This is a listing of rare or new items which are not included in our paper lists.
This can be because they are:
● newly-stocked,
● newly-lifted,
● available in numbers too small to allow us to put them in our paper lists.
There is no need to check if we still have them - they are only available online and the shop counts the sales and numbers available. If they are listed here, they are in stock.
Once they are gone, they are gone!
A close relative of the legendary Allium narcissiflorum and equally beautiful.
This species has heads of up to five individually large flowers of bright rose pink, hanging in clustered heads in summer. The flowers of this species are amongst the loveliest in the genus. Very scarce.
| Allium insubricumallinsins | £8.50 | ||
A clonal form selected many years ago, with large, deep pink flowers of superb texture and colour intensity, held in a multi-flowered head.
This has stood the test of time well and is an excellent contrast plant to the normal form. Few only.
| Amaryllis belladonna Durbanamabeldur | £18.00 | ||
Large heads of individually good-sized flowers in shades of mid to deep pink. The flowers are slightly tubular and very finely lined in shades of deeper pink.
As with other members of the genus Brunsvigia each flower is held on a flower stalk considerably longer than the length of the flower and thus they look like 3D cartwheels. As the flower-head is held on quite a short stem above the ground the effect is stunning.
This needs a good root run or large pot to do well. Standard cultivation methods for the genus are fine for this one, though like most larger Amaryllids, it needs time to settle and commence flowering regularly.
Picture © Denis Tsang, used with permission
| Brunsvigia bosmaniae floweringbrubosbosFLOWERING | £59.50 | ||
| About 2.4cm wide by about 5.5cm tall this is flowering sized for the species. | |||
This stock is a geographical form that occurs near van Rhynsdorp in southern Namaqualand. The plants have rounded mostly dark green leaves with unusual, pale pink, cartilaginous edges to the leaf margins. There are between 4 and 6 of these leaves, on each bulb. They are on average 10cm long and 7cm wide.
The flowers are huge open globes, composed of tubular, bright pink, dark-pink-lined flowers.
| Brunsvigia bosmaniae Rhynsdorpbrubosrhy | £65.50 | ||
| Nice bulbs about 5cm wide by 7cm tall, which is good, large, flowering sized for this species. | |||
This has very attractive foliage of grey-green, strappy, wavy-edged leaves set in a rosette. The leaves are held next to, or below, a large, loose football spike of deep ox-blood red to dark pink, flaring flowers which tone to deep gold at the base of the tube.
This makes one of the biggest heads of all of the species as the peduncles holding the flowers are particularly long. If and when it flowers for you it is a real show stopper. Very lovely and highly recommended.
Everything noted elsewhere about Brunsvigia applies here plus plenty of root space, for this one.
| Brunsvigia littoralis Floweringbrulitflowering | £70.00 | ||
| Fabulous, large flowering-sized bulbs approx. 9cm x 15cm tall. Approx 550gm | |||
There are usually about six leaves, spreading flat on the ground below the flowers. Each has a rough, granular ivory-coloured margin from which the name radulosa derives. The leaf tips are red.
The 30cm flower head is borne on a 40cm stem. Each large ball contains 20-70 blooms. Individual blooms are 4-5cm across. Their crystalline texture and stunning colour is lovely. In this new form it is a very rich, bright deep pink.
It does well in cultivation though it needs attention to good drainage. Culture should be in large pots, or planted out under glass, in a very fertile loam soil with plenty of feeding. Water occasionally but never over-water. If in doubt leave them dry. A dry summer rest, when their leaves die away, is essential. Good air circulation in winter will help to prevent fungal diseases resulting from damp, static air.
This stock is raised from a form that occurs in the central Free State with huge umbels of dark red flowers.
Photo Denis Tsang, with thanks (taken on Drakensberg, near the Lesotho border).
| Brunsvigia radulosa Free StatebruradfreestateFlowering | £69.50 | ||
| Flowering sized. These are about 6cm in diameter. This is more than adequate flowering sized for this form. | |||
This is a very unusual and attractive dwarf plant with evenly-spaced, raised, quite dense pustules on the leaves, each pustule bearing a short, thick, golden-yellow bristle. The leaves vary between 2 and 4 in number and are usually about 6-10cm long by about 2-3cm wide.
This plant is summer-dormant and winter-growing and rewards good cultivation with a compact,10cm ball-head of very attractive pale pink flowers with black anthers maturing to ivory coloured pollen. They appear in the autumn soon after growth begins but well before the leaves appear. The flower head is held on a short stem above the ground.
