a solitary flower of intense yellow, with the petals completely reflexed in the manner of a Cyclamen. This is the true species and these are seed-grown and cultivated, but it’s a slow process. Sandy, acid soil is ideal. .................£9.50Diamond Ring ® A Dutch selection of obesus, this floriferous form has fat leaves curling on the soil below good-sized, bright yellow, hoop-petticoats on short stems.....................................................£0.50hedraeanthus luteolentus A tiny hoop-petticoat with pale primrose to almost white flowers, subtly hinted with green, that sit almost at ground level alongside the narrow prostrate leaves..................................£5.50italicus Found years ago near Mistras in Greece, which was a Venetian city in the 17th century. Vegetative propagation of the original few................................................................................£7.00Minicycla A cross between asturiensis and cyclamineus registered before WW1 10cm stems bear long, dark-gold, trumpets, slightly reflexing petals sit behind in a perfect star......................£8.50nobilis A short plant, with large, horizontal flowers strikingly and beautifully bicoloured. Deep golden flaring trumpet and pastel primrose segments...................................................................£4.50obsoletus The correct name for Mediterranean plants formerly thought of as being serotinus. Fragrant white stars with green pollen and a tiny, vestigial red-brown cup, in Autumn...........£6.50* pachybolbos Broad pale leaves and stout hemispherical flower stems. These bear up to 16 flowers, composed of broad white petals and an entire pure white corona.............................................£7.50poeticus physaloides JMH 8217 Each bloom has pure white petals, forming a 6cm disc with a small lime corona, ringed crimson. Fragrant. Damp, humus rich, well-drained spot in light shade...................£4.50romieuxii Julia Jane Large, very widely flaring trumpets of soft yellow, looking not unlike a Petunia in shape and indeed this is the pale yellow counterpart of cantabricus petunioides...............................£2.00rupicola Solitary broad, flat-faced stars of vivid clear golden yellow, with a shallow trumpet, all above lovely blue-grey leaves, in March-April. Well drained, sunny spot.............................£6.50tazetta bertolonii The wide, shallow trumpet is a deep, golden yellow and the surrounding petals are a slightly paler yellow but they are still quite deeply coloured. The blooms are superbly scented.. . .£6.50

NECTAROSCORDUMNECTAROSCORDUMtripedale Strong stems 50-90cm tall with packed umbels of up to 30 pendulous, bell-shaped 2cm wide flowers of bright rose-pink, with cream edges to the petals, in April. Makes few offsets but it is the best of the genus. Well drained sunny soil in the garden............................................................£7.50

NOTHOLIRIONNOTHOLIRIONthomsonianum An unusual Kashmiri Notholirion totally unlike any of the Chinese spp. It grows on a Mediterranean cycle and is best treated as if it were a Crocus or Fritillaria. 90cm spikes of fabulous, pale satin-pink trumpets, each7-8cm long, in summer. Humus rich, well drained soil.............................£5.50

OSTROWSKIAOSTROWSKIAmagnifica Growths to 1.8m with up to 25 flared bells of light blue to white each 15-18cm across. Shade from strong sunshine. Makes a big, swollen root, in time but resents disturbance. Best in a S-facing, raised bed. If you must pot it this needs a big one, 12 litres is a minimum pot size...............£15.00

OXALISOXALIS* flava longifolia This is a yellow-flowered form with vivid and intense, bright yellow flowers. The reverse is thinly lined with red along the centres of the petals................................................................£4.50flava White Rounded, overlapping petals of pure white with a tiny, yellow centre. Vegetative propagations with good “palmy” foliage. Originally found near Nieuwoudtville......................£4.50gracilis (karooica) Decorative, finely divided leaves sit below flowers that range from almost white (with a yellow tube) through to apricot which are held on red stems tube..........................£4.50hirta Pink form Stems to 30cm, clothed in small hairy leaves and totally covered (you sometimes cannot see the leaves) in bright, vivid pink-red flowers with yellow centres. ........................£4.50

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PAEONIAPAEONIAPaeonia are LATE-RIPENING and cannot be sent until mid October

