'A Selection of Plants with Good Foliage' available from Avondale Nursery

A Selection of Plants with Good Foliage

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ROMNEYA coulteri

Tree Poppy. Beautiful papery-white poppy flowers July-Oct, handsome grey-green lobed leaves. Rich soil in a sheltered spot. Mulch in winter.

AGM 1.50m £8.50

SANGUISORBA tenuifolia 'White Tanna'

Masses of white, pendant catkins June-August. Sun.

1.00m £5.00

ACTAEA simplex Atropurpurea Group 'Black Negligee'

Lovely near-black foliage, white flower spikes July-September. Shade.

90cm £5.00

SEDUM 'Herbstfreude'

Salmon-pink to copper flowers August-September. Sunny well-drained spot.

AGM 60cm £5.00

KNIPHOFIA 'Alcazar'

Fat spikes of red to yellow flowers on stout stems. Red hot pokers prefer good, well-drained soil in sun, but can tolerate part shade.

1.50m £5.00

AGAPANTHUS 'Blue Moon'

Huge grey-blue flowers on upright stems. One of the best! Hardy.

1.00m £6.50

TRADESCANTIA 'Concord Grape'

Long grey-green leaves, lovely violet flowers from May-July, then September-October.

60cm £5.00

SANGUISORBA officinalis dark form

Very dark maroon burrs.

1.50m £5.00

SANGUISORBA tenuifolia 'Pink Elephant'

Good pink flowers.

1.20m £5.00

LIGUSTICUM scoticum

'Scots Lovage'. Compact, upright perennial with glossy foliage, and in summer on dark purple stems, umbels of tiny white and pale pink flowers. Sun or shade.

60cm £5.00

ARUM italicum 'Green Marble'

Large pale green leaves marbled with grey emerge in spring. Tidy, smart plant. Shade.

30cm £5.00

SEDUM spectabile 'Brilliant'

Grey-green leaves topped with large heads of cool pink-mauve flowers in summer. Sun.

AGM 45cm £5.00

PULMONARIA 'Cotton Cool'

Silver leafed, with good blue flowers.

30cm £5.00

HAKONECHLOA macra 'Aureola'

Bright yellow green-striped floppy leaves, slow-spreading, best in light shade and good soil.

AGM 30cm £5.00

ARUNCUS 'Woldemar Meier'

A shorter form with feathery foliage which turns fiery orange in midsummer. White flowers from June. Aruncus will tolerate dry shade.

45cm £5.00

GERANIUM 'Red Admiral'

Vivid magenta flowers, dark veins, June-September.

90cm £4.50