Ann Folkard
'Cranesbill' Hardy perennial producing scrambling stems of yellowish-green leaves, turning greener with age & a profusion of magenta, black eyed flowers from midsummer to autumn. Grow in any well-drained soil in sun or part shade
Size: 2 litres
Brookside
'Cranesbill' Vigorous perennial forming clumps of finely-cut leaves & large bowl-shaped flowers of deep clear blue, paler at the centre, in summer. Grow in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in sun or light shade. Height.&.spread.45-60cm.
Size: 2 litres
Cinereum Ballerina
'Cranesbill' Compact, evergreen perennial with ashy grey-green
aromatic leaves & freely produced purplish-pink, darker veined, dark
centred flowers all summer. Needs a sunny, well-drained site, i.e. rock
garden or raised bed. Height.10-15cm..Spread.30cm.
Size: 2 litres
Phaeum Samabor
'Mourning Widow' Clump-forming perennial ideal for deep shade,
although will grow as well in sun, damp or well-drained soils. Deep
purple to maroon flowers over dark blotched foliage, are borne in late
spring, early summer. Height.60-80cm..Spread.45cm.
Size: 2 litres
Pratense Johnson's Blue
'Meadow Cranesbill' Perennial making clumps of finely cut foliage
bearing many, saucer-shaped, lavender-blue flowers, centrally flushed
pink, during summer. Grows well in most types of well-drained soil in
sun or part shade. Height.30-45cm.Spread.60-75cm.
Size: 2 litres
Renardii Phillippe Vapelle
Neat perennial making a mound of slightly wrinkled & quilted,
greyish-green foliage & producing violet-blue flowers with darker veins
early to midsummer. Best in poor, dry soil in sun or very light shade.
Height.&.spread.30-40cm.
Size: 2 litres
Sanguineum Album
'Bloody Cranesbill' Low, mat forming perennial with pure white flowers
held throughout the summer above finely cut leaves, tinted red to
orange-brown in autumn. Grow in a well-drained soil in sun or part
shade. Height.30cm..Spread.40cm.
Size: 2 litres
Sanguineum Lancastriense (Striatum)
'Bloody Cranesbill' Perennial forming a low mound of dark green,
deeply divided leaves later flushed with autumn tints. Throughout
summer bears pale-blush-pink, dark veined flowers. Grow in well-drained
(Striatum)
soil in sun or part shade. Height.10cm..Spread.30cm.
Size: 2 litres |
