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Seed List 2011

CLUNY HOUSE SEEDLIST 2011

Cluny House is a wooded garden that faces north-east, gets very little mid-day sun and tends to keep the moisture in the soil for a longer time than normal. None of our plants are protected during the winter and no herbicides or insecticides are used. Have fun choosing which seeds you want and remember that it is always worth trying something new. H = height, S = spread.

Please feel free to let others know about our seed list. THANK YOU.

Please email Wendy for a copy.

ACER

PALMATUM: Deciduous, bushy tree/large shrub. Naturally displays considerable genetic variation therefore, even seedlings with the same parent tree, can show differences in leaf size, colour and shape (lobed to deeply divided).

SIEBOLDIANUM: Deciduous, small/medium tree. Closely related to A. japonicum but distinguished by yellow flowers and smooth bark. Rounded, lobed leaves turn orange-yellow to red in the autumn.

ACONITUM

HEMSLEYANUM: Herbaceous climber; good for scrambling and twining through shrubs, making more stems each year. Light purple flowers, of typical monkshood shape, are borne in hanging clusters in summer to early autumn. Good foliage all season. Sun/partial shade; well-drained soil. H: 2m S: 50cm

VULPARIA [Wolf’s bane]: Upright perennial with spires of creamy-yellow, hooded flowers on wiry, branching stems in summer. Leaves are dark green and deeply divided. May need staking. H: 1m

ACTAEA

RUBRA: From mid spring to early summer, bears white flowers in ovoid racemes, 3 - 5cm long, followed by spikes of shiny red, spherical berries, on slender green stalks. H: up to 45cm S: 30cm

RUBRA f. NEGLECTA: The white berried form of the above.

ANEMONE LEVELLI: Perennial woodland plant with white flowers with deep green and serrated foliage H: 50 to 60cm

ANEMONOPSIS MACROPHYLLA: Clump-forming perennial with waxy, nodding, two tone light blue-purple flowers, borne on slender, branching stems in summer, above fern-like leaves. Semi-shade in moist, but well-drained soil. Hardy. H: 45 - 60cm. S: 50cm

ANTHYLLIS VULNERARIA [Ladies Fingers]: Orangey-red flowers. An interesting rock plant, also suitable for wildflower meadow.

AQUILEGIA Graceful, clump-forming perennials, grown for their mainly bell-shaped, spurred flowers in spring/summer. Most prefer well-drained soil in open, sunny site.

BUEGERIANA: Dwarf variety with dainty flowers in May and June. The petals are purple and the corolla soft yellow.

CANADENSIS: In early summer, slender stems bear several semi-pendent flowers, with yellow sepals and red spurs, above lobed and divided foliage.

FLABELLATA: In spring bears bell-shaped, soft blue flowers with fluted petals and a short spur. Needs semi-shade and a moist soil. H: 15cm. S: 10cm.

FLABELLATA (EXTRA LARGE): As above but with larger, taller flowers in early spring. Long flowering. H: 25cm.

KUHISTANICA: Origin of seed from BG Gotenburg. Tall yellow Aquilegia from Tadschikstan. H: 25 – 30cm.

SAXAMONTANA: Sub-alpine/alpine aquilegia with lavender and white flowers. H: 5-25cm.

ARISAEMA Spring or summer-flowering, rhizomatous or tuberous perennials, cultivated for their attractive, sometimes unusually shaped spathes,the simple, palmately lobed/palmate leaves and slender, sometimes striking spadices. Dense clusters of spherical to oblong red berries in autumn, before plant dies down. They are best grown outdoors in partial shade.

ELEPHAS: Chocolate brown and white spathe with a spectacular vertical chocolate spadix.

PROPINQUUM: Spathe 10-15cm, dark purple or green, with white or purple stripes.

PROPINQUUM “Nest of Cobras”: As above, good clumping form.

ASTRANTIA

MAJOR: [Masterwort] As above but larger with white pin cushion flowers lasting from June to August. Excellent for cutting and drying.

CARDIOCRINUM

GIGANTEUM: Giant Himalayan lily with magnolia coloured flowers and green stems. H: up to 3.5m

GIGANTEUM VAR YUNNANENSE: Giant Himalayan lily with yellow-white flowers and reddish brown stems. H: up to 3.5m

CORTUSA MATTHIOLI [Alpine Bells]: Clump-forming perennial with nodding umbels of deep pink flowers in late spring/early summer above a basal rosette of long-stalked, rounded-heart shaped leaves. H: to 25cm

DECAISNEI FARGESII: Chinese deciduous shrub with yellow/green trailing flowers and gigantic metallic blue bean pods in autumn. H: to 4m.

