Plants available by mail order and at the nursery

• Acanthus
  • mollis ‘Hollard's Gold’   CAG01102
    
    (Golden bear's breeches)

    1m 1.5m Spring L - M Sun - L. Sh.

    $7.00 One of the most beautiful chartreuse leaved plants you could ever grow. Large, 60cm plus, sharply scalloped, red stemmed leaves form spectacular rosettes over Winter, from the centre of which emerge each Spring, sturdy, 1m tall stalks topped with large hooded pink and white flowers, enclosed in sharp leafy bracts. Both the leaves and flowers are excellent for cutting and the flowers remain interesting even when dried. Will happily go dormant over Summer if grown dry, my prefered option as it can then be grown in full sun for best colour and the curled golden leaves erupting from the bare earth each Autumn are a breath taking sight.

• Acer
  • palmatum   CAG02306
    
    (Japanese maple)

    5m 4m Au - Sp M Light Shade

    Only available at the nursery A quick growing small deciduous tree with small finely dissected leaves, bright pink spring growth and fiery red autumn colour. Easily grown in a sheltered, not too dry, lightly shaded position. Will suffer from leaf burn over summer but enjoyable most of the year for sheer grace and beauty of form. Underplant with moss and spring flowering Cyclamen coum for postcard perfection.

• Achillea
  • ‘Hella Glashoff’   CAG01469

    35cm 60cm Sp - Au M - L Full Sun

    $7.00 A shorter, sedate variety with very large perfectly flat heads in soft lemon yellow and typical clumps of green ferny leaves. Excellent and awarded an AGM.

  • ‘Raw Silk’   CAG00071

    60cm 60cm Sp - Au M - L Full Sun

    $7.00 A clump forming evergreen perennial with finely dissected fern-like foliage and flat heads of ivory coloured flowers throughout the warmer months. A splendid perennial for a sunny bed. Quickly forms handsome clumps although best planted on mass. Feed Well. Remove spent flower stems to promote flowering, possibly wih a whipper snipper or mower. Not particularly vigorous, which could be considered a virtue, but the colour is rather intrigueing being the colour of raw silk.

  • ‘Red Velvet’   CAG01600

    60cm 60cm Sp - Au M - L Full Sun

    $7.00 Flat heads of rich red flowers float above slowly spreading mounds of ferny green leaves. Superior in colour to Achillea ‘Fanal’ being a deeper more solid red and not ageing so quickly to yellow.

• Aethionema
  • grandiflorum   CAG01867
    
    (Persian stonecress)

    30cm 30cm Spring L Sun

    $7.00 Small mounds of elliptical, waxy blue leaves smother in clusters of palest pink flowers followed by attractive papery seed pods. Essentially a small, shrubby, ridiculously drought hardy, self seeding, perennial Alyssum. What more could you want. For any baking well drained position. Trim hard when desired to remove spent stems.

• Ageratum
  • Perennial   CAG00079
    
    (Perennial Ageratum)

    1m 1m All M Sun

    $7.00 An evergreen, shrubby perennial with attractive, softly haired, foliage. Tight clusters of light blue, pompom-like flowers are produced throughout the year on long stems, making it perfect for picking. Lightly trim after the majority of flowers are spent, this will encourage continued flowering. An excellent plant that is irresistible to butterflies, in particular Monarchs and Lesser Wanderers.

• Ajuga
  • reptans ‘Catlin's Giant’   CAG00083

    30cm 90cm Sp - Au M Light Shade

    $7.00 A creeping, evergreen, perennial ground cover. Large, broadly spoon-shaped, glossy, green to burgundy leaves. Attractive, tightly packed, spikes of deep blue flowers are produced from Spring to Autumn. One of the largest and most floriferous Ajugas.

• Allium
  • flavum subsp. tauricum Color mix   CAG01781

    20cm 25cm Spring M - L Sun - L. Sh.

    Only available at the nursery A small easily grown evergreen species bearing pompom like flowers in a charming array of soft yellows, muted oranges and off whites. Forming tight clumps of dark glossy green to grey grassy leaves of varying height, it will happily grow in any well drained spot that is not too exposed. If your lucky it will even self seed providing further variations in colour and form.

