Dennis Norgate was growing this plant when I first met him more than forty years ago. Achillea clypeolata is worth having for foliage effect alone as its evergreen mat of intense silvery grey, feathery leaves makes it one of the most telling of any of the silvers. more... about Achillea clypeoplata
An evergreen sub-shrub from the Caucasus which makes one of the best of all plants for the rock garden, a dry slope or for trailing over a sunny wall. The clear deep pink flowers are held in dense showy heads for much of spring and early summer. more... about Aethionema armeniaca ‘Warley Rose’
Lambley imported this dark-flowered variety from the USA about fifteen years ago and what an impressive selection it has proven to be. Large heads of deep violet blue flowers are produced on 140cm tall stems. more... about Agapanthus ‘Ellamae’
This is an old evergreen Dutch variety which was lost to cultivation in Holland until we sent a few plants to their national Agapanthus collection about 10 years ago. more... about Agapanthus praecox ‘Pallidus’
This is an ornamental as well as culinary form of chives with large balls of rose-purple flowers held above handsome evergreen foliage. ‘Forescate’ is happy in any sunny well drained spot. Cut off the flowering heads before they seed as any seedlings will not breed true. more... about Allium schoenoprasum ‘Forescate’
A southern European plant which grows in pine woods, olive groves and heavily grazed land from south west Spain to Greece. Sometimes evergreen it is generally dormant during the two hottest months. more... about Asphodelus aestivus
