HALORAGIS ERECTA 'MELTON BRONZE' BRONZE D
40 x 30   Semi Evergreen

Small bronze leaf with a serrated edge ,tiny white flowers. Excellent campanion plant for Libertia peregrinans and Carex testacea

HEUCHERA MICRANTHA ‘PALACE PURPLE’  PURPLE B
30 x 45   Evergreen
A valuable large-leaved deep purple evergreen for sun or some shade. Dainty 45 cm sprays of tiny white flowers.
HEUCHERA ‘SILVER SCROLLS’  VARIEG  C
20 x 30  Evergreen
An exciting new variety with silver leaves heavily veined in purple giving it a variegated appearance. White flowers.
HEUCHERA ‘PLUM PUDDING’  PURPLE  C
40 x 40   Evergreen

A strong grower with ruffled leaves of deep red, and tiny green and maroon flowers.

HEUCHERA ‘STORMY SEAS’  MAROON  C
50 x 30   Evergreen

Excellent foliage plant for all year round colour. The large ruffled leaves are maroon with pewter veins and underside. White flowers from May through to August.

HOSTA ‘AUGUST MOON’  YELLOW  E
30 x 45 
A fine yellow leaved form from America with pale mauve flowers and suitable for sun or part shade.
HOSTA ‘BLUE ANGEL’  BL/GREEN  E
60 x 90 
Excellent large bluish leaves and very pale lavender flowers.
HOSTA FORTUNEI ‘ALBOPICTA’  VARIEG E
 30 x 45 
Quite spectacular in spring with bright butter-yellow leaves edged pale green, slowly darkening through primrose to two-tone pale green.
HOSTA FORTUNEI ‘AUREA’  YELLOW  E
30 x 45 
Another spring spectacular with entirely bright yellow leaves, becoming pale green later. Light shade.
HOSTA FORTUNEI ‘AUREAMARGINATA’  VARIEG  E
40 x 45 
Splendid variety with a pronounced yellow band surrounding the leaves and retained through until autumn. Plant with any yellow leaved shrub
HOSTA ‘GINGKO CRAIG’  VARIEG  E
20 x 40 
A valuable hosta for its low spreading habit and bright green white-edged leaves.
HOSTA ‘GOLDEN PRAYERS’  YELLOW  E
15 x 15 
Small rounded yellow leaved variety.
HOSTA ‘GOLD EDGER’  YELLOW  E
20 x 30 
Excellent hosta for the front of the border. Lilac flowers and light golden green leaves.
HOSTA ‘GOLD STANDARD’  VARIEG  E
60 x 50 
Elegant mounds of golden foliage delicately edged with dark green. Pale lavender flowers. Partial or full shade preferred.
HOSTA ‘HALCYON’  BLUE E
 30 x 40 
Somewhat rounded leaves, probably the best blue – only slightly on the grey side. An excellent colour.
HOSTA ‘HAPPINESS’  BL/GREY  E
30 x 40 
Narrower, more elongated leaves with the emphasis a bit more on the grey – very distinctive.
HOSTA MONTANA ‘AUREOMARGINATA’  VARIEG  E
45 x 60 
A marvellous hosta with long deeply veined leaves which are glossy, bright green and with a broad yellow margin. Lavender flowers earlier than most. Give a specimen’ position. Plant with any yellow leaved shrub
HOSTA SIEBOLDIANA ‘ELEGANS’  BLUE/GREEN   G
60 x 60
Large blue-green leaves crinkled and heavily veined. Pale lilac flowers
HOSTA SIEBOLDIANA ‘FRANCES WILLIAMS’    VARIEG G
60 x 60 
A larger plant altogether with bold corrugated leaves of glaucous blue-green with beige margins.
HOSTA ‘JUNE’  VARIEG  F
30 x 40 
A yellow leafed hosta with an irregular bluey-green margin which drifts into the centre in places. The yellow colouring is more pronounced if planted in the sun.
HOSTA ‘PATRIOT’  VARIEG  F
60 x 55 
Dark green leaves with a very wide white edge
HOSTA 'STILLETTO’ VARIEG  E
15 x 20 
Narrow green leaves with a narrow white margin. Purple flowers.
HOSTA ‘SO SWEET’ VARIEG  E
20 x 30
A small hosta medium green leaves with a white margin
HOSTA 'SUM & SUBSTANCE’ YELLOW  G
100 x 100 
A most striking plant with large plain yellow leaves quite heavily ribbed. Apparently not so popular with snails but best protected.
HOSTA UNDULATA ‘MEDIOVARIEGATA’  VARIEG  E
30 x 45 
A smaller plant with undulating leaves of rich green with large central area of white.
HOSTA UNDULATA ‘VARIEGATA’  VARIEG  E
40 x 50 
The bold green leaves are edged white. A strong grower.
HOSTA UNDULATA UNDULATA VARIEG  E
30 x 45 
Rich mid-green leaves with a narrower central white stripe remaining through the summer.
HOSTA ‘WIDE BRIM’  VARIEG E
 40 x 40 
A truly handsome hosta – rounded, ribbed leaves with really broad irregular margins of pale gold.
HOSTA ‘WOLVERINE’  VARIEG E
 85 x 45 
Cream edges on a narrow leaf and neat habit. Flowers mauve in August and September 
HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA ‘CHAMELEON’  VARIEG B
 30 x 45 
One of the gayest hardy foliage plants. The heart-shaped leaves are an unbelievable medley of yellow, red, bronze and dark green. Suitable for all.
IRIS LAEVIGATA VARIEGATA  VARIEG  G
30 x 30 