• Anomatheca
  • laxa Red   CAG02304

    Only available at the nursery

  • laxa White   CAG02305

    Only available at the nursery

• Anthemis
  • carpatica ‘Karpatenschnee’   CAG01450

    $7.00

  • ‘Susanna Mitchell’   CAG00984

    $7.00

• Aquilegia
  • vulgaris ‘Michael Stromminger’   CAG00098

    80cm 45cm Sp / Au M Light Shade

    $7.00 (Grannies Bonnets) A clumping, evergreen perennial, forming mounds of glaucous, blue-green maidenhair-like foliage. In Spring, and usually again in Autumn, tall branching stems bare many, pendant, mulberry pink, spurred, bell shaped flowers over several weeks. Provide with morning sun, or full sun during winter, feed well and add humus to encourage good flowering.

• Arctotis
  • ‘Flamingo’   CAG00994

    20cm 3m Wi - Su L Sun

    $7.00 A drought hardy groundcover for sunny exposed positions and poor sandy soils. Ideal for road verges, carparks, driveways and anywhere else normal plants struggle to survive. Large, 10cm, strawberry pink, black centred, daisy-like flowers smother the silver, crinkled foliage until January or longer given water. Mow after flowering.

  • Red   CAG00993

    20cm 3m Wi - Su L Sun

    $7.00 A drought hardy groundcover for sunny exposed positions and poor sandy soils. Ideal for road verges, carparks, driveways and anywhere else normal plants struggle to survive. Large, 10cm, wine red, black centred, daisy-like flowers smother the silver, crinkled foliage until January or longer given water. Mow after flowering.

  • ‘Sandgroper’   CAG02294

    $7.00

• Arenaria
  • balearica   CAG02085

    $7.00

• Argyranthemum
  • Large Florist's White   CAG00982

    Only available at the nursery

• Artemisia
  • ‘Powis Castle’   CAG00107

    45cm 1.5m L - M Full Sun

    $7.00 A low spreading shrub. The best of the silver plants, finely dissected silver foliage forms dense weed suppressing mounds. Non flowering. Fantastic as an edging for garden beds, drives or paths in full sun. Try planting with Geranium incanum for a little added colour.

• Arthropodium
  • cirratum   CAG00109

    1m 1m Summer M Light Shade

    $7.00 A clumping, evergreen perennial, tolerant of coastal conditions. Soft, strappy, glaucous leaves are produced in fans. During Summer large sprays of small, dainty, white flowers rise on slender stems above the foliage. A delicate looking plant, but extremely tough. Tolerant of intense root competition and salt. Fantastic for seaside gardens.

• Calceolaria
  • arachnoidea   CAG02187

    Only available at the nursery

• Carex
  • fascicularis   CAG00163

    Only available at the nursery

• Cistus
  • ‘Bennett's White’   CAG00992

    $7.00

• Clematis
  • tangutica   CAG01778
    
    (Russian virgin's bower)

    Only available at the nursery

• Deschampsia
  • caespitosa   CAG00899

    90cm 50cm Summer M Light Shade

    Only available at the nursery A clumping, evergreen, perennial grass, native to the Eastern states of Australia. Soft mounds of dark green foliage to 90cm high. During Summer tall feathery sprays of silvery green flower heads are held well above the foliage. Keep moist and provide with light shade.

• Dianthus
  • japonicus   CAG01001

    30cm 40cm Sp - Su L - M Sun

    $7.00 A truly remarkable biennial, grown as much for it's unique form as it's flowers. Rosettes of wax-like, dark green, 2cm wide, lance shaped leaves form mounds that appear completely at home in the otherwise exposed locations they prefer to inhabit. Large heads of small, five petalled, blue pink flowers cover the plant from late spring, only after your garden has been graced by the foliage for a full year. Found growing on cliffs by the sea in Japan, it has proved extremely tolerant of excessive exposure and reflected heat, as well as sea spray. Ideal for gravel gardens, on the edge (or in the cracks) of paving or on barren sand. Self seeds nicely in any seemingly inhospitable place, the delightful little seedings are easily removed as they grow larger. Extremely tough. Likes good drainage.

  • japonicus f. albiflorus   CAG02302

    $7.00

  • superbus ‘Spooky’   CAG01567

    $7.00

• Diascia
  • ‘Blue Bonnet’   CAG00961

    30cm 45cm Au - Sp M Sun

    $7.00 A small, evergreen, perennial, suckering sub-shrub with small, dark green, sparsely toothed, broadly lance shaped leaves. Bearing from Autumn through to early summer a profusion of blue stained, pink, masked shaped flowers on wiry stems. One of the best small plants for winter colour, rivalled only by the perennial Nemesias. Cut back to ground level whenever in need of a tidy up. Well drained soil with good sun. Uniquely coloured flowers which can be entirely pink, denim blue, or anywhere in between depending on light levels, temperature or something else entirely. I have yet to figure it out.

