This is an alphabetical listing of the Perennials cottage garden plants you selected.
At times, especially during the summer, plants may be cut back or pinched out if they are too far advanced to ship whole. This encourages annuals and biennials to produce extra flowering stems, so no bad thing! Perennials will establish well for next year, but may or may not flower this year, depending on species. In some instances top growth may be woody or sparce (e.g. Anthemis tinctoria), but don't worry, the plants are perfectly healthy and will soon produce fresh foliage! Please contact me if you would like to enquire about specific plants.
NCG 437
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Valeriana officinalis
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Garden heliotrope This sweetly vanilla-scented cottage garden plant has masses of small, white to pale-pink flowers on strong, straight stems clothed in attractive, finely divided, bronze foliage. Much loved by bees and other pollinating insects. Highly recommended. |
NCG 085
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Verbena bonariensis
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Purpletop verbena, Purpletop vervain Wonderful sculptural plant! A tall, sculptural plant that ticks all the boxes! The clusters of small, purple flowers, which are borne on the end of strong, branching stems, are a magnet for butterflies, bees and hoverflies. Grow en masse for best effect. Although a perennial, this plant tends to be short-lived, but it… |
NCG 084
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Veronica longifolia (blue)
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Garden Speedwell, Blue A very attractive and useful plant; long lasting, purple flower spikes of tiny flowers appear from late spring until mid summer and make a good filler in flower arrangements.Very attractive to bees. |
NCG 526
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Vinca major 'Variegata' | |
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Greater periwinkle 'Variegata' A trailing vine, usually used as ground cover, with bold creamy-yellow and green variegation. Pretty purple flowers and inch or so across appear sporadically from spring right into autumn. The plant spreads by rooting along the stems where they lie on the ground and can become quite dense, but can… |
NCG 062
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Viola 'Blackjack'
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Viola 'Blackjack' Currently unavailable This is probably a cross between Bowles' Black and a standard viola. Still, it is rich in colour and produces masses of small, midnight-blue flowers with yellow eyes. Very useful for front of border or in containers and hanging baskets. Cut back after first flush of flowering to encourage new… |
NCG 516
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Viola 'Bowles Black' | |
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Viola 'Bowles Black' Currently unavailable A very pretty viola that is usually hard to come by, with flowers which are deepest midnight-blue to almost black, with deep yellow eyes. Although strictly speaking a hardy perennial, best treated as a half-hardy annual. The seeds gathered from these plants were fertilised when almost all other violas in… |
NCG 047
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Viola cornuta
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Horned Violet A lovely front of border plant in shades of mid-blue, pale-blue and occasionally white. Very easy to grow and flowers for months. Plants can become leggy but this is easily remedied; cut them back to within 3-4 inches of the ground and they will soon regenerate to produce compact plants… |
NCG 594
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Viola odorata | |
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Sweet violet Description coming soon. |
NCG 670
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Viola riviniana Purpurea Group | |
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Labrador violet, Alpine violet Formerly known as labradorica purpurea, this is a lovely violet to grow under trees, with dark, purplish-green leaves and violet flowers in spring. |
NCG 419
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Viola sororia 'Freckles' | |
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Woolly Blue Violet, Sister Violet Currently unavailable This stunning viola has white, or very pale-blue, flowers which are covered in tiny purple speckles. Comes true from seed. The plants on offer are very small, but don't worry - they will soon bulk out if given the right conditions. |
NCG 637
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Viola wittrockiana 'Black Devil' | |
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A very dynamic viola with large blooms, near-black with golden eyes. Although strictly speaking a hardy perennial, best treated as a half-hardy annual. I have no other V. wittrockia varieties in the garden, but cannot guarantee that all will come true from my collected seeds - however in my experience… |
NCG 503
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Zantedeschia aethiopica
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Calla lily Exotic but hardy and easy to grow! Each beautiful, exotic white spathe surrounds a clear yellow spathix. Surprisingly easy to grow and fully hardy in most regions. |
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