Sword-like green and white striped leaves and deep bluey purple flowers in mid summer. Grows well in damp conditions in sun or part shade

IRIS PALLIDA ‘ARGENTEA VARIEGATA’  VARIEG  D
45 x 30

Stiff upright foliage with striking grey-green and white variegation. The pleasing lavender-blue flowers are a bonus in June/July.

IRIS PSEUDACORUS ‘VARIEGATA’   VARIEG  D
75 x 45
The ‘Yellow Flag’ for good soil or shallow water. Broad variegation of creamy-yellow fading from mid-summer. Yellow flowers.
KALIMERIS YEMENA ‘SHOGUN’   VARIEG  B
  60 x 30
Pale purple daisy, flowers late summer. Leaves margined cream. Upright habit. Any soil in sun.
LAMIASTRUM GALEOBDOLEN ‘FLORENTINUM’  VARIEG  B
25 x 45  Evergreen
Good vigorous ground cover for difficult areas. Silver splashed leaves, purple-toned in winter. Yellow flowers. Good amongst shrubs and happy in sun or shade. Plant with larger perennials and grasses, and under shrubs, which are yellow or yellow-green.
LACTUCA PERENNIS GREY  D
20 x 15 

Glaucous dark violet-green rosettes and pretty low loose heads of violet hawkweed flowers. May –July.

LAMIUM GALEOBDOLON ‘HERMANN’S PRIDE’  VARIEG  B
15 x 45  Evergreen
Grey-green leaves speckled with silver make this a most attractive ground cover plant. Bright yellow flowers.
LAMIUM ALBUM ‘FRIDAY’  VARIEG  B
25 x 45 

An exciting form of the white dead nettle with a central splash of pale and darker yellow-green.

LAMIUM MACULATUM ‘AUREUM’ (GOLDEN NUGGETTS)  YELLOW  B
10 x 30  Evergreen

Lovely yellow leaves with white central stripe. Part shade as full sun may cause bleaching and burning.