* anomala veitchii Large, strongly nutmeg-scented flowers, of rich pink, on medium sized plants in April. More compact, than woodwardii but with flowers as large...........................................................£27.50broteroi Bowl-shaped flowers of bright pale pink, toning to deep pink-rose at the edges and contrasted with a central golden boss. Individual blooms can be 8-15cm across..........................£37.50* caucasica The Caucasian member of the mascula complex, with sage-coloured, green foliage, without hairs. The flowers are sumptuous open, rosy-red to red-pink goblets..........................£27.50emodi Raised, by division, from plants traceable to Sir Frederick Stern at Highdown. Superb white chalices with a central boss of yellow. ............................................................................£35.00flavescens Large spreading, slightly crinkled flowers of purest white (a few have a tiny mark here and there of pink on the petal edges, this is as they should be, this is a species characteristic and not hybridity) with a large boss of red and yellow stamens in the centre........................................£40.00* japonica Blue-green, leaves on slender reddish petioles, held by red stems. Pure white, satin bowls open to reveal a tiny claret-coloured centre surrounded by chrome yellow anthers...........£48.50mascula mascula This is the true plant with 12cm purple flowers, with purple filaments, in April. The sharply pointed glaucous leaves are glabrous on the underside, as they should be......................£26.50mascula russii Greyish, biternate leaves and bright purple-violet flowers, softer in colour than many species, each bloom 10cm across and with white or rose-pink filaments and yellow anthers.....£29.50mlokosewitschii Lovely large, pale lemon-yellow bowls with a large central boss in deep gold. There is just no other species like it. Easy but very slow......................................................................£65.00officinalis True species A very desirable plant with divided blue-green leaves and large, bowl-shaped flowers of stunning bright pink. These are from Croatian seed.............................................................£26.50officinalis banatica CH.889 Divided blue-green leaves & large, bowl flowers of stunning bright pink. A highly esteemed early-flowering plant for a well-drained fertile soil in half shade.....................£26.50peregrina Ruby red bowls with pink or red filaments are held over deeply cleft, glossy-green leaves. Readily grown in the "usual" situation of light, leafy soil in half shade............................£37.50steveniana (wittmanniana nudicarpa) Some have reddish stems, some green, all have large, palest pink to almost white flowers with a central golden boss. All are superb!...........................£54.00

PANCRATIUMPANCRATIUMillyricum Decorative, broad, blue-green leaves with the blooms. 60cm stems bear large, pure white, very fragrant trumpet. The hardiest Pancratium, found at over 4,000ft in some localities...£22.50maritimum Attractive blue-grey, daffodil-like leaves then large, heavy-textured white flowers with a tremendous perfume. The scent drifting on a gentle breeze is one of life’s joys..............£5.50parviflorum 20-25cm tall with glaucous narrow, short foliage. Highly fragrant white flowers the petals of which have a lovely thick, waxen texture, subtly yet noticeably infused with green..........£17.50

PARISPARIS* incompleta Allied to quadrifolia but this is more vigorous with larger growths and flowers. In Large green flowers but in 2010 our entire stock flowered white. It was then green in 2011 and 2012, - this cannot happen and has happened! Well drained, slightly shaded leaf soil outside then don’t disturb.. £18.50

PODOPHYLLUMPODOPHYLLUMhexandrum Pink CT 232 Material raised from seed collected by Carla Theune of Leiden B.G. some years ago in Yunnan. This form seems mostly to have attractive, large pink flowers over leaves that are nicely marbled on emergence. The plant later yields an attractive red fruit......................................£7.00hexandrum White SEP 266 A strain raised from Swedish Expedition to Pakistan seed. Shiny tooth-edged leaves below a attractive, large flowers of white, surrounded by yellow anthers.................£7.50peltatum Fat rhizomes produce a polished umbrella of lizard green with a coppery sheen that fades as the large bud opens to a white, up-facing blossom. Later followed by a fat, green, crab-apple-like fruit. Peat garden, or in the border with humus worked in. Sun or shade.........................................£5.00

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ROMULEAROMULEAbulbocodium leichtliniana.... We have just a few corms of this lovely Cretan colour form with very pale flowers – virtually white in fact, each with a lovely yellow throat.............................................................£3.25clusiana A large flowered deeply coloured violet species with a well contrasted yellow throat. This is an excellent plant with good colouring and broad petals..................................................£3.50* columnae A diminutive species found from the UK east across the Mediterranean. Small pale to mid-violet cups with purple stripes and prominent yellow-orange anthers very early in the year.£4.50crocea Probably the largest of the Old World species and certainly the only yellow one. Large yellow funnels, with a darker throat ring, in abundance, very early in the year.....................£6.50linaresii graeca The smaller flowered form from Greece and Crete with more intense purple flowers and purple filaments which contrast with the yellow anthers......................................................£3.25monticola A winter-spring species with small, golden yellow conical flowers, marked with burnished gold feathering and stripes on the exterior and tiny brown throat spots sometimes...............£5.00* ramiflora Good-sized, rich violet flowers with a golden yellow-orange throat and, characteristically, a short style. It makes a superb display in March and April........................................£6.00* requienii Strong plants bear thick petalled deep purple flowers early in the year on thin, wiry stems. Ideal in a sunny spot with fertile soil and good drainage......................................................£5.50tempskyana A little known species from Cyprus and Turkey, with flowers in an intense deep violet, deeper still in the throat with a small central boss of sulphur anthers...........................................£3.25