So far known only from limestones in a small area of Bushmanland, where South Africa and Namibia meet. This is likely to be a new, undescribed species, although, at a push, it could be a very peculiar, rare and localised form of our new species from Pellaburg. Either way it is a distinct taxon and one very worthy of cultivation. The generally compact nature of the species means that it is very well suited to container growth, in a well-drained or sandy compost - under glass in UK of course.
| Brunsvigia sp nova Bushmanlandbruspebus | £69.50 | ||
| bulbs about 2cm across by 3cm tall. This is a very dwarf species anyway, these are good flowering sized. | |||
Strongly chequered violet purple blooms which lack much of the white throat which is usual for Colchicum bivonae. The colouring thus appears more intense, enhanced by the smaller but more densely-packed chequering.
The flowers are well scented and make a superb display at the very start of the main autumn Colchicum season.
| Colchicum bivonae Vestacolbivves | £5.50 | ||
(byzantinum album)
A superb form of Colchicum byzantinum with dense clustered bunches of heavily-textured, white funnels in September. Each bunch has up to 20 flowers, the tips of the styles picked out in purple. Now and again, a petal is also picked out with a fine purple line.
One of the more showy autumn species for garden display where it will catch the eye quite early in the main Colchicum season.
Readily grown under normal garden conditions, in full sun in a fertile, well drained soil.
| Colchicum byzantinum albumcolbyzalb | £8.00 | ||
(sometimes incorrectly called Harlequin)
A most unusual colour break this has medium sized flowers carried on a greenish tube. The flowers are purple at the base, for perhaps a third of their length, but the rest of the slightly spiralled petal is ivory white. The 'Harlequin' colour combination is unique to this cultivar.
An easy garden form which presents no difficulties, but as a new cultivar it is still scarce. Raised by Messrs Visser in the Netherlands.
| Colchicum Harlkijncolharhar | £8.50 | ||
We have just a handful of bulbs of the cross found by Arnis Seisums and named after Janis Ruksans. The provenance is the same as Jeanne but this was “clone No1” with pale yellow, purple striped flowers.
| Colchicum luteum x kesselringii Janiscolkesjan | £23.50 | ||
A rare species found in parts of former Yugoslavia and both very little seen and known. Wrongly ascribed to bivonae by some but very distinct.
Bright pink flowers are held in small clusters in autumn. These appear to be self coloured but are in fact slightly chequered with darker pink. Deep in the throat are small yellow anthers held on short filaments, around an elongated whitish style.
| Colchicum visianii Petrovaccolvispet | £22.50 | ||
A wonderful species spread across parts of what was Yugoslavia and Northern Greece, where it is always limited to mountain habitats.
The flowers come in shades of cream, primrose and yellow. The yellow form only is illustrated. Our stock, raised from the best, yellow, Greek forms shows some colour variation, however all are deliciously and uniquely scented of Freesia. This is a very worthy addition to any collection.
Rarely offered and slow to increase, but easily grown, prefers a humus-rich soil, slight shade and a slightly damp summer, in keeping with its mountain home. This does not like hot dry conditions nor a hot dry rest in summer.
| Crocus cvijiciicrocvicvi | £15.50 | ||
| Naturally small, these are flowering sized. | |||
This is the smallest of all of the Crocus species with an elfin appearance and an "I can't believe it" size that charms all who see it.
It has thin, thread-like leaves and tiny waisted flowers which can be white, pale yellow or light blue-violet. These are in the shape of C. chrysanthus, but miniaturised.
This little elf, would get lost in the open garden but it is a delight in a pot, under glass where its size can be appreciated and physical protection from the weather given. It is fully cold hardy here hardy but the flowers are smaller than a winter raindrop! Easy, loam based compost, dryer in summer.
| Crocus danfordiaecrodandan | £7.50 | ||
| Naturally very small corms, flowering sized, seed-raised, colours white, yellow and blueish. | |||
This Greek mountain plant has violet-blue flowers with a small, deep yellow throat and in most flowers there is no white at all in evidence.
Crocus sieberi nivalis can be separated from its relatives s. atticus and s. sublimis as it lacks any hairs in the throat. In addition it has a finely fibrous netted tunic. Unlike those two subspecies, s nivalis (as the name implies) is a plant found near snow in the high mountains, where it blooms as the snow melts in spring.
It does well in the garden in a well-drained, sunny spot and is very tolerant of summer moisture.
| Crocus sieberi nivaliscrosieniv | £6.50 | ||
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