Believe it or not Cyclamen belong to the Primula family and their genus consists of about 20 species of tuberous perennials mainly from the Mediterranean region. Their name is derived from the Greek 'kyklos' meaning circular, which refers to the coiling of the flowering stem, thus taking the seed pod closer to the ground to enable germination to take place. Exceptions being C.graecum & C.persicum . [SH, NW]
Description
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Price
GRAECUM: Autumn flowering species from Greece with deep pink blooms and leaves green with white nerve markings and red underneath when young.
No. 0213
$7:70ea
HEDERIFOLIUM: This autumn flowering species has very decorative foliage and blooms in varying colors from white to deep pink.
No.0212a
$4:40ea
DODECATHEON
Shooting stars a member of the Primula family, a genus of about 14 species all from Nth America. Ideal for partial shade in a well drained situation with a dry dormant Summer period. Flowers are strongly reflexed like cyclamens and have protruding stamens, giving rise to their common name of 'Shooting Stars' . [WC]
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CLEVELANDII var INSULARE: Californian species. Producing in Spring from a basal rosette of leaves several blooms on a 50cm stem. Each bloom has five petals, which are mauve-pink at tips shading to white with a golden band above a dark maroon anther tube.
No.0365
$16.50ea
LEUCOJUM (SNOWFLAKES)
A genus consisting of 10 species of spring and autumn flowering bulbs commonly called ‘Snowflakes’, from North Africa and the Southern Mediterranean. All have pendant bell-shaped blooms in either white or pink.[MS, DT, FH, NW]
Description
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LEUCOJUM AUTUMNALE: Delightful autumn flowering species from the Iberian Peninsula with pure white bells delicately flushed pink on 20cm. stems
No.0326a
No.0326b
5 for $4:40
10 for $7:70
LEUCOJUM AESTIVUM GRAVETYE GIANT: A selected form of the common spring flowering Snowflake producing larger bells on taller stems.
Code
No. 0328
3 for $6:60
WOOD ANEMONES
Anemone nemorosa. These low growing European species, as their common name implies, revel in a cool semi-shaded spot with plenty of leaf-mould, carpeting the ground in early spring with their blooms. Leave undisturbed for several years . [WC, FH, NW]
Description
Code
Price
BLUE BONNET: Pale blue.
No. 0223
3 for $5:50
BRACTEATA: White with a collar of leaves just below the flower.
