Garden Planning Service


























For beds, borders or the entire garden


RHS Gold medallist Sue Wooster can plan your entire garden, and then supply the plants.  Planting service also available. Rock and scree gardens are a speciality.   For the ideal gift - how about asking me to design a border, supply the plan and plants by post?


This service can be arranged by email. Please contact me using the ‘Contact & Links’ page of the website if you would like information.  Site visits in East Anglia can be arranged, otherwise  I am happy to correspond by email.


All-year-round plant sourcing service is also available.  Please let me know your requirements for trees, shrubs, perennials, alpines and through Winter, bare-rooted hedging and trees.  Delivery in East Anglia can be arranged for a modest charge. 



2013

LATE FEBRUARY 2013

Farewell to a rather cheerless month!  Today the sun shone here in the East for the first time in what feels like weeks.  It was fantastic to be out doing jobs in the walled garden today - tidying beds, checking new growth on established border perennials.  Thanks to the resident squirrels there will be very few tulips in the garden this spring.  Any suggestions for removing these pesky grey vermin?

The sweet scent of winter honeysuckle hung in the air today, the snowdrops are dazzling among the fallen beech leaves in the woodland surrounding the garden and the birdsong was deafening today.  Let’s hope March is kind.


JANUARY 2013

Welcome New Year - A mild first week but a cold snap beginning so a few nights of frosty temperatures ahead.  This is good news for the alpine seeds which we have started to sow this week.  They will enjoy sub-zero conditions to break their dormancy.

With the help of trusty volunteer Lucy, we are tidying beds and borders within the walled garden, mulching with well-rotted manure and generally preparing for the new gardening year.  Bulbs such as Iris reticulata ‘George’ are bursting through the soil and the emerging plump buds of Helleborus orientalis seem to be signalling an early spring.

Bellflower Nursery supplies hardy plants to the Leaping Hare Country Store and Restaurant at Wyken Hall.  If you are visiting for shopping or a coffee, do look out for the range of Harvington hellebores, shrubs with winter interest, conifers and bulbs.

The Winter nursery opening hours in the Walled Garden at Langham Hall IP31 3EE are Thursday and Friday 10-4 or by appointment at other times.  Do ring for details and directions 07879 644958.


2012

LATE JUNE 2012

All very frantic with preparations for departure to the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Each day brings new challenges to both the plants and me with highly changeable weather.  Fingers crossed for a cool spell during Build Up and a dry sunny week (not too hot, please..) for the Show.  Do come and see our Campanula display this year in the Floral Marquee (FM29).  PS - GOLD MEDAL!


The Campanulas in the Walled Garden are looking fabulous, particularly Campanula latifolia, with the form ‘Brantwood’ looking spectacular against the frothy foliage of bronze fennel, inky-purple lupins and soft pink sweet rocket.  Perfection in the border! Look out for the film of this plant combination and more in the Walled Garden on the BBC coverage of Hampton. All very exciting. The Nursery will be closed on Saturday 30th June and Saturday 7th July as I will be at the Show.



The nursery is featured in the May 2012 issue of The English Garden.  Do get a copy if you can.  The article was written by Zara Napier, Suffolk professional photographer.  Her photos in TEG are very good!

Why not come along to the walled garden and Bellflower Nursery and browse the huge selection of hardy plants. The Nursery is open Thursdays and Fridays 10-4.30, Saturdays 10-1 mid March to end of October. Winter hours Thursdays and Fridays 10-4.

Garden planning service available.



PLANT LIST - AVAILABILITY WINTER/SPRING 2013


PERENNIALS:


ACHILLEA - BORDER FORMS OF YARROW, FOR STUNNING COLOUR & DROUGHT TOLERANCE THROUGH SUMMER

All in 1-litre pots £4.00 each:

Achillea 'Apfelbluete'.  Good pink, pales with age

Achillea 'Forncett Fletton'.  Brick red

Achillea 'Inca Gold' Excellent taller form, warm gold

Achillea 'Lachsschoenheit'. Salmon pink

Achillea ' Mondpagoda'. Cream. Strong stems. Glows at dusk.

Achillea 'Summerwine' AGM.  Deep burgundy

Achillea sibirica var. camschatica ' Love Parade'. Something a little different - warm pink, repeat flowers through summer.


ACONITUM - MONKSHOOD.  A poisonous but beautiful group of plants

Aconitum charmichaelii 'Arendsii' AGM Intense blue 1.2-1.4m/4-5ft spires in September and October.

