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Most rockery plants are NOT true alpines but any low
growing plant that can be used to similar effect to
create a stunning display. The plants listed below are a
mixture of both, all available to order online. |
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| Alyssum |
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Alyssum saxatile
- 'Golden Queen' |
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attractive ground-hugger with grey
foliage and masses of light yellow
clusters of flowers in the spring.
Vigorous and showy; prune it back hard
after flowering. Alyssum ‘Golden
Queen’, also known as Aurinia, is
vigorous and showy; just perfect for a
low maintenance, ground cover display
in borders and rockeries. |
| Height:
30cm - Spread: 45cm |
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Alyssum
- 'Oriental Night' |
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| Dramatic
violet-purple blooms smother the
lightly spreading, ground hugging
plants. Ideal for rockeries. Alyssum
is really a hardy annual, but as it is
small seeded, best results are
achieved from an indoor sowing.
Perfect for edging beds or a path, and
very attractive in rock gardens or in
a dry wall. |
| Height:
10cm - Spread: 40cm |
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Alyssum maritima procumbens
- 'Avalanche' |
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want a
sweetly scented carpet of snow white flowers, this
is one of the best performers. A selection which is vigorous and
uniform, starting to flower extra early and
continuing throughout the season. Easy to grow and
a must for beds, borders and the rockery. Flower
summer. Height 6cm (2.5in). |
| Height:
6cm - Spread: 25cm |
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varieties of 'Alyssum' available - Click
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Dwarf
Aster - Aster 'Starlight' |
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Annual - One of the best dwarf asters available.
Aster Starlight is an intriguing mixture of
attractive, spider-like blooms in shades of blue,
purple, scarlet and rose that smother the compact
plants. Flowers early and over a long period in
borders, rock gardens or patio containers. |
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T&M
Helianthemum Collection (The Rock Rose) |
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alpine species are particularly hardy, versatile
and trouble-free and give glorious colour from
spring to midsummer. They'll also reward you with
a second flush of blooms in late summer!
Evergreen/semi-evergreen. |
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Helianthemum x Hybrids Mixed |
| Showy
dwarf evergreen shrubs which spread quickly over
rocks and slopes and make ideal ground cover. The
attractive foliage is smothered from late spring
with masses of 2.5cm (1 inch) flowers resembling
wild roses in pink, lemon, copper, red, purple and
white. |
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Alpine
violet - 'Viola labradorica' |
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alpine perennial produces masses
of violet-blue flowers with neat hummocks of
purplish dark green carpet forming foliage. This
little viola prefers partial shade away from the
midday hot sun and grows to around 10 to 18cm tall. |
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Aster chinensis Carpet Ball Mixed |
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Hardy Annual - Thick clustered, tightly-knit
blooms creating a floral carpet. Neat mound-shaped
plants with the foliage almost obscured by the
fully double flowers in a good colour range. |
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Geranium sanguineum
striatum - striped bloody cranesbill |
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compact, low-growing geranium that flowers
continuously until autumn, this variety has pretty
pale pink flowers with darker pink veins above
dark green, deeply cut leaves. It is also drought
tolerant once established. Try it in a rock
garden, at the edge of a raised border, or as part
of a cottage garden scheme. |
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Aubretia Royal Mixed |
| Hardy Perennial
- Low growing. Masses of spring flowers to grow
borders, beds, pots and rockeries. The only Aubretia
with an RHS award. Spread: 12-15 inches |
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Edelweiss -
' Leontopodium alpinum' |
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hardy, perennial alpine plant belonging to the
daisy family, with a white, woolly, star-shaped
flower, found in the high mountains of Europe and
Asia. Lovely to use near border edges, alpine and
rock gardens, or even as a talking point in a
patio planter. |
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Mimulus
- Monkey flower |
| Versatile,
bushy plants for bedding, pots and baskets,
rockeries in a wide range of colours. Trumpet
shaped flowers look like little snapdragons. |
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Cyclamen
- sowbread |
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their pretty, marbled, heart-shaped leaves and
upright, fragrant pink or white flowers, these
cyclamen have a long season of interest before
disappearing below ground over the summer. |
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Lewisia cotyledon Galaxy Mixed |
| Attractive,
showy plants ideal for growing in rockeries or
containers. Dense rosettes of foliage will produce
flamboyant flowers in shades of rose-red, pink,
salmon and orange. |
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Creeping
Phlox |
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carpets of pale to deep lilac-blue flowers appear
in June with magenta stars at the centre above
hairy, bright green leaves. This compact,
spreading, semi-evergreen woodland phlox is one of
the loveliest low-growing varieties. |
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Oxalis triangularis -
'Burgundy Shamrock' |
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delightful container and rockery plant. The
handsome foliage is rich burgundy-red with a
summer display of pink flowers over large,
shamrock-shaped leaves. |
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Omphalodes cappadocica 'Starry Eyes'
- navelwort |
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of gentian-blue, star-shaped flowers with a pale
lilac edge appear in March and April among
heart-shaped, mid-green leaves. |
