• AcaenaFoliage Effect

    Acaena inermis ‘Purpurea’

    Potsize: 9cm

    Common Name: New Zealand burr, sheep’s burr, scarlet piripiri/bidi-bidi
    Family: Rosaceae
    Description: Vigorous prostrate mats of plum-purple coloured fern-like foliage covered with small white flowers in summer. These small pom pom like flowers develop into bronze-red barbless seedheads unlike the other varieties.
    Flowers: July-September
    Height: 5cm
    Spread: 50cm
    Position: Poor soil in an open sunny position, but …

  • ArmeriaCrevice Gardens & Stone Walls

    Armeria caespitosa ‘Alba’

    Potsize: 9cm
    Common Name: juniper-leaved thrift
    Family: Plumbaginaceae
    Description: Dense evergreen cushions of needle-like leaves with short stems of white globular flowers in spring & early summer
    Flowers: March-June
    Height: 5cm
    Spread: 10cm
    Position: Light, well-drained soil in full sun.
    Use: Alpine troughs, scree beds, rock garden.

  • ArmeriaBorder Edges

    Armeria maritima ‘Alba’

    Potsize: 9cm
    Common Name: thrift, sea thrift, sea pink
    Family: Plumbaginaceae
    Description: Evergreen clumps or large cushions of finely narrow green leaves bearing stems of white drumstick-like flowers throughout summer.
    Flowers: May-July
    Height: 15-20cm
    Spread: 20-25cm
    Position: Light, well-drained soil in full sun.
    Use: Rock garden, containers, scree beds, raised beds & borders

  • ArmeriaBorder Edges

    Armeria maritima ‘In the Red’ syn. ‘Rubrifolia’

    Potsize: 9cm
    Common Name: thrift, sea thrift, sea pink
    Family: Plumbaginaceae
    Description: Dense evergreen cushions of needle-like leaves with stems of bright reddish-pink globular flowers in spring & early summer
    Flowers: April-July
    Height: 10cm
    Spread: 20cm
    Position: Light, well-drained soil in full sun.
    Use: Alpine troughs, scree beds, rock garden.

  • ArmeriaBorder Edges

    Armeria maritima ‘Splendens’

    Potsize: 9cm
    Common Name: thrift, sea thrift, sea pink
    Family: Plumbaginaceae
    Description: Evergreen clumps or large cushions of finely narrow green leaves bearing stems of rose-pink drumstick-like flowers throughout summer.
    Height: 12-15cm
    Spread: 20-25cm
    Position: Light, well-drained soil in full sun.
    Use: Rock garden, containers, scree beds, raised beds & borders

  • ArmeriaBorder Edges

    Armeria pseudarmeria ‘Ballerina Lilac’

    Potsize: 9cm and 1litre
    Common Name: great thrift, false sea thrift
    Family: Plumbaginaceae
    Description: Evergreen clumps of broader, flatter leaves with taller flowering stems of large ‘drumstick’ heads in shades of lilac-mauve.
    Height: Up to 30cm
    Spread: 30cm
    Position: Light, well-drained soil in full sun.
    Use: Rock garden, containers, scree beds, raised beds & borders

  • CampanulaCrevice Gardens & Stone Walls

    Campanula garganica ‘Dickson’s Gold’

    Potsize: 9cm and 1litre
    Common Name: Adriatic bellflower
    Family: Campanulaceae
    Description: Compact, tidy, cushion-forming variety with pale blue star-like flowers above lime green to golden foliage.
    Flowers: May-September
    Height: 8cm
    Spread: 15cm
    Position: Gritty,well-drained soil in a sunny spot.
    Use: Alpine trough, rock garden, path & border edging

  • CampanulaCrevice Gardens & Stone Walls

    Campanula portenschlagiana’Resholdt’s Variety’

    Potsize: 9cm
    Common Name: Dalmation bellflower
    Family: Campanulaceae
    Description: Compact, evergreen, mounding habit with panicles of large vivid blue bell- flowers in summer.
    Flowers: May- September
    Height: 15cm
    Spread: 30cm
    Position: Sun or part shade in most soils.
    Use: Larger alpine troughs, rock garden, trailing gently over raised beds & walls.

  • The Whole ListRaised Beds & Walls (trailing)

    Campanula poscharskyana ‘Lisduggan Variety’

    Potsize: 9cm
    Common Name: bellflower
    Family: Campanulaceae
    Description: Vigorous, spreading perennial with rounded mid-green leaves. Arching sprays of small starry pink-purple flowers
    Flowers: June-September
    Height: 20cm
    Spread: 45cm
    Position: Sun or part shade in most soils.
    Use: Good groundcover or trailing over walls.

  • DelospermaRaised Beds & Walls (trailing)

    Delosperma ashtonii

    Potsize: 10cm

    Family: Aizoaceae

    Description: A spreading succulent with fleshy green leaves & bright pink-purple flowers.

    Flowers: May-September

    Height: 6cm

    Spread: 30cm

    Position: Full sun, gritty, well drained soil. Drought tolerant.

    Use: Rock garden, troughs & walls.

  • DelospermaGood Ground Cover

    Delosperma cooperi

    Potsize: 10cm

    Common Name: Purple ice plant

    Family: Aizoaceae

    Description: A vigorous spreading succulent with large irredescant purple flowers

    Height: 8cm

    Spread: 60cm

    Position: Full sun, gritty, well drained soil. Drought tolerant.

    Use: Rock garden, stone walls, trailing over raised walls.

  • Crevice Gardens & Stone WallsErigeron

    Erigeron karvinskianus

    Potsize: 9cm
    Common Name: Crazy Daisy, Mexican daisy
    Family: Asteraceae
    Description: Floriferous daisy that flowers over a long period with white flowers fading to pink giving the appearance of multi-coloured plants.
    Flowers: May-September
    Height: 10cm
    Spread: 20cm
    Position: Any poor soil is adequate preferably in a sunny position
    Use: Pots, in between paving, trailing over walls or raised beds, rock garden