SANGUINARIASANGUINARIAcanadense Multiplex Finger-fat, red rhizomes make waxy shoots which unfold to gorgeous blue-green, crimp-edged leaves around double, white pom-poms. In time makes a clump which is a highlight of the spring garden. A winner of every plant award there is, should be in every garden.........................£11.00

SCSCILLAILLAarmena A dwarf subject with 1-3 blooms of china-blue striped with deeper blue along the petal. Up to three, 10cm tall, scapes per bulb. Likes cold, good drainage and a moist summer.......£4.00autumnalis Dense spikes of small purple-blue flowers appear suddenly in August. Easy and hardy, it survives cold well. In one garden I know it grew in a mossed-up bird-bath!.......................£2.50autumnalis Titan The largest form of autumnalis with bulbs 4-5cm in diameter. In early autumn several 40-60cm flowering shoots develop bearing masses of small, rosy pink flowers.......................£10.50* bithynica 15cm tall with two to four leaves at ground level and a densely packed spike of horizontal starry flowers in bright mid blue. Each bloom is some 1cm across.........................................£3.00cilicica Mersin The depth of blue is variable but no forms are bad. Raised in the harsh climate of central Europe but doing just as well here! Well drained sunny spot. ................................................£6.00greilhuberi This starts growth in early autumn and remains wintergreen. Early in the year it makes 20-25cm long spikes of hanging, reflexed bright blue bells. Light shade is best..........................£4.00* hyacinthoides In March and April stems up to 80cm tall with buds that open, along its length, so that flowering is over a long period. The pale blue starry flowers are very decorative........................£8.00lilio-hyacinthus AMH.7812 Carpet the ground with attractive foliage and 25cm pyramidal spikes of pure blue flowers, yet it is never invasive.. Leafy half shade. Hardy........................................£2.50lilio-hyacinthus albus This produces pure white flowers on 20cm stems in April with the fresh green foliage. Goes well with trillium and likes cool “woodsy” soils...................................................................£2.00melaina Each scape has up to five flowers of lovely, clear sky-blue and often three, 15cm tall, scapes per bulb. Cool, moist, well-drained conditions............................................................£5.00messeniaca AH.0168 Several leaves are held in a rosette below a 15cm tall spike of starry, horizontal, bright mid-blue flowers each about 1cm across and held on a 1cm pedicel..........................£4.00monophylla One, lance-shaped, leaf, some 2-2.5 cm wide. Flowers of (violet)-blue, slightly smaller than in S. bifolia, some 10-15 in each spike...............................................................................£4.50morrisii There are one to three flowers per 20cm stem and these are bells of pale pink-purple rather than typical Scilla blue. Easy to grow in a well drained sunny spot....................................£3.50

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persica 30cm stems with long, slender racemes of bright mid-blue, flat starry flowers, each one on a long flower-stalk. Easy, outside in the garden.................................................................£3.00ramburei A dwarf, showy species with about 25 attractive 1cm flowers, each with a single bract, crowded into a spike above the narrow, inconspicuous leaves...........................................£6.00siberica Boreas A deep blue clone with black anthers and black pollen on 15cm stems. Flowering begins in Jan and continues until March, often with several scapes per bulb.........................£4.50siberica Enem More evenly blue than the usual forms, lacking any white at the base of the flower. Very early, this is often in flower in January. Ht. 10-15 cm..........................................................£3.00taurica RS.156/83 A particularly vigorous variety with large racemes with up to 20starry, deep blue flowers. Good for naturalising, eventually seeding itself prolifically.........................£2.50verna Narrow, tidy, ground hugging leaves and pale- to mid-blue flowers on short stems. Very hardy but very dwarf and ideal in a pot or at the front of a raised alpine bed......................£2.00

