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Perennial Plants
Perennial plants really are flora that just keep on giving! For the ultimate frugal investment, choose in any of the perennial plants from our large selection. We select our perennial plants based on the best tried-and-tested specimens from each variety, all trialled by the Shirley family right here in our UK nursery. Need perennial plants for shade, a shrub that will stay in leaf throughout the year or perhaps something a bit exotic and special? Peruse our online listing right here or feel free to contact us for advice and recommendations on your next order!
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Adriatic Bellflower
A pretty perennial which will slowly spread to form a delicate looking ground cover. Clusters of blue star like flowers with white centres are produced all summer long.
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Auricula
Very decorative wax like flowers in all shades from pastels to rich and vibrant colours appear in early Spring. Attractive pale green flesh foliage. Tough and hardy.
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Supplied as compost block grown plants (supplied in mixed colours only).
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Bloody Cranesbill
This hardy geranium is tough as old boots! Rosy purple pink flowers smother the bright green foliage throughout the Summer. A superb ground cover.
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Cardinal Flower 'Compliment' Mix
A perennial Lobelia that produces tall spikes of flowers in both rich and pastel shades. Can flower for up to three months. Makes a lovely cut flower.
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Supplied as compost block grown plants (supplied in mixed colours only).
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Cardinal Flower 'Queen Victoria'
Quite Sensational! A perennial variety of Lobelia that produces striking spikes of vibrant red blooms. Lovely as a cut flower. Thrives in boggy soils.
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Celebration Rose 'Pearl Anniversary'
A beautiful rose to celebrate an amazing milestone of marriage. Pink flowers with white shades that repeat flower all Summer as a lasting reminder.
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Supplied as an established pot grown plant.
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Chinese Pagoda Primrose
Sometimes known as the Orchid Primrose. Each year a small clump of leaves appear, followed by a spike topped by a cone shaped red and mauve flower.
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Columbine 'McKenna Hybrids'
Sometimes known as Grandma's Bonnets. One of the prettiest and most striking perennial border plants there is. Stunning when planted on mass.
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Coneflower 'Primadonna Deep Rose Pink'
Elegant daisy like flowers have rosy pink petals with an orange centre that rises like a cone. Very hardy and drought tolerant.
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Coral Bells 'Bressingham Hybrids'
A beautiful evergreen that forms a mound of puckered green leaves. Early Summer delicate small bell-shaped flowers in shades of pink rise on wiry stems. Ground Cover.
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Coral Bells 'Palace Purple'
A beautiful evergreen that forms a mound of puckered purple leaves topped with small bell-shaped pinky white flowers in late Spring to early Summer. Ground Cover.
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Corkscrew Rush
Contorted and twisted green stems form attractive clumps. Happy in damper conditions so perfect for pond-side planting. Evergreen in habit.
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Cottage Garden Chrysanthemum
Beautiful 1" (2.5 cm) diameter flowers are produced in a profusion of colours throughout the Summer. Repeat flowering. Subtly scented. Love the sun.
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Cowslip
The true wild Cowslip. Pretty bell like yellow flowers are produced in clusters on erect stems. A really cheerful spring flowering perennial.
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Drumstick Primula
Erect stems are topped by masses of tiny flowers formed into a ball - giving the appearance of a drumstick. Colours range from white through to pinks and lavenders.
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Evening Primrose
Also known as Ozark Sundrops. Bright golden yellow flowers open late in the afternoon. A beautiful ground cover with excellent drought tolerance.
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Foxglove 'Camelot' Series Mixed
A fairly new hybrid variety of Foxglove that produces a multitude of flower spikes in shades of cream, lavender, rose and white. Compact in habit.
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Foxglove (Old English)
Tall racemes of bell shaped flowers in shades of pink purple and cream. Wonderful when planted on mass. Thrive in partial shade.
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Geum 'Mrs J Bradshaw'
Sometimes known as Avens. A truly reliable perennial. Large bright red flowers are borne over a long period. Love the sun. Extremely tough and hardy.
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Heath Pearlwort Lawn
Also known as Irish Moss. In our opinion the best of all ground cover lawn alternatives! Utterly hardy, excellent drought resistance. Tolerant of fairly heavy foot traffic.
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Helleborus Cottage Mixed
A mixture of varieties and cultivars that will produce flowers or varying colour and form. Provide much needed colour and interest over the Winter and Spring.
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Herb Of Jupiter Plant
Botanically it is known as Sempervivum, but also known as the House Leek. Great for rockery gardens in a sunny position. Has many health benefits.
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Lily of The Valley
A real Victorian favourite. Gorgeous sweetly scented white bell like flowers. Lush green semi-evergreen foliage. A lovely ground cover and perfect for semi-shade.
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Supplied as freshly lifted 'pips' / growing plants depending on time of year.
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Lupin 'Russell Hybrids'
Tall spires of flower in virtually every colour of the rainbow. Hardy and very reliable. Happy in full sun or even part shade. Group plant for a stunning display.
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Miniature Rose
Truly miniature roses. Double, semi double and single flowers in shades of white pinks and cream. Delicately scented. Repeat flowering.
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Supplied as compost block grown plants (supplied in mixed colours only).