DIGITALIS

GRANDIFLORA [Yellow Foxglove]: Evergreen perennial. Creamy-yellow, trumpet flowers in summer, on open, upright spikes above a rosette of soft, broad leaves. Sun or part shade. Will grow in gravel or open woodland. Hardy. H: 75cm.

LUTEA: Clump-forming perennial. Pale yellow flowers in early and midsummer. H: 60cm.

DISPORUM SMITHII [Fairy Bells]: Liliacea, closely related to Tricyrtis. A small 20cm stalk with white flowers in spring and orange fruit in early autumn. A woodland plant.

ERYNGIUM

ALPINUM: Herbaceous perennial. From midsummer to early autumn, branched stems, bear steel-blue thistle-like flowers with softly spiny bracts. H: to 1m

BOURGATII: As above, sea holly with a ruff of spiky blue bracts surrounding a prominent cone of tiny flowers. Prefers full sun and dry conditions. H: 55cm.

ERYTHRONIUM

CALIFORNICUM: (White): Clump-forming, spring-flowering tuber produces semi-erect, mottled basal leaves. Slender stalks bear up to three creamy-white flowers with reflexed petals and yellow eyes. Needs moist, well-drained soil. Will slowly multiply if left alone in light woodland, semi shade or deciduous-shade type bed. H: 15-35cm.

REVOLUTUM: Bulbous perennial with wavy-margined, deep green leaves (15-20cm), strongly mottled dark brown. In spring, slender upright stems produce pendent, purply-pink flowers (4-7cm). H: 20-30cm. Ideal for shady position.

EUONYMUS QUINQUECORNUTUS: Open, deciduous shrub with lanceolate leaves. In autumn the spherical, 5-winged pink fruit, to 1.5cm across, split to reveal seeds with bright orange arils. H: 1.6m. S: 1.6m

GENTIANA

ASCLEPIADEA [Willow Gentian]; Clump forming herbaceous early autumn flowering perennial with beautiful blue trumpet shaped flowers on delicate spikes. H: 40cm

LUTEA: Erect, unbranched perennial. In summer has whorls of yellow flowers in axils of greenish bracts. H: 1 - 1.2m. S: 60cm.

GLAUCIDIUM PALMATUM:

Spring-flowering perennial with large, lobed leaves, bears large, delicate lilac, cup-shaped flowers. Excellent in woodland garden or sheltered, semi-shade with humus-rich soil. H & S: 50 cm.

IMPATIENS SP: Himalayan annual. Pale yellow flowers, maroon spotting on throat, with curved spur borne on erect stems from mid-summer to first frost. H: to 1m

INCARVILLEA

DELAVAYI: Compact, clump-forming perennial with multiple leaflets. Short stems bear several trumpet-shaped, purplish-pink flowers in early summer. Protect crowns with winter mulch. Hardy. H & S: 30cm.

LILIUM

MACKLINIAE: Dainty, nodding, wide-bell-shaped flowers, white inside and stained rose-purple outside. H: 20 - 40cm.

MARTAGON: A purplish red Turk’s cap lily, 1m tall. Good for naturalising.

SZOVITSIANUM: Scented, nodding, sulphur yellow large Turk’s cap. H: to 1.2m

MAGNOLIA WILSONII: Superb deciduous tree or shrub. Fragrant, nodding, cup-shaped, white flowers (10cm) with crimson stamens in late spring/early summer. Hardy.

MECONOPSIS

ACULEATA: Beautiful blue monocarpic poppy with yellow stamens and deeply lobed hairy leaves. H: up to 50cm.

BAILEYI [Himalayan blue poppy]: Deciduous perennial. In early summer, saucer-shaped, sky blue to rose-lavender flowers, 8 – 10cm across, with yellow stamens, are borne singly on bristly stalks, sometimes clustered towards the tops of the stems. H: up to 1.2m. S: 45cm.

BAILEYI ALBA: White form of the above.

MECONOPSIS BAILEYI ‘HENSOL VIOLET’: As above but with violet flowers.

GRANDIS: Erect, herbaceous perennial has rosette of toothed, hairy, mid-green leaves at base of stout stem and bears slightly nodding, cup-shaped, deep blue flowers in early summer. H: 1 – 1.5m. S: 30cm.

GRANDIS HYBRID: As above but with larger blue flowers.

