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(Lemoine 1907) Large full double of creamy white with a suffusion of pale salmon pink in the depths of the flower. These gorgeous scented blooms are very long lasting. The foliage is good with dark and strong stems. Good autumn colour. A later flowering peony growing to about 90cm.    

A magnificent peony that never ceases to impress us with it's reliability to produce masses of large bomb shaped blooms in a vibrant shade of watermelon red. Everything about it ticks all the boxes. Great foliage, strong stems, good for cutting, fragrant, long lasting flowers...whats not to like! Grows to around 90cm in height and rarely needs staking. (Bigger 1940   

Large blowsy blooms, everything a peony should be...and more, because its sweet fragrance will knock you out!. The blooms are a clear pale pink with large outer petals cupping a fluffy raised centre. this peony is a shortie at around 70cm and rarely needs staking. (C.Klehm).

Stunning and very unusual! This wonderful peony in the "japanese" style is an absolute favourite of ours, with large single flowers of purest white without any sign of pink. In the centre of each bloom is a crest of bright yellow much narrower petals, punctuated with bright green carpels which are the potential seed pods. Distinctly this is also one of the very few peonies where the emerging shoots in the spring are bright green, rather than the pinky red  "dear rosy snouts" as described by Gertrude Jekyll the famous 19th centruy garden designer. Attains around 90cm in height and rarely needs staking. (Van Leeuwen 1928).

  Ideal for those impatient gardeners (and who isn't) who just cannot wait to see wonderful peony flowers as soon as possible!   This is a Bowl of Beauty's little brother! It's a charming smaller version of one of the best known of all peonies. Saucer shaped flowers with bright pink petals that form a cup holding a centre of frothy much narrower pale cream petals. A really free flowering and fragrant peony, producing compact mounds of foliage up to around 75cm in height so that staking is rarely necessary.  

An evergreen shrub with rounded leaves opening white becoming green, speckled with white, often tinged pink in winter. Sparsely produced, fragrant dark purple flowers in late spring.

Paeonia 'Early Windflower' (Saunders). This exqusite little peony is the counterpart to "Late Windflower" and flowers about 10 days earlier. Beautiful medium sized white flowers with exquisite charm which are borne freely. Pale green very dissected foliage; a very fresh verdure. An early peony, flowering in late April and early May. Ht. 75-90 cms. One of the gems of the spring garden, thriving well in a shady spot, and is one of the most reliable early flowering peonies.    

Ideal for those impatient gardeners (and who isn't) who just cannot wait to see wonderful peony flowers as soon as possible! (Van der Valk 1953). The flowers open quite demurely with a pink hue which fades to pure white as the flower develops. At the same time, the blooms increase in volume considerably as they open. A light sweet scent is an added treat. Mid season flowering and growing to around 85cm in height, this is a thoroughly recommended garden peony. The picture shows a young immature bloom.

A classic nineteenth century french peony. Usually described as deep solferino red this is an intriguing colour aptly describing it's large globe shaped double flowers which seem to glow from within, and are excellent and long lasting when picked and displayed in a vase. The foliage is deep green and is distinctly ribbed. Growing to around 90cm in height this is a handsome and dramatic peony which tends to flower quite late in June making an ideal one to prolong the peony season. (Calot 1867)

A handsome Euphorbia with upright stems of glaucous foliage topped with clusters of greenish-yellow flowers with a bronze centre. A very fast-growing plant which is very tolerant of drought once established.

A dense, evergreen shrub with glossy, dark green foliage bearing flattened clusters of pink buds in winter and spring opening to small white flowers followed by blue-black fruits.

(Winchell 1956). This has to be one of the most unique of all the japanese style peonies. Bright pale beetroot coloured guard petals cup a centre of buff coloured petaloids, which fade to white as the flowers open wide. This startling peony is mid season flowering and will grow to a height of around 85cm.    

A fairly new cultivar recently added to our selection. We absolutely love this with its striking silvery grey-green leaves with white markings at the edges, forming a dense, natural ball shape. Perfect for adding some evergreen structure throughout the winter months. Easy to grow, it is hardy throughout most of the UK, only really needing any protection in prolonged severe cold spells. It looks great grown in the border but owing to its dense, compact habit, equally suited to be grown in containers and can be clipped easily to maintain the size and shape desired.

This is the sumptuous white form of the old fashioned red cottage garden peony which has been enjoyed in gardens for centuries. Large globe shaped buds open to reveal blooms that have the faintest blush of pale pink but quickly change to white. This is one of the first peonies to flower in early May so its a great choice to have gorgeous peonies in your garden whilst the daffodils are still blooming. Grows to approximately 70cm in height.

A really sumptuous peony and one of the best in this hue. Deep ruby red double scented flowers that become more purple as they mature. It's also a really good peony for cutting. Dark and lustrous foliage which adopts rich tints in the autumn.  Grows to around 90cm but is robust and rarely needs staking. (Seit 1937)

An Australian evergreen shrub with fragrant, narrow, lance-shaped leaves producing prominent, bright pink bottlebrush-like flowers in summer and autumn.

A handsome, evergreen fern with glossy, wavy fronds unfurling in spring. A great fern for the edge of woodland areas and in a shady mixed border, which will tolerate dry soils once it has established.

A versatile, deciduous grass with pale yellow-green, wispy foliage with fluffy plumes of silver-green flowers throughout summer. An ideal plant for creating movement in the garden as the light flower heads sway in the slightest breeze.

A great form of catmint with aromatic, grey-green foliage and bearing clusters of blue flowers in summer which if cut back after flowering, will often reflower later.

A really useful and attractive herbaceous perennial grown for its large, heart-shaped, silver-edged leaves with deep green veining. In spring it bears sprays of small, forget-me-not-like blue flowers.

Long soft fronds often with a distinct angular twist along the stems. Forms a large single clump up to 60cm in height and spread, the fronds remaining evergreen in all the hardest winters. Does well in most conditions if not too dry. One of the anchor plants of any fern collection.

A spreading, deciduous shrub with tangled growth and spiny branches with simple, oval leaves and bearing double greenish-white flowers in spring followed by aromatic, green fruit.

A perennial coneflower producing intensely purple-pink flowers with narrow, pointed rays which are held either flat or slightly up-curving, around a central orange-brown cone from midsummer into autumn.

A more reliably perennial foxglove than many, this variety has glossy, rich green leaves shooting up stout stems in early summer bearing soft yellow, tubular flowers throughout June and July. Particularly attractive to pollinating insects they look great when interspersed among ferns in a woodland setting.