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Monkey Flower
A real dash of colour for the herbaceous border or pond side. Bright scarlet, yellow, orange or cream coloured flowers have a contrasting splotch of colour.
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Pasque Flower 'Heiler - Hybrids'
A lovely perennial plant for a rockery garden, or front of a border offering a range of mixed colours that is easy to grow. Usually flowers at Easter.
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Pennyroyal
A lovely soil hugging ground cover that exudes a powerful scent of peppermint when crushed. Pretty lavender-blue flowers through the summer months. The smallest leaved of all the mints.
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Penstemon
A late flowering perennial. Beautiful spikes of Antirrhinum like flowers in a lovely colour range from deep purple to pinks and whites. Can flower to the first frosts.
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Perennial Sweet Pea
Beautiful pea flowers in shades of deep rose pink, white and purple. Can climb to 8 feet (2.4 metres) with suitable support. Perennial in habit.
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Periwinkle (Lesser)
Very pretty star-like blue flowers appear sporadically through spring summer and autumn. Rich green foliage carpets the ground. Tough and utterly hardy. Evergeen.
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Supplied as bare rooted plants.
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Polyanthus 'Pacific Giants' Mixed
Pretty flowers in a profusion of colours very early in the spring. Flowers can be up to 3" (7.5 cm) in diameter and are delicately scented. Perfect for low maintenance spring flower borders.
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Poppy 'Allegro'
Huge bright orange flowers with a black centre in late Spring and early Summer. Compact and strong growing and very reliable. Will put on a fantastic display every year!
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Potentilla atrosanguinea 'Golden Starlit'
These pretty plants have large yellow flowers which appear during the Summer which are offset against the grey/green foliage. Hardy, perennial in habit.
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Potentilla atrosanguinea 'Scarlett Starlit'
Stunning deep scarlet flowers in Summer, are easy to grow and work well in both rockery and flower gardens. They like a sunny or part shade position.
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Primrose 'Cottage Cream'
Delicate cream flowers have a pretty golden centre. Flowering can begin soon after Christmas. More compact in habit than the wild primrose from which it is derived.
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Primrose 'Wanda' Hybrids
A tried and trusted strain of Primrose. Beautiful dainty flowers in a range of colours from blues to purples to red to yellows. Bronzed foliage.
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Red Hot Poker 'Flamenco'
Sometimes known as the Torch Lily. Tall spikes of red flower buds open to orange before fading to yellow. Plant on mass to give a real shock of colour to the garden.
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Rock Rose 'Mutabile' Mixed
Also known as the Sun Rose or Rush Rose. Dainty little flowers in a wide range of colours from pastels to vivids appear in late spring atop wiry foliage. Utterly drought tolerant.
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Scabiosa caucasica 'House Hybrids'
These plants have beautiful flowers of blue, violet or white which are exceptionally good as cut flowers. They are hardy, perennials and the bees love them.
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Scented Geraniums
Distinctive highly scented foliage when squeezed between finger and thumb. Lovely for making pot pourri. Drought tolerant once established.
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Supplied as a plant grown in a 7cm pot (supplied in mixed colours and scents only).
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Stinking Hellebore 'Miss Jekyll's' Scented
Pale green flowers edged purple are borne from January to April. Very highly scented (in a nice way, not as the name suggests!) Excellent in shade. Evergreen.
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Sweet Violet
A beautiful little flower with the most amazing scent. Is an excellent ground cover and likes the shade (although will grow in a sunny position too).
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Tree Lupin
A delightful perennial favourite that grows to about 5 feet (1.5 metres) tall with amazing soft lilac, cream or lavender flowers. Makes a great screening plant.
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Victorian Laced Polyanthus
This unmistakable pretty little flower has been popular since the Victorian times. Pretty mixed colours with a delicate contrasting edge.
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Victorian Polyanthus
Tough and hardy plants that produce one of the first flowers of the season, they like a shady or sunny spot in the garden and are well worth growing, they cheer up the garden just when you need it!
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African Blue Lily
An evergreen plant with spikes of vivid blue flowers mid - late Summer. Rich green strap like foliage. Will slowly spread as the plant clumps up and increases in size.
Available from approximately mid April 2015
Supplied as a pot grown plant approximately 8" (20 cm) tall including pot.
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Aubrieta Mixed
A reliable mix of Aubrieta that produces large flowers in a mixture of blue, purple and carmine red. Performs well in full sun and poorer soils. Evergreen. Ground Cover.
Available from approximately late April 2015
Supplied as compost block grown plants (supplied in mixed colours only).
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Bird-bill Dayflower 'Electric Blue'
Thin grass like leaves terminate in a pretty blue flower that look like miniature Iris. Each flower lasts just a day. Profuse in flowering. An excellent summer ground cover.
Available from approximately late April 2015
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Chameleon Plant
Bright green leaves become overlaid with shades of cream and red. Masses of white flowers mid summer. Tolerates both very wet and very dry soils.
Available from approximately mid April 2015
Supplied as a pot grown plant.
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Chamomile Lawn
A special seed grown strain of dwarf chamomile. The rich green foliage is beautifully scented when crushed under foot. Evergreen. Ground Cover.