SCOLIOPUSSCOLIOPUShallii Classically hallii differs from bigelowii in being smaller & Oregonian (rather than larger & Californian). I find consistently hallii is smaller with less leaf spotting. The flowers are caramel, not black & lightly fragrant rather than smelling of wet-dogs. Side by side the species are unmistakably different. A super little plant from a unique genus. Half shade, humus rich soil......................................£8.50

SISYRINCHIUMSISYRINCHIUMpatagonicum Slender Iris type foliage produced in spring, accompanied by elfin, bright primrose flowers with reflexing petals & a garnet throat. Well drained, peaty soil with grit......................£4.50

STERNSTERNBERGIABERGIAgreuteriana MK.0187 Numerous, bright yellow funnels in September, shaped like a miniature S. lutea, but on long tubes. Sunny, well drained loam soil, dry in summer..............................£5.00lutea ex Greece PJC.199 Wide green leaves, with golden yellow autumnal goblets on 10cm stems from September onwards. Good in the garden.............................................................................£3.75lutea ex Iran Authentic material from the eastern edge of the range of the sp. This came to us via a German Botanic garden. Glowing yellow flowers, September onwards.....................................£4.25lutea ex Italy Broad leaves but still less than 1cm wide. Large gold flowers are made in succession from Sept. on. Fertile, warm, sunny site with a gentle bake in summer, but don’t overdo it. £4.00sicula Arcadian Sun C.529 Narrow, dark green leaves, bright buttercup-yellow flowers, early in the season. Readily grown and increases pleasantly here dying back in mid May.......................................£3.50sicula Dodona Gold The most free-flowering, form from the very north of the plant’s range, with large golden goblets borne reliably every Sept and Oct, over prostrate silver-lined leaves....................£4.00

TECOPTECOPHILAEAHILAEAcyanocrocus Unique in the bulb world for the depth and intensity of its unbelievable, scented, gentian-blue flowers. Well drained compost under glass or a favoured spot outside...............£4.00cyanocrocus Leichtlinii In this lovely form the blue is a touch paler whilst the white throat-star extends right up into the throat, with a few tiny blue flecks just to set off the white..............................................£4.00cyanocrocus Stormcloud A white throat, as in leichtlinii, with the gorgeous violet colouring of violacea. The first new Tecophilaea since Max Leichtlin registered the existing cultivars in 1881.........................£7.00cyanocrocus Violacea The colouration here is a very distinct and lovely, sumptuous deep violet infused blue, which seems to enhance the velvety texture of the petals.................................................£4.00

TRILLIUMTRILLIUMalbidum Faintly-marbled leaves and white, upright, heavily textured, funnelled flowers with a hint of pink at the base. Contrasting cadmium-yellow anthers and a strong rose scent................£8.50apetalon A unique Japanese species in which petals are replaced by purple, petal-like sepals of blood-red to purple. Flowers early in the year. Half-shade and a humus-rich soil..................£11.50* apetalon album The flowers in this rare form have entirely green petals and sepals with yellow-cream anthers bearing white pollen. Very different and seldom seen. .................................................£39.50

