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Nutshell Perennial Nursery & Plant Farm 2010 Season Catalogue  |
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Echinops bannaticus 'Taplow Blue', (Globe Thistle) blue, 110 cm. x 50 cm., full sun, summer, well drained. Distinctive blue ball shaped heads. |
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Erigeron 'Quakeress', (Fleabane) lilac pink, 60 cm. x 50 cm., full sun, summer-autumn, well drained. Clump-forming. Daisy-like delicate flower heads, with yellow centres, are borne in abundance. Narrowly oval greyish-green leaves. |
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| Eryngium planum 'Blaukappe', (Sea Holly) blue, 80 cm. x 40 cm., full sun, summer, dry. Bright green leaves, blue branched stems carrying thistle-like flowers. Wonderful in vases. |
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| Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp robbiae (Milkweed, Spurge) lime green, 30 cm. x 40 cm., full sun, spring, moist. Evergreen perennial, with creeping underground rhizomes, forming compact spreading patches. Shinning dark green leaves and spikes of lime green flowers. Useful for colonising dry shady areas where not much else will grow, eg under conifers. |
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