SOUTHVIEW NURSERIES
CHEQUERS LANE, EVERSLEY CROSS,
HOOK, HAMPSHIRE RG27 0NT
Tel: 0118 973 2206
| Genus | species/name | Description | Price (each) |
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| ACONITUM | x cammarum 'Pink Sensation' | Introduced by Piet Oudolf. Striking erect spires of shell-pink 'hoods' up to 1m in July and August. Toxic if eaten. Sun or semi shade and very beautiful. | £4.00 | |
| ALLIUM | sikkimensis | Grassy green leaves produce 6-9 inch flower stems displaying beautiful pure bright blue flowers from June through the summer.Sun. | £3.00 | |
| ANEMONE | nemorosa 'Monstrosa' | An unusual flower structure of huge ferny green petals with a pale centre. Not a monster but a rather beautiful freak of nature. | £3.00 | |
| ASTER | turbinellus hybrid | A graceful plant with myriads of mid violet-blue, airy flower clusters on 4ft stems in October. Very hardy and easy. Good soil and sun or semi shade. | £3.00 | |
| ASTRANTIA | 'Buckland' | From The Garden House at Buckland Monachorum in Devon. 75cm mounds of stems covered in delightful, large pink flowers backed by wide white bracts from June to Sept. Not invasive as it is sterile and sets no seed. Damp soil. Sun or semi shade. | £4.00 | |
| ASTRANTIA | 'Hadspen Blood' | Rich flowers of beautiful bloody red-purple from June to Sept. 90cm . A real border classic. Damp soil. Sun or semi shade. | £4.00 | |
| CAMPANULA | lactiflora 'Lodden Anna' | Wonderfully tough and easy with strong 3-5ft stems bearing upturned open bells of delicate lilac-pink from July to Sept. Sun or shade. | £3.00 | |
| CAMPANULA | latifolia macrantha | Fine rich violet-blue bell clusters on 3ft stems from June to Aug for sun or shade. | £3.00 | |
| CENTAUREA | montana alba | Useful and appealing white flowered form of the above. Sun. | £3.00 | |
| CESTRUM | parkei | This is a fabulous small shrub of the potato family (Solonaceae).In our garden it reaches 5 to 6 ft in height and is often cut down to 3 ft by winter frost. It produces hundreds of 2 to 3inch long tubular flowers of bright yellow which have a delicate sweet perfume on warm nights. It flowers continuously from late June to the worst frosts and gives us months of pleasure. Sunny sheltered position. |  | £3.50 |
| CHAMAEMELUM | nobile 'Treneage' | Perfect if you want a romantic sweetly fragrant Chamomile seat in your medieval herber. Or a lawn or just scented mounds to kneel on when weeding. This non flowering form is wonderful between paving. Needs starvation and good drainage in sun. | £3.00 | |
| CHRYSANTHEMUM | 'Brightness' | Stunning double, dark brick-red flowers in October - Nov. |  | £3.50 |
| CHRYSANTHEMUM | 'Cottage Yellow' | Very double dark lemon-yellow flowers. | £3.50 | |
| CHRYSANTHEMUM | 'Emperor of China' | One of the oldest Chrysanths which was grown by William Robinson in the 1880's when it was known as 'Old Cottage Pink'. Normally flowering in November and December with large double blooms of shell pink having beautifully quilled petals. When frosted the leaves turn to ravishing shades of red, a perfect backdrop to the flowers.120cm (4') |  | £3.50 |
| DIANTHUS | 'Arctic Star' | A good new compact cultivar with many double white blooms on short 10-15cm (4-6") stems all summer. | £3.00 | |
| DIANTHUS | 'Joy' | Beautiful large carmine-pink double flowers on 25cm stems. An Allwood introduction pre-1965. AGM. | £3.00 | |
| DIANTHUS | 'Laced Monarch'UVULARIA | An Allwood's introduction from 1972, good as a cut flower with large double pink flowers heavily laced with deep maroon-purple. | £3.00 | |
| DIANTHUS | 'Lady in Red' | More like a small carnation. Double bright red flowers with strong clove fragrance like the carnations of long ago. 30cm. | £3.00 | |
| DIANTHUS | 'Moulin Rouge' | A strongly clove scented introduction with Can-Can skirt-like double blooms with pink-purple ground charmingly laced with rich burgundy with a burgundy eye. AGM. | £3.00 | |
| DIANTHUS | 'Mystic Star' | Good neat habit with many single maroon flowers flecked with white. | £3.00 | |
