Specialist nursery for pond, marginal and moisture loving plants
Moisture Loving Plants
This selection of plants includes bog plants that thrive in wet soil, as well as plants for moist but well drained areas which includes some beds and borders.
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Acorus gramineus variegata
(Variegated slender sweet flag)
Compact perennial with fans of slender leaves in green and cream.
- Position: MARGINAL - full sun or moisture retentive soil
- Soil: chalk / clay / loam
- Flowering Period: Late summer / early autumn
- Height: 0.1 - 0.3 metres
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.3 metres
- Planting Depth: Plant in shallow water at pond margins or in a wet boggy soil
- Dispatch period: April-October
£7.00
Angelica archangelica
(angelica)
Large umbel yellow flowers are produced on tall stems with palmately divided green leaves. Perennial plant and great architectural plant.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or part shade
- Soil: chalk / clay / loam
- Flowering Period: summer
- Height: 1.5 - 2 m
- Spread: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Dispatch period: April-October
£7.50
Astilbe chinensis var 'Pumila'
(dwarf Chinese astilbe)
A dwarf astilbe with divided deep green foliage and plumes of pink flowers with blue anthers.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or partial shade
- Soil: loam
- Flowering Period: summer - autumn
- Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Dispatch period: April-October
£5.50
Astilbe 'Sprite'
A lovely dwarf Astilbe up to 25 cm in height. Dark green divided leaves with panicles of light pink flowers.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or part shade
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: Late summer / early autumn
- Height: 0.1 - 0.3 metres
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Dispatch period: April-October
£6.50
Astilbe 'Willie Buchanan'
A dwarf astilbe with red tinted finely divided foliage and plumes of white flowers with red stamens.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or partial shade
- Soil: loam
- Flowering Period: summer - autumn
- Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Dispatch period: April-October
£7.50
Caltha palustris
(Marsh Marigold)
A rhizomatous herbaceous perennial with deep green rounded leaves and bright cup-shaped yellow flowers. A sunny, cheery spring addition.
- Position: Marginal or moisture retentive - full sun
- Soil: Loam
- Flowering Period: Spring to early Summer
- Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Planting Depth: Can be submerged in water up to 10 cm deep or planted into soil along the waters edge. Would also grow in a boggy/moist area of the garden.
- Dispatch period: March- September
£5.50
Caltha palustris var. palustris 'Plena'
(swamp marsh marigold 'Plena')
Double flowers of brilliant golden yellow with dark glossy green leaves.
- Position: Marginal or moisture retentive - full sun
- Soil: loam
- Flowering Period: spring - summer
- Height: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Spread: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Planting Depth: Can be submerged in water up to 10 cm or planted in soil along the waters edge. Would also grow in a boggy/moist area of the garden.
- Dispatch period: March-October
£6.50
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Citronella'
Clump forming perennial with pale green linear leaves and sunny yellow flowers.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or partial shade
- Soil: clay / loam / chalk / sand
- Flowering Period: summer - autumn
- Height: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Spread: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Dispatch period: April-October
£6.50
Dicentra formosa
(bleeding heart)
A perennial which spreads through underground rhizomes. Lobed glaucous green leaves look delicate and are great for ground cover. Pink flowers that resemble hearts hang from pendulous stems in late spring. Likes a shady spot.
- Position: Moist but well drained - part shade / shade
- Soil: chalk / clay / loam
- Flowering Period: April-May
- Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Spread: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Dispatch period: April-October
£5.00
Dicentra formosa f. alba
(white bleeding heart)
Lobed delicate glaucous leaves and white pendulous hearts hang from tall stems above the foliage in late spring. Prefers a shady spot.
- Position: Moist but well drained - part shade / shade
- Soil: chalk / clay / loam
- Flowering Period: April-May
- Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Spread: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Dispatch period: April-October
£6.00