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camschatcense A vigorous stock with good-sized, white flowers with broad, slightly recurving petals. This lovely Trillium is slightly fragrant and has a very characteristic purple spot on the ovary...£15.00catesbaei Beautiful, reflexed, nodding pale pink (rarely white) flowers over plain leaves. An acid soil is best and attention to ensure plenty of water but with good drainage...............................£6.50* chloropetalum giganteum Lightly marbled leaves below deep, lustrous purple-brown, red, pink and bicoloured flowers. The taxon is a variable one which is still in rapid evolution in its native California..£18.00cuneatum Large long-petalled, red-brown stemless (sessile) flowers face upwards over beautifully bottle-green and brown-mottled leaves. Garden conditions...................................................£5.50erectum Polished mahogany flowers with a black nose above plain green leaves. These are cultivated flowered seedlings, with red petals and yellow pollen as they should have......................£6.50* erectum blandum These are from seed of a true white form of erectum. Pure white flowers with contrasting green bracts and a central black-violet ovary.....................................................................£10.50flexipes x erectum Attractive hybrids combine the vigour and size of flexipes with the rich colour of erectum. They range from white through cream, pale yellow, pale salmon, orange, pink and red..........£8.50flexipes White Plain green leaves and large flowers of pure crystalline white with a light, delicate scent. Strong growing and one of the most garden-worthy species...........................................£9.50govanianum A dwarf plant with plain green leaves and 15cm red stems hold a small, starry flower of oxblood red and green. Prominent yellow anthers and red "toasting-fork" style.......................£7.50grandiflorum Great big white flowers in April-May. This is the easiest trillium to start with yet is still a must for the connoisseur. Given time, this is capable of a superb garden display.....................£6.00grandiflorum Snowbunting The lovely “Gardenia flowered” double with whorl upon whorl of petals of superb texture and poise. Long lasting and stunning. Flowering-sized, divisions of the original...........£23.50kurabayashi Slightly mottled leaves and robust, broad petalled, upright flowers of deep purple-red. This is the plant you want if you have seen sessile in Botanic Gardens.............................£16.50luteum Bright lemon yellow, citrus scented flowers over highly ornamental gold- and silver-bronzed leaves in April. Most pleasant with its light lemon scent..................................................£5.50recurvatum Upright medium-sized, broad-petalled. lustrous, toad-shade flowers of shiney, deep, red-purple, with clasping petals. One of the latest to open. 20cm tall at most...............................£5.00rivale Very dwarf growths of silvery veined, embossed blue-green leaves. In the centre is an upright-facing flower of white or pale pink, dotted inside with spickles of deeper pink and violet. In the centre of this sit the bright yellow anthers...................................................................................£14.50rugelii A relative of cernuum with broad diamond-shaped leaves and a thickly-textured, broad-petalled, white, hanging turkscap flower each with a maroon nose. Young plants.........£9.00* rugelii x vaseyi An intriguing hybrid. The result combines the best of both parents - a hanging flower with broad deep rose-pink petals, purple ovary and a light fragrance...........................................£9.50simile Prized for large, heavy-textured flowers with broad, overlapping petals, white flowers with a violet nose. Flowered seedlings, the parents from Fred Case seed...............................£11.50sulcatum Maroon-coloured, thickly velvet-textured broad petals, with tips shaped like the end of a canoe. Eminently growable and deserving. ..............................................................................£8.50sulcatum x flexipes Spangles A new hybrid combines the strong growing, deeply coloured sulcatum with the equally large, vigorous white - flexipes. to give a vigorous, free-flowering garden plant.................£14.00tschonoskii Aomori Pure white flowers ageing to soft pink. Easy & hardy early in the Trillium season. Humus-rich soils, part shade. Strong growing, the largest tschonoskii form we grow.............£13.50viridescens Attractive, lightly chocolate-flecked and silver clouded leaves. Above the lovely leaves sits a conspicuous, long-petalled, bicoloured flower of Indian red and lime...............................£12.50

TROPAEOLUMTROPAEOLUMciliatum A vigorous climber with masses of old-gold flowers veined with blood red. Rapidly can make 10m in rich soil and then covers itself in flowers. It will travel extensively..................£5.00leptophyllum Large flowers of a good yellow, with fine, dark markings, like Alstroemeria. Grows at high altitudes with occasional snow cover. In open ground it will go to 50cm deep...............£11.50tricolor Vivid green scrambling ferny foliage and from March, masses of 1.5cm flame-orange flowers, with a red spur, a black mouth and a small inner ring of yellow teeth............................£9.50