Aconitum ‘Bressingham Spire’ AGM Violet blue hooded flowers on 100cm/3ft stems August/September. 1.4-llitre pot £5.00

2-litre pots £6.00 each/ 1.4-litre £5.00

Aconitum carmichaelii Wilsonii Group. Tall stately spires of azure blue May to August. 1.2m/4ft.

1-litre pot £4.50



Agastache rugosa f. albiflora 'Liquorice White' £4.00 1-litre pot


ALLIUM - ORNAMENTAL ONION

A wide range is available.  Please email for details or with any requests.

Anacyclus pyrethrum var. depressus.  Mount Atlas Daisy. Pretty grey-green ferny foliage, low growing daisy, magenta in bud, opening to white, flowers all summer in hot and dry sites.

10cm/4”. £4.00 for 1-litre pot

Anthriscus sylvestris ‘Ravenswing’ AGM Purple cowparsley.  Pinky-white umbels of lacy flowers above towering purple foliage and stems.  £5.00 1.4-litre pot.


JAPANESE ANEMONE.  Must-haves for autumn colour and happy in shade. £5.00 - 1-litre pots

Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Pamina' AGM

Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Prinz Heinrich' AGM

Anemone x hybrida 'Robustissima'

Anemone x hybrida 'Whirlwind'. Semi double, creamy white flowers on 90cm/3ft stems.


AQUILEGIA - Columbine or Granny's Bonnet.  Always welcome in the late spring border

Aquilegia ‘White Star’ . Creamy white columbine, yellow centre, on 100cm/36" stems. Sun or light shade. £3.50 - 9cm pot.

Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Greenapples’ Green tinged white double flowers.  Lovely plant. £6.50 - 2-litre pot.

Aquilegia 'Yellow Queen'. £4.00 - l-litre pot.

Other Aquilegia, quite special forms, available in small numbers.  Please ask.



ASTER - MICHAELMAS DAISY for autumn colour. Great with grasses. £4.00 for 1-litre pot

Aster amellus 'Rosa Erfüllung' (mid pink)

Aster x frikartii 'Mönch' AGM (lavender blue)

Aster ericoides 'Cinderella' (pale pink)

Aster x herveyi - one of the very best and earliest to flower (July) with a non-stop show of clear blue daisies  even in dry shade.  Chosen as a favourite perennial by Piet Oudolf in BBC Gardens Illustrated magazine.

Aster novi-belgii 'Dandy' - more compact Michaelmas daisy of purple-red, best in part shade.



Baptisia alba £5.00 1.4-litre pot. For well-drained site in good light.  Bee and butterfly attractant.  Chopping to ground level after first flowering encourages second and even third flush of fresh foliage and flowers through to autumn.  1.2m/4ft.

Baptisia australis AGM - Beautiful Prairie plant - false indigo.  Use it in mixed herbaceous/grass schemes. Pea-like deep blue flowers on 90cm/3ft stems.  Cut back at least twice in a season for colour way into autumn. £4.00 for 1-litre pot.


BERGENIA - ELEPHANT EARS

Bergenia 'Overture’. Best winter colour.  Ruby red smallish foliage.  Lovely in shade. £6.00 for 2 litre pot.

Bergenia ‘Rosi Klose’.  Neat habit, deep pink spring flower spikes.  £6.00 for 2-litre pot.

Bergenia 'Rotblum' Good winter evergreen foliage colour and deep pink flower spikes later winter.  £4.00 1-litre pot.

Bergenia ‘Wintermaerchen’ Smaller leaf with stunning red and burgundy colour in winter.  Deep pink flower spikes in spring. £7.50 for 2-litre pot.


CALAMINTHA NEPETA - thrives in exceptionally dry conditions in hot sunny places.  Especially good for path edging and in gravel gardens. Pale blue/white flowers on 30cm/12” stems. £4.00 for 1-litre pot.

Calamintha nepeta ‘White Cloud’ For dry sunny spot, sprays of small white flowers rise from  the aromatic foliage all summer. £4.00 for 1-litre pot.


Campanulas - visit the Campanulas page to view and download a list of Alpine & Herbaceous campanulas.


Cephalaria gigantea.  Huge pincushion plant with pale yellow flower heads in mid and high summer.  Cut back hard after first flowering for fresh foliage and blooms.  Insects and butterflies love this plant.  IF you have the space do grow it.  Self-seeder.  2m/6ft £4.00 1-litre pot.


Cichorium intybus f album.  Really pretty perennial for dry spot in sun.  White-flowered form of chicory.  1.2m/4ft. £4.50 1-litre pot.

Cichorium intybus ‘Roseum’ - as above, shell-pink form.


