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NCG 693
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Mentha spicata | |
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Spearmint, Garden mint
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NCG 694
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Mentha suaveolens | |
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Apple mint
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NCG 090
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Mimulus x hybridus, mixed | |
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Mimulus, Monkey Flower, mixed
A very useful plant for front of borders, baskets and other containers. The flowers are mostly yellow and red, but occasonally orange or cream. Although strictly speaking a perennial, best treated as an annual. For best results, ensure that the plants receive adequate water supplies, and cut back after flowering… |
NCG 855
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Mirabilis jalapa
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Four o'clock flower, Marvel of Peru
Description coming soon. |
NCG 876
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Mirabilis longiflora
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Sweet Four O'Clock, Longtube Four O'Clock, Maravilla
Synonyms: Jalapa longiflora, Mirabilis longiflora var. wrightiana, Nyctago longiflora |
NCG 485
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Monarda fistulosa
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Wild Bergamot, Bee Balm, Horsemint, Oswego Tea
A beautiful perennial well known as a medicinal herb. The masses of pale-mauve blooms are very attractive to butterflies, bees and other pollinating insects, The foliage is scented. |
NCG 386
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Muscari botryoides | |
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Common or Italian Grape Hyacinth
Description coming soon |
NCG 583
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Nasturtium microphyllum
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One-rowed Watercress
Description coming soon. |
NCG 528
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Nasturtium peregrinum | |
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Canary creeper
This pretty annual climber will happily scramble over fences and trellis, though you may wish to provide some string to help it on its way. The pretty, fringed, yellow flowers appear in profusion during the summer and the lobed, pale-green foliage is also very attractive. Good for hiding eyesores! |
NCG 189
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Nemophila discoides 'Total Eclipse' | |
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Black nemophila
A profusion of blooms no more than an inch across, coloured deep purple - almost black - with white edges. A lovely statement at the front of the border or tumbling from hanging baskets and planters. |
NCG 612
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Nepeta cataria
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Catnip
Catmint has a strong aroma that both attracts cats and repels mosquitoes - what's not to like about that (if you're a cat-lover at least!)? The underside of the foliage has a downy appearance; in summer spikes of pale, purplish flowers whitish-purple flowers are produced NOTE: Externally sourced seeds. |
NCG 323
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Nicandra physalodes
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Shoo-fly plant, Apple of Peru, Peruvian bluebell
Looking very similar to Chinese Lanterns (Physalis alkekengi), but with green/black lanterns rather than the familiar bright orange, and striking black stems, this plant is an annual and although it does seed itself around it is easier to control than Physalis (which multiplies by underground runners and has a tendency… |
NCG 365
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Nicotiana alata 'Lime Green' AGM
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Jasmine tobacco, Sweet tobacco, Winged tobacco, lime green
A most unusual take on the familiar tobacco plant, this variety produces masses of rich, acid-green flowers. Mine are planted in a fairly shady area where they do very well, adding a touch of brightness throughout the summer and well into autumn. A good cut flower if you can bear… |
NCG 531
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Nicotiana alata (Syn. affinis) var. grandiflora
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Flowering tobacco, Jasmine tobacco
The queen of flowering tobacco plants! Taller and more robust than more modern varieties, the tall stems bear masses of pendulous, star-shaped blooms, starting greenish white, fading to cream and then white. Their wonderful fragrance wafts through the garden in the evenings. Highly recommended. |
NCG 099
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Nicotiana langsdorffii AGM
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Langsdorff's tobacco
This unusual tobacco plant first appeared in the garden in the summer of 2011. Height is variable, but can reach 1metre or more, with many branching stems bearing masses of narrow, tubular flowers which are greenish-yellow, with small, usually red-tinged, lips. |
NCG 782
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Nicotiana sylvestris
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Woodland tobacco plant
With a deliciously rich evening scent and pendulous white flowers, this tall plant is a valuable addition to the garden, where it will flourish in both sun and part shade. Although usually grown as a biennial, in the right conditions it can survive as a (usually) short-lived perennial. Highly recommended. |
NCG 038
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Nigella damascena 'Miss Jekyll'
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Love-in-a-Mist
Everything about this cottage garden favourite is spectacular, from the buds, through flowers to seed pods. The finely cut, bright-green foliage is bedecked with rich cornflower-blue flowers throughout the summer, which develop into seedpods, often tinged red and like spurred balloons. These are a lovely addition to dried flower arrangements. |
NCG 484
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Nigella damascena 'Mulberry Rose'
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Love-in-a-Mist 'Mulberry Rose'
Like her more common blue/white sister, this cottage garden annual, in shades soft pinks and occasional white, is a must! Everything about it is pretty, from the buds, through flowers to seed pods. The finely cut, bright-green foliage is bedecked with flowers throughout the summer, which develop into seedpods, often… |
NCG 823
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Nigella orientalis
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Yellow fennel flower, Yellow Love-in-a-Mist
Description coming soon. |
NCG 470
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Oenothera biennis
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Evening primrose
Although generally thought of as a biennial, this favourite herbal and garden flower often survives as a perennial. In its second year of growth it produces masses of bright yellow blooms, which are delicately scented, on tall, branching stems. |
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