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Acorus calamus Variegatus
€4.75
Silver-striped Sweet Flag This perennial is ideal for planting in wet ground round, or in an inch or two of water in, ponds. Acorus calamus Variegatus is a rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial, with an upright habit. The spear-shaped leaves are mid-green, striped along their length with creamy-white. Rather insignificant brown flower-spikes are b...
Farfugium japonicum Wavy Gravy
€4.50
Leopard Plant Wavy Gravy An interesting foliage plant for shade, Farfugium japonicum Wavy Gravy is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial with a rounded habit. The large, grey-green leaves are downy, and tightly curled, rather like a head of broccoli. In autumn, rather pretty yellow flowers appear, but many gardeners remove them, preferring it as ...
Geum rivale - Water Avens
€4.75
Water Avens An attractive native plant, Geum rivale is a medium-sized, rather slow-growing, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial which thrives in wet meadows and as a marginal plant beside streams. The soft green basal leaves are rounded and lobed, and the leaves on the deep-red stems are tripartite. From May to September, the plant bears delicate,...
Iris ensata
Iris ensata
€4.75
Japanese clematis Iris, Iris kaempferi Also known as Iris kaempferi, Iris ensata produces varying coloured, clematis type flowers - ranging from dark blue to bright purple flowers in summer. The flowers are often boldly marked with yellow. Iris ensata forms clump of broad-bladed, erect leaves. It prefers moist to boggy soil. As with all iris the...
Iris pseudacorus - Yellow Flag
€3.50
Yellow Flag Iris Commonly known as the yellow flag Iris, Iris pseudacorus is often seen in boggy areas or growing in shallow water at the edge of a pond. Planted out in boggy ground, this plant colonises rapidly to form large clumps with long, erect strap shaped leaves and bright yellow flowers in summer. As with all Iris, the tubers are harmful...
Iris sibirica Snow Queen
Iris sibirica Snow Queen
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Siberian Iris Snow Queen A beautiful beardless iris for moist soil, Iris sibirica Snow Queen is a clump-forming, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial with branching stems and narrow, rather grass-like, grey-green, sword-shaped leaves up to 18”/45cm long. In May and June, beautiful, typical iris flowers in pure white, sometimes flushed purple, with ...
Iris versicolor - Blue Flag Iris
€4.75
Blue Flag Iris versicolor will produce narrow, erect foliage and branched stems bearing several bluish-purple flower with spotted yellow throat. This moisture loving Blue Flag makes a handsome addition to boggy areas and the shallow margins of ponds. Over time, Iris versicolor will form dense clumps of narrow, strappy foliage that provide good c...
Mimulus luteus
Mimulus luteus
€4.75
Blood-drop-emlets Also known as monkey musk, Mimulus luteus is an attractive, deciduous, herbaceous perennial, with a spreading, self-sowing habit. The small, ovate leaves are mid-green. Two-lipped, bright yellow flowers with red or purple spots on the petals are borne in late spring and early summer. This little plant is ideal for a difficult,...
Acorus gramineus Ogon
Acorus gramineus Ogon
€4.00
Golden variegated slender sweet flag This variegated semi evergreen, grass-like perennial has aromatic, showy bright yellow & green striped foliage that grows in attractive wide fans forming large low growing clumps. Foliage is scented when crushed. Will grow on margins above as well as below the water line. Will also do well in containers a...
Anagallis tenella - Bog pimpernel
€4.75
Bog pimpernel Commonly known as bog pimpernel, Anagallis tenella forms a dense carpet of tiny evergreen leaves, mixed with numerous rosy pink flowers from late spring to early summer. This spreading, native plant is ideal in a bog garden or very shallow water. Position: Full sunPlanting depth: Grow in the damp margin to level with the water surf...
Aruncus dioicus (Aruncus sylvester) - Goats Beard
€4.00
Goat’s Beard A statement plant for the back of the back of the border, Aruncus dioicus is a vigorous, clump-forming herbaceous perennial with heavily divided, fern-like, mid-green leaves. In early to midsummer the plant produces arching spires of tiny creamy-white flowers, attractive to butterflies. Cut back after flowering to prevent self-seedi...
Cardamine pratensis - Cuckoo flower
€4.75
Cuckoo flower or Lady’s Smock Mounds of pale green ferny foliage with pale lilac blooms in late spring & early summer. The Cuckoo Flower is noted for attracting wildlife, it is one of the main food plants of the Orange Tip butterfly. Cardamine pratensis is best grown in large drifts in damp woodland, meadows or as a marginal plant in the moi...
Carex elata Aurea - Golden Sedge
€5.50
Bowles’ Golden Sedge Named after the botanist E A Bowles, who discovered the species growing wild in Norfolk, Carex elata Aurea is a dwarf, clump-forming, deciduous sedge with narrow, arching leaves of rich Chartreuse-yellow, finely edged in green. In June and July, chocolate-brown, feathery flowers appear on long stems above the leaves. Bowles’...
Dierama pulcherrimum
Dierama pulcherrimum
€8.00
Angel's Fishing Rod Dierama make excellent showy specimen plants. Dierama pulcherrimum is an evergreen clump-forming perennial with silvery green, grass-like leaves. Tall arching stems burst out in every direction, drooping under the weight of bell flowers hanging like pendants in varying shades from pink to mauve. Due to its shape and size, An...
Eupatorium maculatum Atropurpureum
€4.00
Joe-Pye Weed This plant sports rosy-purple heads of flowers, which are extremely attractive to butterflies and other beneficial pollinators, in late Summer. The umbrella-shaped flower clusters are followed by fluffy seedheads which continue into winter, providing food for birds. Forming a huge clump of dark green leaves with burgundy stems, Eup...
Filipendula rubra Venusta
€4.00
Meadowsweet Venusta A cultivar of our native meadowsweet’s American cousin, Filipendula rubra Venusta is a tall, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial for a bog garden or a damp border in larger gardens. The mid-green leaves are palmate (like a grape-vines), about 7”/20cm wide. In late summer it bears beautiful terminal heads of rich pink, candyfl...
Filipendula ulmaria - Meadowsweet
€3.00
Meadowsweet (Airgead luachra) Bees, butterflies, kids and adults alike will delight in the almond-like scent of this vigourous native perennial- it’s reminiscent of marzipan. Fluffy white candyfloss flowers borne on tall reddish stems of up to 1.2m will add height and texture to the border or hedgerow from June to September. The leaves are tooth...
Hypericum elodes - Marsh St John's-wort
€4.75
Hypericum elodes This is a very pretty member of the St John’s-wort family, a native but not very widespread in Ireland. Hyperiocum elodes has downy, heart shaped leaves and clusters of pale yellow flowers in summer. Creeping habit, with stolon-like node-rooting runners and erect stems. Provides good habitat for pond creatures. Position: Full su...
Hypericum tetrapterum
Hypericum tetrapterum
€3.00
Square-stalked St. John’s Wort (Beathnua fireann) This native perennial is easily recognizable by - you guessed it - its square stems with distinctive ‘wings’ at the corners. Its oval leaves have translucent dots and the flowers are yellow, blooming from June to September. It will happily inhabit the damper areas in your garden, along ponds for ...
Iris chrysographes Black Form
€4.50
Iris Chrysographes Black Form From marshy sites in China and Myanmar, Iris chrysographes Black Form is a small, deciduous, rhizomatous perennial with particularly dark flowers. Slender, sword-like, grey-green leaves make an attractive foil to the velvety, exceptionally dark, violet-black flowers, which have a delicate golden streak on the falls....