Available from approximately mid April 2015
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
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Confederate Violet 'Emperor Magenta Red'
Mounds of rich green, heart-shaped leaves. Masses of wine coloured flowers mid - late Spring. A lovely ground cover plant. Tolerates shade well.
Available from approximately early April 2015
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
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Confederate Violet 'Sorority Sisters'
A lovely ground hugging perennial. Beautiful flowers in shades of light blue, dark blue, red, white and even speckled appear mid Spring. Rich green, heart-shaped foliage.
Available from approximately early April 2015
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Cottage Garden Carnation
Traditional hardy border carnations. Richly perfumed. Beautiful flowers in a variety of colours and shades and even striped. Love a full sun position.
Available from approximately early April 2015
Supplied as compost block grown plants (supplied in mixed colours only).
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Cottage Garden Pinks
A tough and wiry perennial. Beautifully perfumed flowers in shades of pink and white. Perfect for the open border of for container growing. Wonderful as a cut flower.
Available from approximately early April 2015
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Creeping Thyme Lawn
Makes a lovely lush green carpet which is surmounted by tiny pink flowers in the summer. Highly aromatic when crushed under foot. Evergreen.
Available from approximately mid April 2015
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Delphinium 'Magic Fountain Series' Mixed
Often known as Larkspur. Majestic spikes of blooms up to 3 feet (90 cm) in shades of blue, lilac and white. Compact in habit so less prone to wind damage.
Available from approximately mid April 2015
Supplied as compost block grown plants (supplied in mixed colours only).
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Feverfew Trough
A herb that offers pain relief (particularly if you suffer from migraines and arthritis) without harmful side effects, easy to grow with pretty white daisy like flowers.
Available from approximately late March 2015
Supplied as a complete growing trough.
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Hollyhock 'Chater's Double Mixed'
A traditional favourite of cottage garden and formal border alike. Tall spikes of fully double flowers in a stunning colour selection. A perfect backdrop for any border.
Available from approximately early May 2015
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King Cup Plant
The true Marsh Marigold grown from our own seed here at the nursery. A beautiful flower that loves to grow in wet, marshy ground. Flowers April to August.
Available from approximately mid May 2015
Supplied as in a 9cm pot grown plant.
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Lenten Rose 'Helen Ballard's' Hybrids
Waxy flowers up to 3" (7.5 cm) in diameter are sure to cheer up the dark months of winter. Happy in sun or shade. Good drought resistance.
Available from approximately early May 2015
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Maiden Pink 'Brilliancy'
Rich green foliage hugs tightly to the ground and is smothered in small bright red flowers from late spring into autumn. A fairly quick spreading evergreen ground cover.
Available from approximately mid April 2015
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Mexican Cigar Plant
Sometimes known as the Firecracker Plant. Masses of bright orange-red flowers with ashen tips throughout the summer. Vigorous in habit and profuse in flowering.
Available from approximately late April 2015
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Mexicana Gazania
A real sun lover! Large daisy like flowers in a stunningly vivid range of colours. Rich green foliage. Perfect for tubs and containers or 'blanket' planting.
Available from approximately late April 2015
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Mind Your Own Business
Forms a carpet of tiny green leaves just a few inches tall. A lovely ground cover plant and particularly pretty when used for edging paths.
Available from approximately early April 2015
Supplied as a clump grown in a 7cm pot.
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Mind Your Own Business - Glaucous Form
The glaucous form of this pretty ground cover. Tiny grey-green foliage blankets the ground. Perfect for establishing in the cracks of pavements or edging paths.
Available from approximately early April 2015
Supplied as a clump grown in a 7cm pot.
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Mind Your Own Business - Pale Green Form
Pale green foliage clothes the ground. Better in sunnier conditions than other forms of Mind Your Own Business. A cheerful ground cover for greenhouse or garden alike.
Available from approximately early April 2015
Supplied as a clump grown in a 7cm pot.
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Poppy 'Ladybird'
Sometimes known as the Caucasian Scarlet Poppy. Crimson red flowers have a distinctive black blotch at the base of each making them look just like their namesake the ladybird. Hardy annual.
Available from approximately early April 2015
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
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Poppy 'Orange Feathers'
Often called the Spanish Poppy. This wonderful plant produces masses of gorgeous frilly orange flowers. Perennial in habit.
Available from approximately early April 2015
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Primrose 'Delia' Blue Red Eye
A beautiful perennial blue flower with a blue red eye this primula acaulis flowers January / February and is easy to grow.
Available from approximately early September 2015
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
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Primrose 'Primlet' Mixed
Also known as the Rosebud Primula. Really cheerful and beautiful flowers in a multitude of colours. Most flowers are fully double and often delicately scented.
Available from approximately early September 2015
Supplied as compost block grown plants (supplied in mixed colours only).
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Rose Mallow
Also known as the Swamp-rose Mallow or Hardy Hibiscus. Huge flowers up to the size of a dinner plate in shades of white, pinks and crimson. Herbaceous in habit.
Available from approximately early May 2015
Supplied as a plant grown in a 7cm pot (supplied in mixed colours only).