NAPAULENSIS: Striking yellow multi-flowered monocarpic poppy. H: up to 1.5m.

WALLICHII: Closely related to M. napaulensis but rosette is far greener and flowers can be purple, blue, pink or white. Monocarpic poppy. Seed originated from Chadwell. H: up to 1.5m. (This may not be the correct name.)

VILLOSA: Delicate yellow and beautiful perennial poppy. Grow in shade in humus-rich soil. H: 0.5 – 0.75m.

NOTHOLIRION BULBULIFERUM: Bulbous perennial. A member of the lily family which, in summer, bears 10 – 30 funnel-shaped, pale lilac flowers, to 4cm long, with green tips. H: to 1.5m. S: 15cm.

PAEONIA

DELAVAYI: Deciduous upright tree peony with dark red flowers.

VEITCHII: Herbaceous perennial 45cm tall with pink to pale magenta flowers.

WOODWARDII: As above with single deep-rose pink flowers in spring.

PELTOBOYKINIA WATANABEI: From Japan; hardy perennial for woodland or semi-shade. Has glossy scalloped leaves, reddish-tinted when young and, in early summer, bears panicles of small, pale creamy yellow bells. Humus-rich soil. H: 30-60cm.

PODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM syn. EMODII [Himalayan May Apple]: Perennial with pairs of lobed, brown-mottled leaves bears white or pink flowers in spring, followed by fleshy, red fruits in summer. Prefers semi-shade and moist, humus-rich soil. H: 30 – 45 cm. S: 30 cm.

POLEMONIUM

PAUCIFLORUM: Pale yellow trumpets in early/ mid-summer. H: 40cm.

PAUCIFLORUM ssp HINCKLEYI: Fine fern-like, musk scented leaves and narrow, tubular, apricot flowers with orange-pink markings. H: 40cm.

POTENTILLA

ATROSANGUINEUM: Striking plant with silvery-green foliage and deep red flowers. Suitable for a sunny border. H: 0.5m

RUPESTRIS [Rock Cinquefoil]: Native downy perennial with white yellow-eyed flowers on rose-pink stems. Grows on limestone but will do well at the front of cool borders. H: 50cm.

PRIMULA

ALGIDA: Pink farinose primula. Requires moist conditions. H: 15cm.

ALPICOLA (White): Compact, deciduous perennial. Produces two or three whorls of scented, pendent, funnel-shaped flowers on slender stems in early summer. Shade or part shade in humus-rich soil. Hardy. H: 15 - 50cm. S: 15 - 30cm.

ALPICOLA v. VIOLACEA: As above but in pale purple.

ANISODORA: Maroon, pendent bells. Special candelabra for semi-shaded,permanently damp spot.

BEESIANA & BULLEYANA MIX: A mixture of purple and orange later flowering candelabras held on 60cm stalks.

CANDELABRA MIX: A mixture of different damp loving candelabras.

CERNUA: Narrow spikes of abundant, small, violet flowers, borne on upright stems in summer. Cool, moist position in part shade and humus-rich soil. H: 30cm S: 15cm

CHIONANTHA v. SINOPURPUREA: Violet-purple flowers in early May. Prefers deep humus-rich soil. H: up to 40 cm.

CHUNGENSIS: Vigorous candelabra. Fragrant, pale orange flowers, H: to 80cm.

COCKBURNIANA: Coppery-red flowers in late spring. H: 45cm.

CONCHOLOBA: Small, hairy-leafed; sky blue flowers in a tight head. H: 15cm.

CORTUSOIDES: Clump forming primula with soft hairy leaves and pink flowers. Grows in semi-shade in well-drained soil. H: 30cm.

ELATIOR: [Oxlip] Umbels of small, fragrant, tubular yellow flowers in spring. H: 30cm.

FLACCIDA: Conical umbels of pendent, funnel-shaped flowers in lavender-blue.

FLORINDAE: In summer, large heads of pendent, bell-shaped, sulphur-yellow flowers. H: 80cm.

FLORINDAE: As above but in orange/red.

INVOLUCRATA M/C 23: Purple flowers on a slender stalk in late spring/ early summer. H: to 30 cm.

IOESSA: Umbels of fragrant, pendent mauve-pink or white flowers. H: 15cm.

JAPONICA: Red-flowered candelabra suitable for damp patch. H: 30-60cm S: 30cm

JAPONICA ‘Alba’: White flowered candelabra as above.

PROLIFERA: Bright yellow flowered candelabra for damp patch. H: to 100cm

PSEUDODENTICULATA/CACHEMIRIANA: More subtle than the well-known relative P. denticulate. Flowers lavender in early spring, long-lasting. H: 30cm.