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TULTULIPAIPAaitchisonii clusianoides A lovely white flowered form from the mountains outside Kabul, Afghanistan. White petals, tinged crimson on the outside, around a large purple-blue centre...................................£16.00anadroma 30cm tall stems bearing all-yellow flowers which have a pleasant honey scent. Only the outer petals have any red colourations and this is only when the flower is mature, when a central red stripe becomes prominent................................................................................................................£5.50armena Medium sized, bright red to crimson flowers with a small black eye, picked out in gold. A selected, compact clone 15cm tall and of an interesting deep colour.....................................£9.50aximensis Crimson red flowers with a unique grey exterior to the bloom, when still in the bud. As a denizen of cool mountains and damp summers, it is perfectly happy in the garden...............£5.50bakeri Lilac Wonder Intense lilac-purple flowers with a deep yellow star in the throat all on very compact plants. This is an old horticultural selection of the species from Crete.....................................£0.50* berkariensis Dwarf plants with large, star-shaped white flowers with an intense, deep yellow patch in the centre. The flowers are held with the plain, blue-green leaves early in the year................£10.00bifloriformis Starlight A dwarf plant with white flowers, several to a stem. A golden star in the throat and black anthers contrast superbly.......................................................................................................£2.50clusiana A dwarf, fertile, seed raised later-flowering form not in widespread cultivation. It has a yellow throat but has no yellow in the petals and yellow pollen rather than black.........................£2.50clusiana cashmeriana We have a small true stock, from a 1969 Kohli collection from Kashmir. White or palest pink flowers and broad carmine-red bands on the exterior, all on 20cm stems........................£7.50clusiana Tubergen’s Gem Bright sunny yellow with a rich red exterior on 20+cm stems in April. The red deepens to a line in the centre of the petals. The base of the inners is also flushed red........................£0.25didieri Raised by Van Tubergen from 3 bulbs sent by Baron Perrier de la Bathie early in the 20th C. Rich currant-red, with the petal points deflexed. Exterior tinged crimson. May.................£3.50dubia Tschimgan Traceable to the Tschimgan populations in Uzbekistan. A variable sp, this cultivated stock is a lovely bright orange, with the petals edged in yellow, on short plants.....................£5.50ferghanica Glaucous blue leaves with a wavy edge and a flower with a pronounced “waist”, all in pure gold banded with orange-bronze on the outside of the outer petals...........................£6.00* heweri Golden yellow flowers in and out though sometimes the exterior of the outer petals is shaded with fine lines of vermilion giving a lovely blush coloring..............................................£2.50hoogiana Huge orange-scarlet flowers, with a black base surrounded by a broad yellow margin. Well drained spot with a dry summer rest..................................................................................£5.50humilis Lilliput An early blooming dwarf cultivar with currant-red flowers, basally violet. Usually multi-flowered. If kept cool in spring these are held close to the ground.................................................£0.30* karabachensis A stem of 25-30 cm (this is at most, it is often dwarfer than this we find), carries a 6 cm flower of gorgeous, deep primrose yellow, a rare colour within species Tulipa.........................£12.00lanata Dazzling orange-scarlet with a small jet-black centre, faintly bordered yellow, each bloom 12cm long. Sunny garden position in well-drained, fertile soil.............................................£7.50linifolia A slender, dwarf 10-12cm tall, with brilliant vermilion-red flowers. In full sun the flowers open widely and show a large jet-black centre. Glaucous prostrate leaves,...............................£0.15ostrowskiana Brilliant, glowing scarlet- to orange-red sometimes with a jet-black centre. At flowering the plant is only 5cm high, but the flower has a diameter of 5-8cm!........................................£5.50* pulchella caerulea A fabulous plant; the petals are of good texture and are pure white, the base has a thin black bordered, deep steel-blue patch and the whole is lightly fragrant of violets..................£2.25sarracenica Large blood red flowers in a most unusual shade that it needs to be seen to realise how different it is. Rounded petal tips. Garden conditions. Annual lifting is not essential............£5.50* saxatilis Lightly scented flowers of pale pink with a bright yellow central star which has the tiniest white edge between the pink and the yellow. The anthers are dark brown-black...................£0.20sprengeri Late flowering with medium sized flowers of vivid post-box red with a hint of gold on the outside. Narrow leaves. This likes and needs to be out in the garden..................................£9.50* subbiflora White flowers with large, bright yellow, basal blotches occupying up to half of each petal. The very tip of the petal has a hint of pink. The leaves are flat, wide and grey in colour......£6.00sylvestris australis JMH.8110 Naturally small, stoloniferous bulbs and super little flowers of bright deep yellow, tinged with red on the outside. Happy outside in a leafy, well-drained soil.........................£4.50

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Borderline, Tender and Greenhouse species

AMARCRINUMAMARCRINUMmemoria-corsii Evergreen, 30cm long leaves with umbels of lightly scented, large rose pink, scented flowers on 60cm stalks borne from late spring to summer. Not too dry in summer....................£9.50

AMARYLLISAMARYLLISbelladonna Large clusters of scented, pink or white flowers on naked 50cm stems in Sept.-Oct. In the centre is a bundle comprising a white style, white filaments and large curved black anthers which ripen to yield white pollen. Hardy here in a well-drained, fertile soil in a dryish site......................£6.50* belladonna Rich Flowered Strain .........................These have been seed-raised from the excellent A. belladonna Durban. They are all flowered and are superb with large spikes of individually large, pale to deep-pink flowers of superb texture and colour intensity, in a multi-flowered head...............................................£18.50

