Lambley Nursery Perennial Catalogue : H

Helianthus

Helianthus angustifolius - Perennial Sunflower

An extraordinary plant. H. angustifolius makes 3 metre tall stems clothed in narrow dark green leaves. It looks more like a Lilium than anything else until an eruption of bright yellow sunflowers covers the whole in autumn. At its peak it startles visitors (and us). We’ve, more...
$9.00 or 3 for $24.00

Helianthus grosseserratus - Sawtooth Perennial Sunflower

The Sawtooth Sunflower is more tolerant of a low water regime than most other perennial sunflowers. It will grow 150cm tall by 100cm wide and its stiff vertical stems, well clothed by dark green leaves, carry many soft yellow flowers. It blooms from late summer until well, more...
$9.00 or 3 for $24.00

Helianthus maximiliani - Maximilian’s Sunflower

Named for the German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied this perennial sunflower grows about 2.5 metres tall in our double borders. Each leafy stem carries dozens of bright yellow flowers. A plant of the American prairies it can take some neglect from the hose but, more...
$9.00 each or 3 for $24.00

Hemerocallis

Hemerocallis ‘Corky’

When I was last visiting the Royal Horticultural Society’s gardens at Wisley there were large drifts of this day lily. It is one of the most elegant of its kind, every part in good proportion. The dainty lemon yellow, bronze backed flowers are held on thin dark stems well, more...
$15 each or 3 for $40.00

Hesperaloe

Hesperaloe funifera - Giant Hesperaloe

An amazing plant which makes, 150cm tall by 100cm across, rosettes of upright fairly narrow succulent leaves from which after a while a 900cm tall flower spike is produced carrying hundreds of glistening white green backed flowers. Incredibly drought tolerant when established, more...
$12.00 or 3 for $33.00

Hesperaloe parviflora

There are few plants as beautiful, as architecturally interesting and as tough as this. A native of northern Mexico and the Rio Grande area of Texas, it tolerates extremes of heat, cold and drought as long as the soil is well drained. The succulent foliage, narrow and grass, more...
$9.00 or 3 for $24.00

Hibiscus

Hibiscus paramutabilis

This is a frost hardy Hibiscus which makes a 120cm x 100cm shrub with large rich dark rose-pink flowers produced from mid-summer until winter. One of the best flowering shrubs. Fairly drought tolerant and is happy in a well dug sunny spot.
$12.00 each or 3 for $33.00

Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata ‘Greenspires’

This is a first release of this fine new Hydrangea paniculata selection. Growing 140cm by as much across it is in flower from mid-summer until late autumn. Whilst tougher and more drought tolerant than the Hortensia varieties it still requires some supplementary irrigation., more...
$12.00 each