LAMIUM MACULATUM ‘BEACON SILVER’  SILV-GREEN  B
12 x 30 Evergreen
Happy in sun or part shade, this is a very fine carpeter with silvery-white leaves and a narrow green margin. Pink dead nettle flowers.
LAMIUM MACULATUM ‘GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY’  VARIEG  B
7 x 40  Evergreen
The yellow and green variegation is striking in this tight low-growing variety.
LAMIUM MACULATUM ‘PINK PEARL’   VARIEG B
12 x 30  Evergreen
Excellent ground cover. This variety has variegated foliage and pink flowers.
LAMIUM MACULATUM ‘WHITE NANCY’   VARIEG B
12 x 30  Evergreen
In sun or shade a fine carpeter with silvery white leaves narrowly margined green. Pure white flowers.
LIBERTIA PEREGRINANS  ORANGE  F
40 x 20 
Startlingly bright upright foliage of orange with yellowy midrib. Erect white flower spikes. Requires a moist rich soil and full sun.
LINARIA PURPUREA BLUE/GREY  B
90 x 20 
Upright grower with quite feathery bluey grey foliage. Purple flower spikes appear all summer long.
LINARIA ‘CANON WENT’  BLUE/GREY  B
90 x 20 (click here to see picture)
Upright grower with quite feathery bluey grey foliage. Pink flower spikes appear all summer long.
LIGULARIA DENTATA ‘BRITT-MARIE CRAWFORD’ CHOCOLATE E
90 x 60 

Very dark chocolate maroon foliage, setting off the splendid golden yellow flowers. Moist soil is essential.

LIGULARIA DENTATA ‘DESDEMONA’    PURPLE E
30 (100) x 40 
Large heart-shaped purple-brown leaves form the back-drop for amazing orange flowers which appear in mid-summer. A clump forming perennial prefering moist conditions.
LOBELIA FULGENS ‘ELMFEUER’ PURPLE  E
75 x 30  
Similar to ‘Queen Victoria ’ but supposedly  more drought tolerant.
LOBELIA ‘QUEEN VICTORIA’  PURPLE  B
75 x 30  (click here to see picture)
A startling combination of beetroot-red leaves and brilliant scarlet late summer flowers. Grow in the border in good soil, or even in a pond under several inches of water.
LOBELIA SPECIOSA ‘RUSSIAN PRINCESS’ PURPLE  E
75 x 30  
Crimson and green flecked foliage with deep magenta red flowers.
LYCHNIS CORONARIA   SILVER  B
Evergreen
Good basal clumps of white-woolly foliage from which arise branched stems to about 60 cm bearing intense red-purple campion flowers over a long period.
LYCHNIS CORONARIA ‘ALBA’  SILVER  B
15 x 30  Evergreen
This is a charming variety with white flowers – a must for the white or silver garden.
LYSIMACHIA CILIATA ‘FIRECRACKER’ PURPLE  B
  60 x 60 
Deep rich purple foliage contrasting well with the yellow 'buttercup’ flowers.
LYSIMACHIA EPHEMERUM   GREEN  C
  90 x 45
Narrow glaucous green leaves up the stems topped by spires of grey-white flowers from summer to autumn.
LYSIMACHIA PUNCTATA ‘ALEXANDER’   VARIEG  C
  70 x 75 (click here to see picture)
An unusual combination of cream and green foliage tinged pink, with yellow flowers also with a hint of pink. Strong upright habit but not as tall as ‘Firecracker’.
MELISSA OFFICINALIS ‘ALLGOLD’ YELLOW  B
  45 x 45 
A Lemon Balm with yellow leaves right through summer. Best given some protection from full sun.
MELISSA OFFICINALIS ‘AUREA’ VARIEG  B
  45 x 45 
This variety has green leaves nicely speckled with yellow. Sun or shade.
MENTHA X PIPERITA   PURPLE  B
60 x 60
This is the Black Peppermint with a very dark purplish-black sheen to the leaves, especially in sun.
MENTHA SUAVEOLENS ‘VARIEGATA’  VARIEG  B
30 x 30 
The Apple Mint has woolly leaves and in this lovely form is liberally splashed with white. Sun or shade.
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