Box Court Garden Plants - Encyclopædia
Box Court Garden Plants - Encyclopædia
Plant Encyclopædia
Listed here is our current range of plants available at the nursery:
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DAHLIA
D. ‘Arabian night’
Green foliage. Large fully-double deep burgundy red flowers. Full sun in a sheltered position. The deep colour is a perfect contrast when planted behind agapanthus africanus.
Ht 120 cm £4.45
D.‘Cafe au Lait’
Tall growing stout stems with large green foliage. Topped with ruffled silk like flowers in shades of milky cream, plate sized gloriously luxuriant.
Ht 120cm £4.45
D.dissecta
Hardly resembling a Dahlia with rich dark foliage and small daisy like flowers in shades of cream. The first time you see this you might be forgiven for thinking is a cosmos. Native to Mexico.
Ht 60cm £5.45
D.‘David Howard’
Fantastic smokey dark foliage which contrasts with the open rich orange flowers. AGM
Ht 75 cm £4.45
D.imperialis ‘Alba’
Native to central America where it can reach up to 20ft this is the largest Dahlia. Everything about it screams special with loose bunches of white daisy like flowers above a lot of growth.
Ht (In the United Kingdom) 2 - 3 m £5.45
D.imperialis
Native to central America where it can reach up to 20ft this is the largest Dahlia. Everything about it screams special with loose bunches of pale pink daisy like flowers above a lot of growth.
Ht (In the United Kingdom) 2 - 3 m £5.45
DIGITALIS
D. ferruginea ‘Gigantea’
Hardy Herbaceous perennial foxglove. Grows well in light shade.
Produces thin spires of burnt orange brown flowers from June into July.
Ht 120-150cm £4.75
D. laevigata
Very rare southern European native foxglove bearing orange yellow flowers with a pertruding lower creamy white lip.. Reliably hardy in semi shade.
Ht 50 -70cm £6.25
D.micrantha
Hardy perennial native to Southern Italy. Densely packed tubular yellow flowers held on slender spikes from mid-summer. Prefers partial shade.
Ht 60cm £6.25
D.minor
Rare perennial from the eastern Balearic Islands. Basal rosette of narrow, white haired leaves and a short, usually branching spike with pendulous, bright rose to almost white, trumpet shaped flowers. For any rich, well drained soil in a partially shaded spot.
Ht 30cm £6.95
D. obscura
The narrow leaved foxglove is rarely offered for sale and rare to get hold of. Very rugged species from the mountainous parts of Spain it is very different to the woodland foxglove. Burnt orange to brown flowers are held on woody stems during summer.
Prefers full sun to part shade and is fully hardy.
Ht 50 - 75cm £6.95
DRYOPTERIS
D. felix-mas
Hardy native male fern. Makes a bold plant over time with feathery fronds which form a distinctive cone like shade opening outwards with the season. Prefers part shade and humus rich soils.
Ht 60cm £4.75
D.wallichiana
Tough hardy fern native to the Himalayas. Producing bright green fronds with a central black rib which persists throughout the season. Once established will tolerate dry shade.
Ht. 1m £6.75
DUCHESNEA
D. indica
Indian Mock Strawberry is a hardy perennial evergreen ground covering plant native of woods in southeast Asia and the Indies. In appearance it is similar to the woodland strawberry with shiny trifoliate leaves and upright hold, bright red, edible fruits. However these are more decorative than tasty, as the sweet flesh doesn't have any significant flavour. Easily in humus rich soil in a partially shaded to sunny.
Ht 30cm £4.45
DICENTRA
D. formosa
Dicentra formosa, the western bleeding heart or Pacific bleeding heart, is a member of the fumitory family, generally found in moist wooded areas from California to British Columbia. The plant can approach half a meter in height. The flower has four petals between one and two centimetres long in shades of purple to pink to nearly white. The outer two petals curve and pouch, forming a rough heart shape. Delicately cut leaves mid green to soft grey.
Ht 50cm £4.45
D.formosa ‘Aurora’
A fast-growing perennial with arching stems of creamy white, heart-shaped flowers from late spring to late summer. Delicate blue-green, fern-like foliage forms a soft mound, and is a lovely foil to other plants. Easy to grow traditional cottage garden plant which looks good en masse at the front of a border.
Prefers soils rich with leaf mould.
Ht 45cm £4.45
D.formosa ‘Stuart Boothman’ - syn. ‘Boothman’s Variety’
Widely grown now but still a lovely form of D. formosa, with grey soft foliage and faded damask pink flowers. Has to be my favourite dicentra for its soft texture.
Ht 45cm £4.45
DIANTHUS
D. ‘Fire Witch’
Old fashioned low growing pink with heavenly scent. Short and neat grey foliage topped with small toothed crimson flowers. Lovely in long toms’ or the the front of a border. Forms a neat mat.
Ht 30cm £2.45