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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Eupatorium cannabinum
(Hemp agrimony)
Herbaceous perennial with red stems and clusters of light purple flowers
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or part shade
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: summer
- Height: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Spread: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Dispatch period: April-October
£6.00
Filipendula rubra 'Venusta'
(Meadowsweet)
Herbaceous perennial with vine like leaves and tall sprays of flowers starting deep pink and turning pale pink.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or partial shade
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: summer
- Height: 1.5 - 2.5 metres
- Spread: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Dispatch period: April-October
£4.00
Geum rivale
(Water avens)
Lobed basal leaves, redish stems and nodding pink to pale orange flowers. Found in damp meadows, along rivers and streams.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or part shade
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: summer
- Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Dispatch period: April-October
£5.50
Glyceria maxima var. variegata
(variegated reed sweet grass)
Rhizomatous perennial with green and cream striped strap shaped leaves and green-purple panicles of flower in late summer.
- Position: MARGINAL- full sun
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: summer
- Height: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Spread: 1 - 2.5 metres
- Planting Depth: Can be submerged in water up to 15 cm or planted in the soil along water margins and boggy areas.
- Dispatch period: March-October
£5.50
Gunnera magellanica
(mini gunnera)
This is a dwarf Gunnera for those who can not fit a full sized Gunnera in their garden. A mat forming perennial with small kidney shaped leaves and tiny flower spikes, it has all the charm of the Gunnera manicata in minature.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - part shade
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: Late summer / early autumn
- Height: 10cm
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.3 metres
- Dispatch period: April-October
£7.00
Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon'
(Heart-leaved houttuynia)
Herbaceous perennial mainly grown for its striking foliage of heart shaped leaves edged with cream and flushed with red. Flowers in spring are yellow with four white bracts at the base.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or partial shade
- Soil: sand / clay / loam
- Flowering Period: spring
- Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Spread: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Planting Depth: Can be used as a marginal, planted alongside the waters edge or in boggy/wet areas
- Dispatch period: March-October
£5.00
Houttuynia cordata 'Plena'
(Orange peel plant)
Blue green heart shaped leaves and yellow green flowers surrounded by multiple white bracts. Orange scented.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or part shade
- Soil: sand / clay / loam
- Flowering Period: spring
- Height: 0.1 - 0.3 metres
- Spread: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Planting Depth: Can be used as a marginal planted alongside the waters edge or in boggy/wet areas.
- Dispatch period: April-October
£6.00
Iris ensata 'Darling'
Pinky violet petals with a splash of yellow.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or part shade
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: Late summer / early autumn
- Height: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Dispatch period: April-October
£7.00
Iris ensata 'Rose Queen'
Green narrow leaves and pale lavender-pink falls which are darker at the centre with a splash of yellow.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or partial shade
- Soil: clay / loam / chalk
- Flowering Period: late summer
- Height: 1 - 1.5 metres
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Dispatch period: April-October
£6.50
Iris ensata 'Rowden King'
A beautiful combination of violet, purple and white.
Originally bred at the nursery.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or part shade
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: Late summer / early autumn
- Height: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Dispatch period: April-October
£8.50