• Digitalis
  • thapsi   CAG02160

    $7.00

• Edraianthus
  • graminifolius   CAG01834

    $7.00

• Eryngium
  • ebracteatum   CAG02180

    $7.00

  • giganteum   CAG00235
    
    (Miss Willmott's ghost, Giant sea holly)

    1.2m 30cm Summer M - L Sun - L. Sh.

    Only available at the nursery Perhaps the most well known and desirable of the sea hollies, as scattered through gardens by Ellen Willmott. A Winter dormant biennial found from Northern Turkey to the Caucasus. Flat rosettes of dark green, heart shaped leaves grow for a year or more before thrusting up branching stems bearing cones of small pale blue flowers surrounded by a ruff of prickly, metallic silver bracts. Good drainage is essential. Self seeds if your fortunate. Excellent for picking and drying or enjoy the architectural skeletons in the garden.

• Gaillardia
  • ‘Burgunder’   CAG01165

    $7.00

• Gasteria
  • Unidentified   CAG01336

    $7.00

• Geranium
  • x oxonianum ‘Wargrave Pink’   CAG00262

    60cm 90cm Sp - Su M Part Shade

    $7.00 A clumping, mound forming, semi-evergreen perennial. Bright salmon pink, darker veined, saucer shaped flowers are held above the foliage on slender stems, throughout Spring and Summer. One of the larger Geraniums forming dense mounds of palmate leaves. Performs well in our climate quickly forming large clumps.

  • phaeum   CAG00257
    
    (Mourning Widow)

    80cm 45cm Sp - Su M L. Sh. - Sh.

    $7.00 A clumping perennial, forming mounds of soft green 7 lobed leaves. In spring and summer long slender stems of reflexed saucer shaped flowers (2cm) of an unusual dark purple-black colour. One of the easiest cranesbills to grow.

  • phaeum ‘Samobor’   CAG01040

    $7.00

• Geum
  • ‘Pink Frills’   CAG01938

    $7.00

• Helleborus
  • x hybridus Doubles   CAG02299

    $7.00

• Hesperaloe
  • parviflora   CAG02032
    
    (Red Yucca)

    50cm 1.2m Su - Au L - M Full Sun

    Only available at the nursery The slender, dark blue-green, 60cm long, extremely stiff leaves, usually with white edges and filaments (like cotton threads), form dense, grass-like clumps. Bearing in early Summer and often again in Autumn. 1.2m tall, slender, branching stems of many, long lasting, pale red to burgundy, tubular flowers. Native to Texas and northern Mexico, making it very drought hardy, although water in Summer encourages growth and flowers. A dense planting makes an excellent discouragement to foot traffic, not to mention being absolutely stunning when in flower.

• Hypoestes
  • aristata   CAG00752

    2m 90cm Au - Wi M Shade

    Only available at the nursery A medium, evergreen shrub. Vertical, branching stems form a vase shaped shrub, clothed in velvety, dark green leaves. During autumn whorled racemes of mauve flowers are produced in great abundance. Trim as necessary to develop dense growth. One of a few shrubs that will flower well in dense shade.

• Incarvillea
  • arguta   CAG01838

    $7.00

• Knautia
  • macedonica   CAG00447

    45cm 30cm Sp - Au M Full Sun

    $7.00 A clumping evergreen perennial. Dense clumps of hairy, mid-green, deeply toothed leaves. Slender branching stems arise during Spring,Summer and Autumn, bearing pincushion-like flowers of an unusual magenta-burgundy colour. A delightful little plant that is totally unique. Remove spent stems to promote flowering.

• Kniphofia
  • ‘Green Jade’   CAG02295

    $7.00

  • ‘Percy's Pride’   CAG00794

    $7.00

• Leonotis
  • leonurus ‘Harrismith White’   CAG00672

    1.5m 1m Au - Wi L - M Full Sun

    Only available at the nursery An upright evergreen shrub tolerant of dry conditions. Coarsely textured deep green lance shaped leaves occur in pairs on erect woody stems. At the top of each stem during autumn and winter dense whorls of white tubular flowers are produced. Attracts nectar feeding birds. Very tough.