Deschampsia cespitosa ‘Goldtau’- golden seed heads on this form of hair grass which enjoys light shade, not too dry. £4.00 for 1-litre pot.



DICENTRA

Happy in light shade, these forms have shortish stems hanging with delicate 'lockets'

Dicentra 'Bountiful'. Compact form to 25cm/10".  Deep pink.  Tolerates shade. £4.00 - 9cm pot.

Dicentra 'Spring Morning'. Pale pink flowers for many weeks. £4.00 - 9cm pot


DIGITALIS - FOXGLOVE

Digitalis ferruginea AGM.  Narrow bronze flower spikes. 1.2m/4ft.  £3.50 9cm pot.

Digitalis parviflora 'Milk Chocolate' Tall narrow spires of small, tightly-packed red-brown foxglove flowers with purple veining.  Sun or light shade.  1.2m/4ft. £4.00 for 1-litre pot.


ECHINACEA - CONE FLOWER

Echinacea purpurea Bressingham Hybrids

Echinacea purpurea ‘Baby White Swan’

Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’

Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan’

All at £5.50 each


ERYSIMUM ‘Winter Orchid’  PBR Perennial wallflower at its best. 45cm/18”.  £4.00 for 1-litre pot.


EUPATORIUM MACULATUM Atropurpureum Group ‘Riesenschirm’ AGM - Joe Pye Weed/Hemp Agrimony.  Dinner-plate sized flower heads on nearly-black stems. 1.8m/6ft.  A real stately feature in the mixed border in high summer.   Not too dry. £6.00 for 2-litre pot.

EUPATORIUM CANNIBIUM ‘Flore Pleno’ - Hemp agrimony, double-flowered form. A must for back of the border.  As above. £4.50 1-litre pot.

EUPATORIUM FORTUNEI ‘Pink Elegans’ Sprays of purple-pink flowers on stout 1.2 - 1.5m (4-5ft) stems above cream variagated foliage.  For sun and good soil.  £5.00 for 1.4 litre pot.


EUPHORBIA CHARACIAS

EUPHORBIA POLYCHROMA AGM Compact spurge with the best acid green early colour. £4.50 for 1.4-litre pot.

EUPHORBIA SCHILLINGII AGM Spurge for dappled shade.  Lime-green bracts in spring and good dark green foliage.  Lovely spring emerging leaf colour. To 100cm/36”.  £6.50 for 2-litre pot.


FESTUCA GLAUCA ‘Elijah Blue’ Intense steely blue fine-foliaged grass in 30cm/12” mounds for full sun and dry site.  Trim round in spring.  £3.50 for 9-cm pot.


GERANIUM

Geranium ‘Anne Thomson’ AGM - Bright magenta flowers veined black create stunning display all summer.  40cm/14”.  Best in sun.  £4.00 for 1-litre pot.

Geranium x cantabridgiense ‘St Ola’ - large white flowers which to pale pink, all summer.   Aromatic evergreen foliage with good autumn colour.  Great ground cover in poor soil. To 25cm/10”. £5.50 for 1.4-litre pot.

Geraniuim clarkei ‘Kashmir Purple’ £4.00 9cm pot.

Geranium clarkei ‘Kashmir White’ AGM - white cups all summer. Highly garden worthy, sun or semi shade.  £4.00 for 1-litre pot.

Geranium’ Coombland White’ - Evergreen foliage with palest mauve-pink, delicately veined flowers in summer.  Appears white en masse.  40cm/14”. £5.50 for 1.4-litre pot.

Geranium ‘Ivan’ AGM - muted magenta flowers with black veining in summer - good showy form. Sunny spot. 90cm/36”. £5.50 for 1.4-litre pot.

Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Czakor’ - bright magenta flowers with aromatic mushypea-green foliage. 25cm/10”.  Sunny spot. £3.50 for 9cm pot.

Geranium macrorrhizum ‘White-Ness’ AGM.  Pure white flowers cover mats of pale green aromatic foliage late spring to mid summer. £4.00 for 1-litre pot.

Geranium ‘Orion’ AGM - Large deep blue flowers on 60cm/24” stems.  Bonfire autumn colours.  One of the very best geraniums - must-have! £4.00 1-litre pot.

Geranium ‘Phillipe Vapelle’ - Mounds of soft grey-green foliage with interesting flowers of light blue with navyblue veining and notches on the petal edges - very light and airy form.  45cm/18”.  £5.50 in 1.4-litre pot.