PULVERULENTA: Deep red-purple strong growing candelabra. H: 60 cm-1m.

SIKKIMENSIS: Pendent clusters of funnel-shaped flowers in summer. Mixed forms can be white, pale yellow or bright yellow and up to 80cm tall.

SMITHIANA: Bright yellow candelabra. H: to 50 cm

VIALLI: In summer, bears several upright spikes of bright red buds, opening to pale violet. Needs cool position in part shade; humus-rich soil, moist, but well drained. H: 35cm, S: 15 cm

WALTONII: Pendent, dusky pink to wine red flowers with a cream-mealy face. 50cm

PRUNUS SERRULA TIBETICA [Tibetan Cherry]: Tree with white flowers and red berries, but best known for its magnificent red-bronze, peeling bark.

RAMONDA MYCONI: Superb wall or alpine house plant. Pink flowers above large furry flat green leaves.

ROSA OMEIENSIS: Chinese large shrub rose with creamy white 4 petalled flowers in May. Hips pear shaped and can be yellow or scarlet.

SCABIOSA COLUMBARIA (Small Scabious): Clump-forming perennial. In summer, bears heads of small blue/ pale lilac flowers with pincushion-like centres. Wildflower, good for bees. Hardy.

SILENE

ASTERIAS: (Starry Catchfly) Hardy perennial. Heads of mauve/red flowers in dense umbels on strong, sticky stems above a rosette of bright green foliage. H: 60-90cm

NUTANS [Nottingham Catchfly]: Loose whorls of pinkish flowers on stiff stems; its night-scent attracts insects/moths. Wildflower/rock garden. H: 40cm.

SOLDANELLA MONTANA [Mountain tassel]: Evergreen, mound-forming perennial bears fringed, pendent, bell-shaped, lavender-blue flowers in early spring. H: 10cm. S: 15cm.

SMILACENA ‘P.COX’: Perennial. Arching stems with oval, light green leaves produce terminal sprays of feathery, white flowers from spring to mid-summer, followed by fleshy, red fruits. Semi-shade and moist, humus-rich, soil. Hardy. H: 75 - 100cm S: 45cm

THALICTRUM

AQUILEGIFOLIUM A: Erect, clump-forming perennial. In summer, strong stems bear terminal sprays of delicate, fluffy flowers of shades between white and mauve. Cool, moist soil in light shade or sun. Fully hardy. H: 1 - 1.2m. S: 45cm.

AQUILEGIFOLIUM B: Distinctive off-white to yellow flowers.

DELAVAYI: Elegant perennial bears large panicles of nodding, blue flowers with prominent stamens from mid- to late-summer. H: 1.5m. S: 60cm.

TRICYRTIS LATIFOLIA: Toad Lily with yellow flowers and purple spots flowers June-September. H: up to 60 to 70cm. Spreads when happy.

TRILLIUM Excellent spring-flowering woodland plants-well worth waiting for! As their name implies, they have three of everything: three large leaflets, often beautifully mottled, three sepals and, at the centre of the leaves, the flower with three petals, sometimes long and narrow and sometimes broad and showy. Once established each thick rhizome gradually multiplies, eventually giving fine clumps. Good plants for shade, to part-shade, in leafy soil.

CAMTSCHATCENSE: Lovely white Asiatic Trillium with green bracts. H: 30cm

CHLOROPETALUM var. giganteum: Flowers purplish-pink to white above grey-marbled foliage. H: 30-45cm.

ERECTUM: Maroon flowers hang on short stems above the leaves. H: to 50cm.

ERECTUM (green sepals): As above

GRANDIFLORUM: Later flowering white Trillium, very showy. H: 40cm.

OVATUM: Solitary, pure white flowers fade to a deep purplish-rose. H: 25-40cm

SESSILE: Mottled leaves; deep red flowers with long, narrow petals. H: 25-45cm.

SULCATUM: Burgandy or rich red with recurved petals. H: to 40cm.

VASEYI: Rich velvety maroon, scented flowers with long, recurved petals. H: 40cm.

TROLLIUS

YUNNANENSE: Clump-forming perennial. Broadly oval, deeply-lobed leaves.

Buttercup-like, bright yellow flowers in late spring or summer. Hardy. Best in moist soil. H: 60cm. S: 30cm.

VERATRUM VIRIDE: Hardy perennial with numerous light green flowers in a terminal panicle from May-July. H: 1m+.

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