Last year Lambley imported this beautiful evergreen shrub from Olivier Filippi’s nursery in the South of France. A hybrid between P. fruticosa and P. longifolia it is one of the showiest plants in the genus. more... about Phlomis ‘Le Sud’
This new import is, to my mind, the most beautiful in foliage of all the Phlomis. It is still such a new plant that our supplier, Olivier Filippi, hasn’t yet listed it in his catalogue. more... about Phlomis ‘Lemon Blush’
A rare and beautiful Phlomis from the region of the Judean mountains in Israel. Handsome evergreen foliage, hairy silver beneath and grey above with whorls of quite deep yellow claw-like flowers which are produced over a long period from spring into summer. more... about Phlomis platystegia
This is one of the most rewarding plants for dry climate gardens, getting by on very little water, flowering from early spring until winter when once established. It has been around gardens for ages but wrongly named Chrysanthemum mawii. It is most like a hybrid between P. more... about Rhodanthemum ‘Springmount’
A new and particularly beautiful trailing variety of Rosemary. The contrast between the rich dark green leaves and the deep violet-blue flowers is very telling. more... about Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Irene’
I first saw this in the late Alan Bloom’s garden in the UK a good 30 years ago. From memory it was about 3.5 metres tall and 2 metres or so across; the whole smothered with pure white flowers like exquisite single roses. more... about Rubus ‘Bennenden’
A tall growing Californian sage which makes a dense ever-grey shrub some 120cm tall by as much across. 60cm tall flower spikes carry whorls of lavender-blue flowers. more... about Salvia ‘Allen Chickering’
An exciting newly imported plant which makes low evergreen mounds of grey, sage like foliage with intensely fragrant leaves. Soft mauve blue white throated flowers in spring and summer. Sun loving and drought tolerant. 40 cm x 90 cm more... about Salvia ‘Chateau Cathare’
This Salvia has a very tidy habit and is very free flowering. It features sparkling violet-purple flowers from December to late April. It was discovered in the Devon (UK) garden of former holder of the National Salvia Collection, Christine Yeo. 60cm x 60cm. more... about Salvia ‘Christine Yeo’
This is similar to Salvia greggii both in growth and needs but is a hybrid between S. greggii and S. microphylla. We imported ‘La Siesta’ last year from Olivier Filippi’s nursery in the south of France. more... about Salvia x jamensis ‘La Siesta’
Our working title for this variety of Mexican sage. It was growing in my son Harry Glenn’s garden in Camberwell and is distinguished by its bright purple red flowers held in mauve calyces. more... about Salvia leucantha ‘Harry's Red’
This is one of the most telling of all the summer/autumn flowering salvias. It was the most admired plant in our garden last season. In our garden Salvia ‘Meigan’s Magic’ grew a metre tall by 80cm wide. more... about Salvia ‘Meigans Magic’
A vigorous plant which in its first year has made a shrub 120cm tall by as much across. During summer and autumn it carries masses of glowing cerise flowers. During winter I shear and shape this plant to a round shrub about 80cm by 80cm. more... about Salvia microphylla ‘Cerise Velvet’
This hybrid between Salvia nemorosa ssp tesquicola and Salvia ‘Wesuwe’ popped up in our dry garden a couple of years ago. It has the early flowering habit and dark flowers of the latter and the showy bracts of the former. A terrific plant which I named for my daughter. more... about Salvia nemorosa ‘Kate Glenn’
A stunning German bred plant with dozens of spikes of glowing rich deep violet flowers beginning in late spring. After about 10 weeks of extraordinary beauty the flowers pass their prime and we cut the whole plant to the ground. more... about Salvia nemorosa ‘Ostfriesland’
This Salvia is one of the best nemorosa types with spikes of rich violet flowers set in large lilac bracts from late Spring until Autumn. It responds well to dead heading although we cut it to the ground when it looks tired after the first 12 weeks of flowers. more... about Salvia nemorosa ssp. tesquicola
This is the very dark, early flowering Salvia which grows near the entrance to my dry garden. It’s in full flight by October a good month before most of its kind. The stiff vertical deep violet blue spikes contrast wonderfully well with yellowy green Euphorbias. more... about Salvia nemorosa ‘Wesuwe’
This is one of the best new plants we have in our dry garden with all the virtues of the nemorosa salvias but with a startlingly different flower colour. Stiff leafy spikes of bright magenta rose flowers are in bloom from spring onwards. more... about Salvia x superba ‘Rubin’
An import from Europe with particularly elegant spikes of rich violet-blue flowers enclosed in persistent purple bracts. One of our best new plants. The first flush of flowers is in the spring and early summer. more... about Salvia x superba ‘Tanzarin’
This is a welcome new addition which we imported recently from Olivier Filippi’s Mediterranean plant nursery in the South of France. Santolina insularis is endemic to the island of Sardinia in the Mediterranean and makes a tough and drought tolerant garden plant. more... about Santolina insularis
Scabiosa ‘Pink Lace’ is an easily grown, shrubby pin cushion with large soft pink flowers from spring until winter. Its blooms are more heat tolerant than other selections on the market which have been bred to look as smug as a bug in a 6 inch pot. more... about Scabiosa ‘Pink Lace’
Beginning in mid-summer the large cauliflower shaped flower heads change from pale green in bud to soft baby pink then to deep pink through deep salmon-pink to dark coral-pink and finally, as autumn progresses into winter, rich mahogany brown. more... about Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’
Thought by some, including me, to be the best of all the taller growing Sedum. Handsome the year round it makes 90cm or more tall stiff maroon stems clothed with waxy blue leaves. more... about Sedum ‘Matrona’
The ground seeds of this beautiful grass from California and the western states are believed to have been widely used as a food source by the Hopi Indians of North America. more... about Sporobolus airoides