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Garden
Pink - Dianthus 'Warden Hybrid' |
| A dwarf
form of the popular garden pink, which forms neat
hummocks of blue-grey foliage. These are studded
with sprays of small, single flowers in brightest
magenta for many weeks. Planted in a pot, or on a
sunny terrace near to seating areas, their
fragrant smell will perfume the air. |
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Geranium pratense 'Midnight Reiter strain' - cranesbill |
| Dark
lilac, saucer-shaped flowers appear from May to
September among deeply divided, deep purple
leaves. A brand new introduction from North
America, this geranium is very compact and the
unusual foliage turns lovely autumnal
colours. |
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Cerastium tomentosum |
| A low
spreading rock plant with silvery leaves, topped
by pure white flowers. Easy and attractive,
particularly useful for quickly covering sunny
banks etc. Each plant having a spread of 60cm
(24in). Flowers late spring/summer. |
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Primula |
| Primulas
are beautiful low growing flowering plants that
bloom mostly in the Spring. Hundreds of different
varieties are available, good choices are Primula
auricular, polyanthus and the native primula
vulgaris. |
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Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz' - thyme |
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mat-forming thyme produces a mass of clear pink
flowers in summer. It's an ideal ground cover
plant for a sunny border or rock garden. Useful
for attracting bees and other beneficial
pollinating insects into the garden, the aromatic
grey-green leaves release a lovely scent whenever
they are trodden on. |
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Arabis |
| Arabis are low growing structural Alphine plants with beautiful dense green foliage. They produce fragrant white flowers and will attract butterflies to your garden. Ideal for Rock or Alpine Gardens or simply cascade over walls. |
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Iris cristata |
| Originating
from the mountain woods of South East USA, this
lovely dwarf iris is perfect for pots on the
patio, bridging the gap between spring and summer!
Superb ground cover too for smothering those pesky
weeds! |
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Saponaria × lempergii 'Max Frei' - soapwort |
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tumbling mass of soft pink, five-petalled flowers
on hairy stems from June to August. This
low-growing, evergreen perennial is perfect for
the front of a sunny, well-drained border, rock
garden or raised bed. Since it actually prefers
neutral to slightly alkaline soil it's a good
choice for a site recently cleared of builders'
rubble. |
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Alyssum maritima procumbens
- Trailing Rosy-Red |
| Compactness
is out of favour with this variety. The habit is
much more trailing than other alyssum making it an
excellent variety tor hanging baskets, window
boxes, cascading out of pots and containers and of
course bedding, borders and rockeries where it
spreads happily to form an excellent, lightly
scented cerise carpet. |
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Campanula carpatica 'Blaue Clips' - bellflower |
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clump-forming, low-growing Carpathian bellflowers
are perfect for softening the edges of a sunny,
raised bed or rockery. They produce a profusion of
blue, bell-shaped flowers on branched stems over a
long period from June to September and rosettes of
heart-shaped, mid-green leaves. |
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Sempervivum
- Houseleek |
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delightfully attractive and varied range of sun
loving plants, with an assortment of vividly
coloured rosettes. Height: 2.5-23cm (1-9in).
Houseleeks quickly form new plants and can be
repositioned to make a large mat over a couple of
seasons. |
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Sedum 'Karl Funkelstein' - stonecrop |
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fleshy green leaves have a purple tint when they
first appear and this becomes more pronounced as
they mature until they turn almost beetroot
purple. The bright pink flowers emerge in tight
clusters late in the summer and will stay on the
plant for many months. |
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Iberis crenata
- Candytuft |
| Whiter-than-white,
petals fan down to form an umbrella like flower
head with a mauve centre - and they're lightly
fragrant too. The plant is covered with bloom in
mid summer and viewed from a distance they
resemble snow. |
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Sedum ussuriense
- 'Turkish Delight' |
| T&M's
own attractive dwarf selection, with deepest
burgundy, almost black foliage and carmine-red
flower umbels. Stunning in containers, borders or
rockeries. Height: 10-15cm (4-6in) |
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Sedum 'Ruby Glow' - stonecrop |
| Succulent,
greenish-purple leaves, topped with large, flat
heads of ruby-red, star-shaped flowers from
mid-summer to early autumn. This low-growing form
of sedum is perfect for softening the front of a
sunny, well-drained border. Best planted in
generous drifts, the flowers are a valuable nectar
source for butterflies and bees. |
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Gypsophila muralis
- 'Gypsy' |
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Annual - Neat, compact mounds absolutely smothered
in semi to fully-double pink flowers, gracing your
summer garden. Useful for the rock garden or
edging borders and excellent for hanging baskets,
window-boxes tubs etc. |
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Erigeron karvinskianus - Mexican fleabane |
| Masses
of small daisies, emerging white, then turning
pink, with yellow centres, give this plant an
unusual, two-tone effect. It has a long flowering
period, from May to October, and is amazingly
versatile, being low-growing, happy in su sun or
partial shade and thriving in any well-drained
soil. |
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Rockery
Rocks |
| Rocks
for rockeries, border edging, water features &
more. Please
note this item is supplied as a pallet. Delivery
will be to the nearest kerbside or hardstanding by
hand operated pallet truck. |
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