Geranium phaeum ‘Lily Lovelle’ - Beautiful dusky purple flowers with paler eye on 60cm/24” stems May to July.  Very pretty plant for part shade. £5.50 for 1.4-litre pot.

Geranium phaeum ‘Margaret Wilson’ - subtle variegation on emerging foliage.  Pretty pink flowers into summer. Light shade. £4.00 for 9cm pot.

Geranium pratense var. pratense f. albiflorum ‘Silver Queen’ - silver-blue flowers, dark anthers.  Good plant in partial shade. £4.00 for 9cm pot.

Geranium ‘Red Admiral’ - a good red for a cranesbill.. this hybrid has stamina and will flower all summer. Large red flowers with dark centre. 60cm/24cm. £5.50 for a 1.4 litre pot.

Geranium sanguineum ‘Album’AGM - White form of bloody cranesbill. Pure white flowers June to August. 30cm/12” £4.00 for 1-litre pot

Geranium sanguineum ‘John Elsley’ Bright fuchsia pink flowers all summer on this ground covering cranesbill.  Good autumn colour. 1-litre £4.50

Geranium sanguineum ‘Nyewood’ -  Compact form with light purple papery flowers May till July. 15cm\6”. £4.00 for 1-litre pot.

Geranium sanguineum ‘Vision Violet’ - Pretty discs of deep pink papery flowers.  Vigorous doer, for sun or dappled shade.  20cm/9”. £4.00 for 1-litre pot.

Geranium

Geranium sylvaticum ‘Amy Doncaster’Deep blue flowers with white eye.  Good foliage a bonus.  Highly garden-worthy for sun or partial shade. £4.00 for 9cm pot.


GEUM - AVENS

Geum 'Borisii' - tangerine/orange single flowers from May to September. Sun or part shade. Compact stems to 30cm/12"/ £4.50 for 1-litre pot.

Geum coccineum 'Cooky' - good warm orange single flowers on 20cm/9"stems

Geum 'Karlskaer' - everso pretty warm apricot single flowers on 20cm/9" stems

Geum ‘Lemon Drops’ - welcome to the sweetie shop.  Sherbet lemon yellow hanging flowers on 30cm/12” stems.  Sun or light shade.  £4.00 in 1-litre pot.

Geum 'Mrs W. Moore' - salmon pink tinge. 30cm/12". Extra special.. £4.00 in 9cm pot

Geum 'Prinses Juliana' - semi-double clear orange flowers, hearty plant and long-flowering. 60cm/2ft. £6.00 for 2-litre pot.

Geum triflorum - pinky flowers on 30cm/12" stems and pretty little fluffy seed heads.  Good drainage essential. £3.50 - 9cm pot.


HAKONECHLOA MACRA ‘AUREOLA’ AGM - An amazing grass for shady places, perfect for forming a skirt at the base of tress.  A softly golden striped green sway to 30cm/12”.  Trim late winter to tidy up.   £5.00 for 10litre pot.


HEDERA HELIX ‘ERECTA’ AGM Upright form of Ivy.  Interesting shade-lover. £5.50 1-litre pot.


HELLEBORE - LENTEN ROSE

Helleborus x hybridus Ballards Group.  Interesting  selections from Helen Ballard. £9.50

Helleborus argutifolius AGM  All-year interest as the foliage is as amazing as the flowers.  Fine in sun and good drainage.  Great foil for spring and summer bulbs. £8.50 in 2litre pot.

Helleborus x ericsmithii ‘Ruby Glow’. Marbled foliage and deep dusky-pink, mottled pale green, flowers all spring.  Enjoys semi shade and not too dry in summer.  £9.50.

Helleborus x ericsmithii ‘Winter Sunshine’ PBR £9.50.

Helleborus niger AGM. Christmas Rose.  Pure white with yellow stamens, flowering March!  £7.50 for 2-litre pot.


HEMEROCALLIS ‘Neyron Rose’AGM Wonderful daylily salmon-red petals with cream central stripe abd apricot-orange throat.  FOr sun and good soil. 70cm/28” £4.50 for 1 litre.


HEUCHERA - CORAL BELLS

Heuchera ‘Black Beauty’  Rich maroon foliage with tall stems topped with tiny pink bells. £6.50

Heuchera 'Marmalade' PBR - orange/red/copper on frilly foliage.  2-litre £6.50

Heuchera ‘Ginger Ale’

Heuchera ‘Birkin’

Heuchera ‘Lime Marmalade’

Heuchera ‘Silver Scrolls’

and more!