• Leucanthemum
  • x superbum ‘City Of Lights’   CAG02273

    $7.00

  • x superbum ‘Sonnenschein’   CAG01254
    
    (Shasta Daisy)

    60cm 1m Sp - Au M - L Sun

    $7.00 An evergreen perennial, quickly forming dense clumps of toothed, dark green, glossy leaves. From Spring to Autumn, slender erect stems bearing large, solitary, creamy lemon daisy flowers are produced. An ideal weed suppresser due to chemicals it produces to inhibit the growth of other plants, and also extremely tough. Shasta daisies are an old fashioned favourite that until now came in only one colour, white. This is a must have plant useful in so many places in the garden, especially en masse.

• Linaria
  • triornithophora   CAG01756

    $7.00

• Lobelia
  • richardsonii   CAG00472

    $7.00

• Matthiola
  • White perennial   CAG01740

    $7.00

• Milium
  • effusum ‘Aureum’   CAG02044
    
    (Bowles' golden grass)

    20cm 25cm Wi - Sp M - H Filt.Shade

    $7.00 A delicate little cool season grass reveling in moist shaded positions. It's soft, bright chartreuse, 5mm wide blades form a loose clumps which given their gentle nature are indispensable planted with small woodland bulbs such as Cyclamen coum or on it's own to light up that damp shaded spot. It also makes an ideal winter filler for that prize, potted, Summer growing bulb. Semi dormant over Summer and then tolerant of some dryness. Cut back at the start of Winter. An unassuming little gem.

• Mimulus
  • aurantiacus   CAG00482

    60cm 60cm Sp - Au M Sun - L. Sh.

    $7.00 A sparsely branched, shrubby, evergreen perennial. Small (5cm), glossy,dark green, linear leaves are borne in pairs on slender, sometimes lax and wandering, woody stems. Throughout the warmer months large (3cm), rich apricot, trumpet shaped flowers are produced. Prune frequently when young to develop good branching. An unusual looking plant in a hard to come by colour that never stops flowering. It just has to be good.

  • puniceus   CAG02191

    Only available at the nursery

• Nepenthes
  • maxima x ventricosa (M)   CAG00059

    5m 60cm Autumn H Filt.Shade

    Only available at the nursery A carnivorous vine from the highlands of Asia, with leathery, mid green, lance shaped leaves, up to 30cm long, produced alternately along slender, wiry stems, become woody with age. The squat, pale green, heavily mottled red pitchers, up to 15cm high, which trap and digest insects, are borne at the tip of the leaf tendrils which the plant also uses to climb. Racemes of uninteresting petalless green and brown flowers are usually produced in Autumn in Perth. Male and female flowers are borne on separate plants. This clone is male. A long lived pot specimen easily grown in a sheltered, brightly lit location, out of direct sunlight. Mist regularly over Summer to provide extra humidity. Fertilizers are best used with caution or not at all, Nepenthes receive all the nutrition they need from their prey. When re-potting use an airy, moisture retentive potting mix which doesn't contain added fertilizer. Cut back old stems when and where new shoots leaf out from the base, best in spring when the weather warms up. Pitchers produced from the basal shoots are larger and more colourful.

• Nicotiana
  • knightiana   CAG01950

    1m 60cm Su - Au M - L Sun - L. Sh.

    $7.00 A tough sun loving Tobacco. Sturdy rosettes of large, heart shaped, silvery leaves gradually lengthen into elegant stems of pale green, tubular flowers, flaring to reveal moss green petals. Becomes shrubby with age. A short lived perennial that should self seed nicely. The young rosettes make an attractive foil for any number of potential suitors.

• Oxalis
  • massoniana   CAG02034

    10cm 30cm Au - Sp L - M Sun

    Only available at the nursery Absolutely gorgeous is the only way I can describe this South African Oxalis. From the onset of Autumn rain, until mid Spring, an endless procession of 1cm, yellow centred, soft orange, five petalled, funnel shaped flowers, clothe the feathery foliaged, mat forming stems. Plant with any number of small bulbs for show stopping effect. Makes an excellent pot subject.

