Specialist nursery for pond, marginal and moisture loving plants
Moisture Loving Plants
This selection of plants includes bog plants that thrive in wet soil, as well as plants for moist but well drained areas which includes some beds and borders.
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Angelica archangelica
(angelica)
Large umbel yellow flowers are produced on tall stems with palmately divided green leaves. Perennial plant and great architectural plant.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or part shade
- Soil: chalk / clay / loam
- Flowering Period: summer
- Height: 1.5 - 2 m
- Spread: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Dispatch period: April-October
£7.50
Astilbe 'Sprite'
A lovely dwarf Astilbe up to 25 cm in height. Dark green divided leaves with panicles of light pink flowers.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or part shade
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: Late summer / early autumn
- Height: 0.1 - 0.3 metres
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Dispatch period: April-October
£6.50
Astilbe 'Willie Buchanan'
A dwarf astilbe with red tinted finely divided foliage and plumes of white flowers with red stamens.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or partial shade
- Soil: loam
- Flowering Period: summer - autumn
- Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Dispatch period: April-October
£7.50
Caltha palustris
(Marsh Marigold)
A rhizomatous herbaceous perennial with deep green rounded leaves and bright cup-shaped yellow flowers. A sunny, cheery spring addition.
- Position: Marginal or moisture retentive - full sun
- Soil: Loam
- Flowering Period: Spring to early Summer
- Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Planting Depth: Can be submerged in water up to 10 cm deep or planted into soil along the waters edge. Would also grow in a boggy/moist area of the garden.
- Dispatch period: March- September
£5.50
Caltha palustris var. palustris 'Plena'
(swamp marsh marigold 'Plena')
Double flowers of brilliant golden yellow with dark glossy green leaves.
- Position: Marginal or moisture retentive - full sun
- Soil: loam
- Flowering Period: spring - summer
- Height: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Spread: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Planting Depth: Can be submerged in water up to 10 cm or planted in soil along the waters edge. Would also grow in a boggy/moist area of the garden.
- Dispatch period: March-October
£6.50
Dicentra formosa f. alba
(white bleeding heart)
Lobed delicate glaucous leaves and white pendulous hearts hang from tall stems above the foliage in late spring. Prefers a shady spot.
- Position: Moist but well drained - part shade / shade
- Soil: chalk / clay / loam
- Flowering Period: April-May
- Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Spread: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Dispatch period: April-October
£6.00
Eupatorium cannabinum
(Hemp agrimony)
Herbaceous perennial with red stems and clusters of light purple flowers
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or part shade
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: summer
- Height: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Spread: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Dispatch period: April-October
£6.00
Filipendula rubra 'Venusta'
(Meadowsweet)
Herbaceous perennial with vine like leaves and tall sprays of flowers starting deep pink and turning pale pink.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or partial shade
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: summer
- Height: 1.5 - 2.5 metres
- Spread: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Dispatch period: April-October
£4.00
Geum rivale
(Water avens)
Lobed basal leaves, redish stems and nodding pink to pale orange flowers. Found in damp meadows, along rivers and streams.
- Position: Moisture retentive soil - full sun or part shade
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: summer
- Height: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 metres
- Dispatch period: April-October
£5.50
Glyceria maxima var. variegata
(variegated reed sweet grass)
Rhizomatous perennial with green and cream striped strap shaped leaves and green-purple panicles of flower in late summer.
- Position: MARGINAL- full sun
- Soil: clay / loam
- Flowering Period: summer
- Height: 0.5 - 1 metre
- Spread: 1 - 2.5 metres
- Planting Depth: Can be submerged in water up to 15 cm or planted in the soil along water margins and boggy areas.
- Dispatch period: March-October
£5.50