All at £7.00 - 2-litre pot


xHEUCHERELLA - Great ground cover for dry shade under trees and shrubs and on banks.

x Heucherella ‘Kimono’ PBR AGM - Soft green maple-like foliage with dark chocolate central stripe.  White flower spikes to 40cm/14”. Superb plant for dry shade. £5.50 for 1.4-litre pot.

x Heucherella ‘Viking Ship’ PBR - pink flower spikes spring and summer, silvery markings on maple-like foliage. £5.50 for 1.4-litre pot.





Hystrix patula - Unusual grass named the bottlebrush grass for its...bottlebrush-shaped flowerheads, funnily enough.  This grass flowers twice!  Cut back after first flowering which is June, then wait for second flush and leave these on for great winter outlines.  £6.00 for 2-litre pot.


NEPETA GAOVANIANA - a catnip for SHADE.  Delightful soft yellow shade-lover.  To 100cm/40”. £4.50 for 1-litre.


PAEONIA - many scrumptious cultivars, EG Paeonia lactiflora ‘White Wings’, Paeonia lactiflora ‘Antwerpen’, and Paeonia lactiflora ‘Vogue’. £10.50 each in 2-litre.  Mature plants which will flower this year.


RUDBECKIA LACINIATA ‘Starcadia Razzle Dazzle’ Brilliant late summer vivid yellow daisy with black centre.  Stout enough to  support Clematis viticella for real wow factor.  2m6ft. £4.50 for 1-litre pot.


SALVIA x SYLVESTRIS ‘Blauhuegel’ Deep violet-blue spikelets of flowers all summer.  Cut back hard to prolong flowering.  Sunny and dry, bee magnet.  Perfect for drought.  £4.50 for 1-litre pot.


Salvia nemerosa ‘Lubecca’ AGM Of all the ornamental sages, this flowers the longest.  Wonderful deep purple flower spires to 50cm/20”


SCABIOSA CAUCASICA ‘Clive Greaves’ - mid blue scabious, loved by bees and other beneficial insects.  No cottage garden should be without this perennial. 30cm/12” £4.00 for 1-litre pot.

Scabiosa caucasica ‘Alba’ very pretty white form, copes well in part shade.  £4.00 for 1-litre pot.


SIDALCEA candida - pure white form of Prairie Mallow, on 90cm/3ft stems. pot Sun or light shade. £4.00 for l-litre pot

Sidalcea ‘Loveliness’ - shell-pink cups on more compact 75cm/30” stems.  July to September .£5.00 for 1.4 litre pot.

Sidalcea William Smith’ AGM -= salmon pink. 1.2m/4ft. Lovely perennial. £5.00 for 1.4-litre pot.

Sidalcea ‘Wine Red’ - deep maroon to90cm/3ft.on flower spikes. £5.00 for 1.4 litre pot


VERONICA GENTIANOIDES  Lovely forms of spring-flowering herbaceous veronica.  Tall blue spires of colour in May, eg Veronica gentianoides ‘Barbara Sherwood’. 2-litre pot £6.00.


HELLEBORES:

Helleborus x hybridus Harvington speckled white 2-litre pot £12.50

Helleborus x hybridus Harvington ‘Picotee’ 2-litre pot £12.50

Helleborus x hybridus Harvington apricots 2-litre pot £12.50

Helleborus x hybridus Harvington Doubles 2-litre pot £12.50

Helleborus niger Harvington Hybrids 1-litre pot £7.50


 

A SELECTION OF SHRUBS & CLIMBERS:

Akebia quinata ‘Alba’ £8.50

Cornus stolonifera ‘Kelsae Gold’ £8.50

Crataegus laevigata ‘Pink Corkscrew’ £10.50

Deutzia x hybrida ‘Magicien’ £7.50

Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Red Wine’ £8.50

Ilex aquifoliumj ‘Aureomarginata Pendula’  £9.00

Lonicera standishii ‘Budapest’ £8.50

Nandina domestica ‘Firepower’ AGM £9.50

Ribes laurifolium ‘Amy Doncaster’ £8.50

Ribes sanguineum ‘Koja’ £7.50

Sarcococca orientalis £8.50

Viburnum ‘Mohawk’ £8.50

Viburnum opulus ‘Notcutt’s Variety’ £8.00

Viburnum tinus ‘Variegatum’ £8.50

Viburnum x Cayuga £8.50

Viburnum x juddii £8.50

Viburnum x burkwoodii ‘Compactum’ £8.50

Viburnum x burkwoodii ‘Conoy’ £8.50

Viburnum x burkwoodii ‘Park Farm Hybrid’ £8.50

 


This availability list is being updated weekly.  Please contact the nursery with any queries about stock.