a l t e r n a t i v e s
Plant
List 2002
A
# denotes name of plant which, to the best of our knowledge, is new to cultivation in the period 2001/2002 or which has not been offered before commercially under any other valid name.
*
means that seed may be available.
+
denotes species beneficial to butterflies and/or moths.
Please note double-flowered forms are of little or no benefit as they
lack nectar.
A
large number of the plants listed are of native provenance and many are local.
AGROSTIS BENTS
A.
stolonifera. Creeping Bent.
Native
grass preferring damp situations.
A.
stolonifera ‘Icy Flames’# - Our own introduction in which the young leaves
are pure white (ageing to pale green) with
occasional slim stripes of darker green. Low-growing and much less vigorous than usual, it has a
modestly cascading habit and is probably best in a pot.
Has never yet flowered (some forms of A. stolonifera are
non-flowering). £2.50
A. reptans. Bugle. +
A. reptans 'Alba' - Carpeting
rosettes of glossy dark green leaves and spikes of white flowers in mid/late
spring. £2.50
A. minus. Lesser Burdock. +
A.
minus 'Plus'* - The
broad leaves unfold a magnificent clear yellow in the spring, becoming greener
as the season advances. Usual reddish-purple flowers. True from seed. £2.50.
Seed
£1.50/pack.
A. vulgaris
'Cragg-Barber Eye' - Foliage a strong yellow, sometimes flecked with
green. Striking. £2.50
A. vulgaris
'Woolaston' - The leaves have an intricately streaked and mottled
variegation in two shades of green and are a beautiful pale creamy colour on
young growth. A softer effect than ‘Variegata’. £2.50