| DIANTHUS | 'Night Star' | Tussock forming with short 10-15cm stems adorned with rich single cherry-red petals laced with delicious pale pink. AGM. | £3.00 | |
| DIANTHUS | 'Valda Wyatt' | An early Cecil Wyatt introduction with stunning large double lavender-pink flowers darkening to purple-pink at the centre.30cm. | £3.00 | |
| DIANTHUS | amurensis | A lovely species from East Asia 35cm branched stems display inch wide single flowers of rose-purple almost bluish with pretty deep purple central markings in Summer. | £3.00 | |
| DIANTHUS | gratianopolitanus | The Cheddar Pink. One of our native pinks which grows on the cliffs of Cheddar Gorge in Somerset. Gardeners in the 18th and 19th centuries stripped the plants from the gorge so that now only a few plants remain. Neat mats of good silver leaves produce many delightful light pink flowers on 20cm (8") stems in May and June. | £3.00 | |
| FILIPENDULA | 'Kahome' | Shorter than many of its kindred reaching 60cm its attractive ferny foliage is a good base for the myriads of fluffy pink flower clusters that delight in June and July. Sun or semi-shade. Damp soil. | £3.50 | |
| GERANIUM | 'Anne Folkard' | This is a real joy, from a central plant spring many trailing stems clothed in golden leaves and bedecked with many large flowers of richest magenta eyed with black in June and July. Best in full sun. AGM. |  | £3.50 |
| GERANIUM | 'Coombland White' | Soft mounds of enchanting grey-green foliage reach 40cm dotted with many beautiful palest mauve-pink almost white flowers exquisitely veined with violet over a long period from June to Aug. Best in full sun. | £3.50 | |
| GERANIUM | maculatum 'Elizabeth Anne' | Remarkable green leaves over painted with chocolate making the perfect backdrop to the large lilac-pink flowers from May to June. Sun or semi-shade. 60cm | £3.50 | |
| GERANIUM | sanguinium album | Very attractive creeping mounds of dark green foliage brightened by large purest white flowers in May and June.25cm AGM. | £3.00 | |
| GERANIUM | sanguinium 'Ankums Pride' | And a pride it will be to you in your garden. One of the best cultivars of this much grown species. From May to July it delights with quantities of wonderful rich rose-pink flowers above neat mounds of pale foliage. Best in sun. 15cm | £3.50 | |
| GEUM | 'Coppertone' | From May to July one has a profusion of nodding apricot-copper flowers on 30cm stems. Rich moisture retentive soil in sun. | £3.00 | |
| GEUM | 'Mrs W. Moore' | Jolly pendulous pink semi-double flowers from May to July. A Geum rivale hybrid like the above.30cm | £3.00 | |
| GEUM | rivale 'Leonard's Variety', | Water Avens. A lovely form of one of our beautiful natives. Tolerates dry soil but thrives in the damp. From strawberry-like leaves spring 45cm (18") ruddy stems smothered in chic dark pink dangling flowers all summer.Sun or shade. | £3.00 | |
| HELIOPSIS | helianthoides 'Asahi' | Best in full sun with plenty of well rotted manure or compost. Up to 1.30 m leafy stems wave with masses of cheerful small double golden-yellow flowers from June to Sept. | £3.50 | |
| IRIS | chrysographes | Flowering in June and July on 30cm stems the flowers are fragrant, exquisite deep velvet-purple to almost pure black For sun or semi-shade. A native of W. China. | £3.50 | |
| IRIS | 'Black Gamecock' | Prefers moist soil in sun and shows off huge 10cm blooms of rich purple broken by small explosions of fiery gold 92cm stems | £3.00 | |
| IRIS | 'Blue Rhythm' | An easy plant to grow, divine shining blue, fragrant blooms on strong 1m stems in June. Sun. | £3.00 | |
| IRIS | pallida variegata | Fantastic for well drained sunny places. Beautiful silver and grey variegated leaves and scrumptious scented pale blue flowers. 90cm. May-June. | £5.00 | |
| LAMIUM | galeobdolen 'Herman's Pride' | Very attractive ground cover, not as fast as the species. Silver leaves with dark green veining and yellow flowers in May and June. Sun to deep shade.50cm | £3.00 | |
| LEUCANTHEMELLA | serotina | A sheer delight in late Summer and Autumn. Strong leafy stems up to 2m enriched with a multitude of large pure white daisies, mixes well with Asters as its form is so different. Sun or semi-shade. Good soil, mulch well in winter. AGM. | £3.00 | |
