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Digitalis purpurea - Foxglove
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Common Foxglove (Lus mór) A well-known native of Ireland, the common name comes from the phrase ‘Folk's Gloves’, as in fairy folk. In the olden days, you were not supposed to bring Foxglove into the house as it was considered unlucky. This is a poisonous plant, and yet the digitoxin it contains is instrumental in commercial medicine treating hea...
Dodecatheon meadia

Dodecatheon meadia
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Shooting Star Also known as American cowslip, Dodecatheon meadia is a compact, clump-forming herbaceous perennial with a basal rosette of light green leaves, rather like those of primroses, to which they are related. In April and May, nodding pinkish-mauve flowers with a paler mouth, reflexed petals and pointed stigmas are borne on tall stems ab...

Dryopteris affinis Crispa Gracilis
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Scaly Male Fern Crispa Gracilis An adaptable, low-maintenance fern for partial shade, Dryopteris affinis Crispa Gracilis is a semi-evergreen perennial fern with a shuttlecock habit, smaller than the species. In very mild areas it will remain evergreen. The fronds are pale green with golden-brown scales on the stems, and are elaborately crested, ...
Dryopteris atrata

Dryopteris atrata
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Shaggy Shield Fern From the highlands and forests of east Asia, Dryopteris atrata is a tall, tough, hardy fern which forms a shuttlecock of elegant, upright fronds, semi-evergreen in Irish conditions. The heavily divided, dark green fronds are covered in tiny, brownish-black hairs or scales, giving them their shaggy name. Shaggy shield fern is ...
Dryopteris championii

Dryopteris championii
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Champion’s Wood Fern A very hardy fern from South Korea, Japan and China, Dryopteris championii is named for an English botanist who brought it back from China. Champion’s wood fern is a tough, clump-forming, evergreen fern which forms a rosette of upright fronds with reddish-brown scales on the stems. The heavily divided, upright fronds are a d...

Dryopteris dilatata Lepidota Cristata
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Broad Buckler Fern Lepidota Cristata A beautiful, adaptable plant for a partially shady garden, Dryopteris dilatata Lepidota Cristata is a large, rhizomatous, rosette-forming, semi-evergreen fern with an upright, shuttlecock-like habit. The deep green, triangular to lance-shaped fronds are finely divided with crested tips, giving a lovely, light...
Dryopteris erythrosora

Dryopteris erythrosora
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Japanese Wood Fern Sometimes called the autumn fern because of the colour of its young leaves in spring, Dryopteris erythrosora is a medium-sized, slow-growing, semi-evergreen, clump-forming fern, very tolerant as to soil and aspect. The young fronds emerge coppery pink, contrasting attractively with the deep green of the mature leaves. The idea...

Dryopteris erythrosora Brilliance
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Copper Shield Fern Brilliance Also known as autumn fern Brilliance, for its vivid spring and spore colour, Dryopteris erythrosora Brilliance is an evergreen, slow-growing, clump-forming fern with a shuttlecock-like habit. The emerging growth in spring forms pink croziers, opening to bright reddish-copper fronds, with divided leaflets, which matu...

Dryopteris filix-mas Cristata
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Crested Male Fern A compact form of the native Irish male fern, Dryopteris filix-mas has crested tips to the fronds and their individual ‘leaflets’, giving a ruffled appearance. The fronds emerge as light green ‘croziers’ in spring, maturing to mid-green in summer. Crested male fern is a semi-evergreen, clump-forming fern which is extremely hard...

Dryopteris filix-mas Linearis Polydactyla
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Male Fern Linearis Polydactyla A very graceful yet highly adaptable fern, Dryopteris filix-mas Linearis Polydactyla is a large, deciduous, perennial fern with an upright, shuttlecock habit and lightly arching fronds, particularly good with foliage plants like hostas. The fronds are light green and lance-shaped, and the pinnae (leaflets) are spac...
Dryopteris lepidopoda

Dryopteris lepidopoda
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Sunset Fern Also known as the scaly-foot fern for its unusual scaly rhizome, Dryopteris lepidopoda is grown particularly for its lovely, changing colour. It’s a vigorous, semi-evergreen, clump-forming fern with a shuttlecock-like habit and divided fronds. The emerging growth in spring is pinkish-orange, turning bronze, then pale green before mat...
Dryopteris sieboldii

Dryopteris sieboldii
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Siebold’s Wood Fern An unusual Japanese fern, Dryopteris sieboldii is unlike other Dryopteris species in having undivided pinnae or leaflets. These are a bluish-green, and look lovely with glaucous hostas. A medium-sized, slow-growing semi-evergreen fern, it is a very useful textural plant and particularly attractive grown against stone. Althoug...
Dryopteris wallichiana

Dryopteris wallichiana
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Wallich’s Wood Fern A striking, handsome fern from the Himalayas, Dryopteris wallichiana is a tall, vigorous, clump-forming, semi-evergreen fern with an elegant, upright, ‘shuttlecock’ habit. The young fronds emerge bright yellowish-green, contrasting well with the dark brown, scaly stems and mid-ribs, and then turn a good mid-green. Though not ...

Echinacea purpurea Magnus
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Coneflower Magnus A strong variety of coneflower, tolerant of adverse weather conditions with a long flowering period from July to September. The very large (up to 10cm/4in) deep pink-purple daisy-like flowers of Echinacea purpurea Magnus are held flat on stiff stems with a dark orange center mounted on top. The seedheads are a wildlife foodsou...

Echinacea purpurea White Swan (Alba)
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Coneflower White Swan A hardy clump-forming perennial with a long flowering period from July to September. The large white daisy-like flowers of Echinacea purpurea White Swan are slightly bent back on stiff stems with a dark yellow center mounted on top. The seedheads provide food for wildlife during the Winter months. Coneflower White Swan is ...
Echium russicum
Echium russicum
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Red-flowered Viper’s Grass, Russian Bugloss A bushy biennial subshrub with stunning upward spires of ruby pink over a foot long opening in Summer. Echium russicum produces pointed mid-green soft fuzzy leaves down the lower half of each flowering stem in the 1st year, which are then followed by funnel-shaped flowers growing up the top of the ste...

Echium vulgare - Viper’s-bugloss
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Viper’s-bugloss (Lus nathrach) Viper’s-bugloss seems as rather inscrutable common name - in that regard its other name ‘blueweed’ is more straightforward - until we learned that ‘bugloss’ comes from the Greek word for ‘ox-tongue’, which must be a reference to the shape and texture of the leaves: hairy, strap-shaped and with a pronounced vein in ...

Eleocharis acicularis - Dwarf Hair Grass (Oxygenator)
€4.75
Dwarf hair grass or Needle spikerush Ideal for planting in ponds, Eleocharis acicularis is a useful oxygenating aquatic that will happily spread to form a tufted carpet of evergreen grassy foliage. Needle-like stems topped with spiky brown blooms are sent up from August to September, giving rise to its common name of Needle Spike Rush. This hard...

Eleocharis palustris - Common spikerush
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Common spikerush Eleocharis Palustris is a native Irish plant with attractive, densely tufted stems and masses of attractive seed-heads. This plant is suitable for growing at the edge of ponds, lakes and streams and grow to a height of around 30 to 70 cm and requires a water depth of 0 to 6 cm over the crown. Position: Full sun to part shadePlan...
Elymus magellanicus

Elymus magellanicus
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Elymus magellanicus