  • triangularis subsp. papilionacea   CAG01715

    $7.00

• Pelargonium
  • reniforme   CAG01972

    $7.00

• Phlox
  • ‘Charles Ricardo’   CAG01016

    $7.00

• Plectranthus
  • argentatus   CAG00690
    
    (Silver Coleus)

    60cm 1m Su - Au M Light Shade

    $7.00 A shrubby evergreen perennial. Large, to 15cm, rounded leaves that appear to be cut from silver felt, are paired on soft branching stems. During Autumn and Winter spikes of delicate, white flowers, are freely produced. Trim regularly. For light shade but bushiest in a position that receives morning sun.

• Pulmonaria
  • ‘Blue Ensign’   CAG01229

    25cm 30cm Spring M Filt. Shade

    $7.00 Bright Blue flowers, unmarked dark green leaves.

• Puya
  • alpestris   CAG02022

    $7.00

• Rudbeckia
  • laciniata   CAG00567

    $7.00

• Rumex
  • sanguineus sanguineus   CAG00569
    
    (Bloody dock, Red veined dock)

    40cm 40cm Summer M - H Light Shade

    $7.00 An evergreen, clumping perennial, with a woody rootstock, grown for it's attractive red veined, large green, simple leaves. Small star shaped, green then brown flowers are produced on many branched vertical stems in summer. Needs a moist situation, although it will survive dry periods by shedding it's leaves. Ideal for areas that are constantly damp or prone to flooding, such as under a tap or other such difficult places. An excellent plant for the bog garden. In our climate it rarely flowers, I have yet to see it, but if it does, removal of the spent flower stems is all the maintenance necessary. An extremely tough plant that's not about to set the world on fire, but it does have a subtle charm, and I would never be without it. A quite achiever.

• Salvia
  • apiana   CAG02005

    $7.00

  • desoleana   CAG02225

    $7.00

  • rubiginosa   CAG01971

    $7.00

  • ‘Waverly’   CAG00975

    75cm 60cm All M Sun

    $7.00 A small, evergreen, shrubby perennial. Glossy, dark green, lance shaped leaves on square, woody stems. All year round, wands of pendant, white flowers covered in velvety, cerise hairs, are freely produced. Well drained soil. Feed well. Cut back hard, as necessary, while the weather is warm. A truly fantastic plant, probably the best new Salvia in years.

• Scutellaria
  • humilis   CAG02121

    $7.00

• Senecio
  • polyodon   CAG01021

    $7.00

• Sisyrinchium
  • macrocarpum   CAG01944

    $7.00

  • striatum   CAG00615
    
    (Satin flower)

    40cm 30cm Sp - Su M - L Sun

    $7.00 The tight clumps of softly silver, sword shaped leaves, of this evergreen, sun loving perennial, are outstanding when combined with low mound forming plants like Dianthus, Sedum, Origanum and small growing winter bulbs. The slender spikes of soft lemon flowers, borne in spring, make this Chilean native indispensable in the garden. Good drainage is essential. Generally short lived, 3-4 years, but self sows nicely in well drained soil.

• Stachys
  • thirkei   CAG01688

    $7.00

• Stipa
  • gigantea   CAG01393

    $7.00

• Stokesia
  • laevis ‘Alba’   CAG00624

    60cm 40cm Su - Au M Full Sun

    $7.00 A clump forming evergreen herbaceous perennial. Clumps of lance shaped somewhat blue-green foliage above which rise branched stems of split petalled white daisy flowers. A tough rwarding plant. Keep well drained.

• Tanacetum
  • parthenium ‘Aureum’   CAG00956

    $7.00

• Ugni
  • molinae   CAG01591

    Only available at the nursery

• Verbena
  • x hybrida ‘Homestead Purple’   CAG00709

    30cm 1m All L - M Sun

    $7.00 An excellent perennial ground cover for sun. Attractive, softly haired foliage grows flat to the ground. Dense, large, flattish heads of saturated purple flowers are produced all year round in profusion. Plant with Verbenas of other colours to achieve your prefered combination.

• Viola
  • ‘Huntercombe Purple’   CAG00658

    15cm 30cm Sp - Au M Part Shade

    $7.00 A low growing, spreading, evergreen perennial. Small, rounded, toothed, dark green leaves form small, dense patches. Single flowered stems of, deep purple pansy flowers are produced from spring to autumn, the opposite time to annual violas. For best flowering plant where they receive morning sun and afternoon shade.

• Watsonia
  • aletroides   CAG01174

    $7.00

• Zantedeschia
  • aethiopica ‘Green Goddess’   CAG02278

    $7.00

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