HABRANTHUSHABRANTHUS* brachyandrus A fabulous Habranthus species with large, pale pink trumpets which tone to a deeper purple-red in the throat. Argentina and Brazil. Easy, and floriferous if left to clump....................£5.50*magnoi A summer-growing species with white trumpet-shaped flowers. The slightly longer, outer segments can be stained or tipped with pink. Throat greenish outside, yellow inside......£15.50* tubispathus texanus Narrow leaves and copper coloured buds which open to strong orange-yellow flowers. These are produced in a flush when the plant is re-watered after its summer rest, but also sporadically whenever the plant is kept on the dry side and then heavily watered.................................£5.00

RHODOPHIALARHODOPHIALA* bifida Pipinas Very hardy with superb umbels of brilliant red, funnel shaped flowers with yellow anthers on 20cm-30cm tall stems in September. Good drainage, garden soil. Sun...................£15.50

ZEPHYRANTHESZEPHYRANTHES* Ajax Makes a succession of 5cm long, up-facing, funnel flowers. Opens pale, buttery yellow on the first day, changing to cream on the second day of opening..................................£8.00* atamasca treatiae Light pink buds that open white with narrow petals, a pink blush on the back of the petal tips for a few hours, and a large, dark green eye. It quickly turns totally white and lasts for 2-3 days, and by the end of the 3rd day the whole flower starts to turn pink. Naturally tiny bulbs.................£6.50* chlorosolen Narrow, trailing, dull green or glaucous leaves and beautiful white stemless flowers which open in the evening with a strong, yet delicate, scent through the night...........................£9.50* dichromantha Pale- to dark-yellow funnels 3-3.5cm in diameter with greenish tubes, on 20-25cm stems. Flowers are paler inside, the outer petals flushed and streaked with rusty-red outside.. .£14.50* drummondii San Carlos This has large white-flowers which open in the evening, remaining open for a few days. The blooms are beautifully evening-fragrant with thickly-textured, wavy petals......................£8.50* flavissima A semi-evergreen to evergreen, hardy species with narrow, shiny fresh green leaves and, from August onwards, a succession of bright, lemon yellow, funnel-shaped flowers...........£4.50* huastecana The flowers are large, with very broad, overlapping and rounded petals, they open a light pink, with a small pale eye (and palest yellow anthers) but by the second day of opening, the pink tinge loses intensity leaving an equally beautiful pale rose in its place..........................................£35.00* jonesii This opens in the late afternoon with chalice-shaped, fragrant flowers of pale yellow (darker on the opening day) each with a very small green eye in the centre of the flower...........£8.50* katheriniae lutea Narrow foliage and flowers with rounded petals made on long tubes. In var. lutea some solid yellow forms are known however most have a touch of red or transient red colourings on the reverse of the outermost petals, especially near the petal tips........................................................£25.00* katheriniae rubra The species overall is very variable in flower colour and some are a gorgeous and intense deep red with just a small, yellowish throat. This is the most intensely re-coloured of the species and a very good plant..............................................................................................................£28.50

