Plants marked with an asterisk * will not be ready until May or June – or even later

Campanula latifolia var. ‘White Ladies’
Good clump-forming plant with stiff leafy stems topped with large white tubular flowers.
Longer flowering period than some and well-behaved, like a perfect Lady. 2-litre pots.
*Sun or light shade. Summer. 2’4” £5.00

Campanula persicifolia ‘Cornish Mist’
Charming new persicifolia seedling, found in a friend’s garden in Cornwall,
with subtle pale lavender grey flowers. 2-litre pots.
*Sun or shade, any soil. Summer. 2-3ft. £5.00

Campanula ‘Sarastro’
Impressive hybrid with large purple tubular bells for most of the summer.
Compact clump former that leans but does not fall over. 2-litre pots.
*Sun or part shade. All summer. 2-3ft. £4.80

Campanula takesimana ‘Elizabeth II’
Very pretty with large double pale pink spotted bells. Flowered for the first time
on the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign. 2-litre pots.
Sun or light shade. Summer onwards. 18” £4.80

Campanula trachelium ‘Alba Flore Pleno’
Treasured old double white form of the nettle-leaved Bell flower. Needs good soil
and time to settle. from
*Sun or light shade, not too dry. Summer. 2ft. £3.60

Campanula trachelium ‘Bernice’
Pretty form of the nettle-leaved Bell Flower, with double pale lilac-blue flowers. from
*Sun or light shade. Late summer. 2ft. £3.60

Canna indica ‘Purpurea’
Subtropical looking foliage plant with large rich purple banana-like leaves and orange
red orchid-like flowers. In colder counties lift and store tubers in winter. 2-litre pots.
*Sun, good soil. Late summer. 4-6ft. £5.00

Cirsium rivulare ‘Atropurpureum’
Thistle with narrow prickly leaves and wonderful glowing crimson-maroon flower heads
on stiff erect stems. Will often produce more flowers later in the season. 2-litre pots.
*Sun or part shade. Early summer onwards. 4ft. £5.00

Cistus
Many of our garden visitors will remember this excellent, large flowered white
Cistus which hung over the Vean yard. Given to me years ago, name unknown, with
the comment that it was a ‘good ‘un ’ and indeed it is. A few only, in 2-litre pots.
*Sun, well drained. Summer. 4-5ft. £5.00

Clematis flammula
Masses of fragrant tiny white flowers and neat dark leaves. Lovely when allowed to
froth over a wall or pergola. Seed grown flowering size plants in 3-litre pots.
Sun or shade. Late summer. 12ft. £5.80

Cornus alternifolia ‘Argentea’
One of the best silver variegated shrubs with horizontally layered branches
holding small creamy-white margined leaves. Lights up any area. Slow to grow
but I have good sized strong plants in 5-litre pots.
Sun or part shade, good moist soil. 10-12 ft. £12.80

Crocosmia : - Decorative, indispensable but often ignored late summer flowering plants. Some of the large flowered ones do have a reputation for tenderness in our colder counties, but here in the Westcountry they make solid perennials and provide brilliant points of colour in often bare Autumn borders.

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora ‘Carmin Brillant’
Fine old variety, with pale tomato-red flowers opening from deep red
buds. 2-litre pots.
Sun or part shade. Late summer. 2ft. £4.80

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora ‘Dusky Maiden’
Desirable newish C.’Solfatare’ seedling with smokey bronze leaves
and unusual russet orange flowers. 2-litre pots.
Sun or part shade. Late summer. 2ft. £4.80

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora ‘His Majesty’
Spectacular large star-shaped red, burnt orange and yellow flowers.
Not for the faint hearted ! 2-litre pots.
Sun or part shade. Late summer. 3ft. £4.80

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora ‘Honey Angels’
Popular Crocosmia with clear golden yellow flowers. Very free-flowering.
Sun or part shade. 2-litre pots. Late summer. 2ft. £4.80

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora ‘Star of the East’
The largest of all, with stunning large clear orange flowers with a paler
throat. 2-litre pots.
Sun or part shade. Late summer. 2’6” £4.80

Crocosmia x crocosmioides ‘Castle Ward Late’
Elegant and long-flowering Crocosmia. Impressive tall slender stems topped
with warm gold and orange-red flowers with strongly reflexed petals. 2-litre pots.
Sun or part shade. Late summer. 3-4ft. £4.80

Crocosmia masoniorum ‘Rowallane Yellow’
In this form from Ireland the flowers, held in graceful sprays on top of arching
stems, are a beautiful warm yellow. 2-litre pots.
Sun or part shade. Late summer. 3ft. £4.80

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