Box Court Garden Plants - Encyclopædia
Box Court Garden Plants - Encyclopædia
Plant Encyclopædia
Listed here is our current range of plants available at the nursery:
VERBASCUM
V. bombyciferum
This is an eye-catching plant with heavily felted, silver-grey rosettes of large leaves that look outstanding in winter. From these, tall, furry, silvery flower-spikes emerge in early summer.
These reach their full height by mid-summer and start to produce a succession of wide-open, yellow flowers which continue into late summer. After flowering, the spikes still look attractive for months before starting to die off. Plants self-seed copiously. If possible leave seedlings where they appear naturally as they are very drought-tolerant.
Ht 180cm
V. lychnitis
Narrow formed spires of powder covered pointed lanceolate leaves. Spires of dense branch forming white flowers. Like’s shade.
Ht 100 - 150cm
V. speciosum
Tall growing Mullien with large broad velvety leaves and a slightly branching flowering spike of large sulfurous Flowers. Easy in full sun.
Ht 230cm
V. pulverulentum
New to wide cultivation impressive 6ft spires of mid green slightly wooly foliage.
Flat broad lanceolate leaves and clear open yellow flowers held in a candelabra diamond shape above the foliage.
Ht 200cm
VERBENA
V. bonariensis
Increasingly popular border biennial or short lived perennial. Stunning tight flower heads in late summer to Autumn that can look electrified in the right light.
Looks fantastic grown on mass alone and equally good in border combinations. AGM
Ht 200cm £2.75
V. hastata
Blue Vervain is a short lived perennial from moist soils native to North America. It has narrow, strongly serrated, slightly glossy leaves, which are much less rigid than V. bonariensis. Tall, branching stalks with numerous rich pink to pale lilac flowers. Easily cultivated in any humus rich, well drained, always slightly moist soil in a sunny spot.
Ht 100cm £3.75
VERONICASTRUM
V. sachalinense
Native to Sakhalin Island, Russia. Produces handsome spikes of blue flowers on tall stems. Stems are sparsely clad with whorls of lanceolate leaves.
Foliage turns bright yellow in autumn.
Ht 1.5m - 2.2m £6.75
VIOLA
VERNONIA
V. crinita
Native to the grasslands of central USA. Bears long narrow dull green leaves and heads of intense purple flowers held in an open cluster, from late summer into November. Will easily reach over 10ft in its natural habit but 6 ft in our gardens. Makes for a useful cut flower. Sun & free draining soils.
Ht 2m £5.75
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V. ‘Bowles Black’
Small growing neat fresh green foliage. Covered with velvety small black flowers with crisp golden yellow centres from early in the season. Self seeds freely. Easy.
Ht 30cm £SOLD OUT
V.labridorica
Our favourite viola. Small rounded leaves which are heavily flushed purple to deep greeny black with masses of tiny purple furled flowers. Seeds nicely and looks fantastic through a border creating depth in ways larger plants cannot. Easy
Ht 15cm £SOLD OUT
V.stojanovii
Clear yellow medium sized flowers on this charming short lived perennial viola which is native to the Balkans. Comes readily from seed. Easy in almost all soils preferring sun to partial shade.
Ht 15cm. £3.75