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*La Bufa Rosa Aperitif Quite wide petals, rounded at the tips. The petals are white but are infused with candy pink towards the edges and tips, thinly lined with this same pink at the very edge.. .£7.00*La Bufa Rosa Big Dude Lives up to its name, with flowers 10-11cm in diameter, borne on stems 20-25cm tall. Broad, overlapping petals, opens white deepens to pink towards the petal tips................£7.00*La Bufa Rosa Confection Large flat flowers of bright sugar-pink with a white centre and a tiny yellow eye held on stems 25-30cm tall when mature. ............................................................................£7.00*La Bufa Rosa Heart Throb The most intensely coloured clone with deep rich pink flowers. The intensity of the pink is relieve only by the tiniest of white eyes in the centre of the flower.......................£7.00*La Bufa Rosa Itsy Bitsy Mid-sized, starry flowers with slender, pure white petals and a small, central, yellow eye. There is no pink in the flower. Very effective in quantity and flowers prolifically......£7.00*La Bufa Rosa Lily Pies Compact plants that flower at the same height with rounded, wide over-lapping white petals with a picotee wash of pink at the petal tips. Superb..............................................£6.50*La Bufa Rosa Pink Panther Broad petalled but with gradually tapering petals of solid and almost uniform pink, opening darker and fading to mid-pink. In the centre is a white eye and yellow anthers.. .£6.50*La Bufa Rosa Star Spangled Freely-produced, narrow, strappy petals as much as 6cm across but on bulbs 2cm across. Opens dark pink, from dark pink buds then fades to white in the centre...................£7.00*La Bufa Rosa Summers Chill Upfacing 6cm flowers, are borne freely from 3cm bulbs. Opens white with an infusion of deep sugar pink on the petal edges and at the tips of the petals. The petals are characteristically frilled and pleated towards the centre and with age, they reflex back..........................£7.00* lindleyana The flower colour and size in this species is variable but usually it is thought of as having large, broad-petalled, pale to bright pink, goblet-shaped flowers with rounded petals............£9.00* macrosiphon El Cielo The up-facing, starry flowers are a good bright pink when they open, though this fades to a more delicate, rose-pink. They have a white throat with an attractive lime-green eye.....£6.50* morrisclintii Deep green leaves with a reddish stain near their base. In early spring this makes single-flowered scapes with large pale to dark pink, lightly scented, cup-shaped flowers...........£9.00* primulina The flowers open to primrose yellow hinted on the outside of the flower with a red or orange stripe or keel. On the second day, the red has changed to an apricot flush.....................£4.50* pulchella This is a bright yellow species which opens in the morning. The foliage is a good dark green and is narrow and linear, it is usually present with the flowers...................................£15.00* refugiensis This species, with narrow, channelled foliage, opens in the mid-morning and has medium-sized, mid-yellow, pleasantly fragrant flowers....................................................................£9.50* reginae A floriferous species with medium-sized, up-facing, conical blooms of light, primrose yellow with golden yellow anthers. On the second day of opening, the flowers fade to cream.£6.00* smallii This species, with narrow, channelled foliage, opens in the day and has medium-sized, bright yellow flowers but with no discernible fragrance..................................................£9.50* traubii San Carlos This has a pure white flower in the form of a very flat, wide-open, 6cm disc borne atop a long narrow tube. The large flowers open in the evening and emit a sweet perfume.........£6.00

We can keep our website totally up-to-date and check stocks accurately, so that a far more extensive range of our extra-special rarities and small-stock specialities is

available on our website at www.rareplants.co.uk

At the time of writing there are over 140 extra species listed there.

There are both extra genera and extra species within listed genera.

New stocks are added weekly during the harvest season, many in small numbers only, so that they may never appear in printed lists or supplements.

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PAUL CHRISTIAN - RarePlantsTERMS OF BUSINESS AND OTHER INFORMATION

ORDERING is simpleBY POST to: Paul Christian, P.O. Box 468, Wrexham, LL13 9XR, U.KBY TELEPHONE (01978) 366399 Office hours 9.00am to 4.00pm (GMT) Monday-Friday only

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INVOICES We do not issue invoices, terms are payment with order onlySUBSTITUTES We do not normally substitute. If you say we can, then this will help to speed your order if

we have crop failures. Substitutes are always of equal, or usually higher, valueDESPATCH Please be patient! These are seasonal, living plants not CDs or electric goods!

Plant dormancy determines despatch date. A few general guides are as follows late August onwards for Galanthus, Autumn Crocus, Colchicum, Sternbergia.mid September onwards Spring Crocus, Corydalis, Fritillaria and Tulipa etcnot until October-November for Lilium & PaeoniaWe want to get your plants to you quickly but we ask for your patience. During our busy period every enquiry delays a despatch further.

ON RECEIPT Unpack and check your plants on arrival, even if you don’t intend to plant them at once. They are packed to last a week or more but prolonged storage may harm them. Never, ever, put them to one side to check or plant later! This will only harm your plants.

PROBLEMS If any plants are in any way unacceptable to you when they arrive, send them back at once. I repeat send them back, don’t struggle on if you are unhappy. We like to sort a problem at once. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase and come back to us each year. Plants are replaced without question as long as they are returned straight away. We also refund the return postage. Once accepted then the responsibility for care and survival must pass to you.

We do not accept returns weeks or months later.We do not replace or refund plants unless you return them.

NAMING We constantly monitor stocks for correct naming and pride ourselves on this.We are only human and the rare mistakes that do occur will always be rectified.

VISITORS We are Mail Order Only. We do not accept any visitors. MISCELLANEOUS We send the best plants we can produce. We would hope that they are flowering-sized

and we strive for this, but this is not always possible. In addition most of our plants are natural species which just do not reach the obese size of garden centre hybrids, some are naturally tiny. We try and advise size in this list and on our website, where we can give greater detail.

All catalogue prices are in pounds sterling (£) per single bulb unless otherwise stated

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