| LEUCANTHEMUM | x superbum 'Becky' | Flowers later than many in June and July with purest large white daisy flowers on 1m stems | £3.50 | |
| LYCHNIS | coronaria 'Gardeners World' | A smashing new form of 'Dusty Miller'. Silver furry leaves and 90cm flower stems topped with clusters of very double rich scarlet flowers in July and August. Sun good drainage | £4.00 | |
| PAPAVER | 'Medallion' | Stunning large upward facing blooms of ravishing plum-purple discreetly fading to the genteel rose of ancient needle work. 90cm. 1.litre pots. | £8.30 | |
| PAPAVER | 'Shasta' | Breathtakingly pretty. Huge flowers of lime-white suffused with pale blush-pink darkening to the petal edge. 90cm. 1 litre pots. | £8.30 | |
| PAPAVER | 'Karine' | Appealing open dishes of salmon-pink flower splashed with purple and red at the base on neat plants in May and June. 60cm(24"). AGM. | £4.00 | |
| PRIMULA | 'Black and Gold' | Stunning Polyanthus flowers of deepest chocolate edged and eyed with primrose-gold on 15cm stems in Spring. Divide regularly to encourage more flowers. Sun or semi-shade. | £3.00 | |
| PULMONARIA | 'Opal' | Such useful plants for early flower and foliage. Bright silver variegated leaves and gem-like palest pink buds which open to opalescent misty blue flowers on 25cm (10") plants. Sun or shade. | £3.00 | |
| RANUNCULUS | ficaria 'Brazen Hussey' | Introduced by Christopher Lloyd. Eyecatching mounds of glossy dark purple-black leaves covered in Spring with contrasting, shining gold flowers. Sun or shade. |  | £3.00 |
| SALVIA | x sylvestris 'Caradonna' | Very elegant tightly packed stems of striking violet-blue flowers with purple-black calyces on neat 45cm plants in summer. Best in full sun with good drainage. |  | £3.00 |
| SAXIFRAGA | fortunei Rubrifolia | I am reliably informed by Elaine that I told her about this plant in 1971 before we were married, fortunately my passion for this plant did not put her off me. Bold mounds of rich ruby red foliage play host to great , beautiful explosions of pure white shooting star flowers from August to the worst frost. 30cm. A woodlander for semi-shade and leafy soil. | £4.50 | |
| SEDUM | 'Red Cauli' | Attractive mounds of rich red flower up to 30cm | £3.00 | |
| SISYRINCHIUM | 'Dragon's Eye' | Large flowered form. With pale mauve flowers and deeper veining on the petals. 10cms. Full sun. Light soil. | £2.50 | |
| SOLIDAGO | 'Goldenmosa' | This plant is always a winner for late summer colour with masses of stems bearing a great array of pale lemon yellow flowers, easy to grow in sun or semi-shade. 75cm. AGM. | £3.00 | |
| UVULARIA | grandiflora | Merrybells. These delicate woodland beauties are like fairies in disguise, this has the biggest flowers in May-June which are rich yellow and hang like exotic 2 inch long earrings.The foliage is attractively grey-green reaching 60cm. Best planted in rich leafy soil in shade. AGM. | £4.00 | |
| UVULARIA | perfoliata | In May and June pale yellow dainty flowers dangle from 30cm stems. The leaves are soft greyish-green. They are everything about the beauty of May in the woods when the leaf canopy is not too dense and these plants quietly dance in the breeze like dryads as the Cuckoo calls. |  | £4.00 |
| VERONICA | spicata 'Red Fox' | This is a handsome spiky speedwell putting on a grand performance of 30cm spires of bright rose-red flowers over much of the Summer above mounds of shiny dark green leaves. Sun. | £3.00 | |
| VERONICASTRUM | virginicum 'Album' | Dignified multi-spired flower stems reach from 90 to 120cm clothed in a multitude of pure white flowers from Aug to Sept. Sun or semi-shade. | £3.00 | |
| Grasses | ||||
| PANICUM | virgatum 'Heavy Metal' | I don't quite see the connection with rock music, but this is a very striking grass with erect pink flower spikes 1.2-1.5m and dusky grey-blue leaves which yellow in the frost.Sun | £4.00 | |
| STIPA | offneri | Distinguished 1.2-1.5m erect, open flower spikes with a whispy 'see through' quality. Sun and free draining soil. | £3.50 |