Details
- Supplied As
- Bulbs
- Bulb Size
- 28/+ cm
- Flowering Height
- 60 cm
- Flowering Time
- June
- July
- RHS Recommended
- Plants for Pollinators
- Colour
- Pink & Pastels
- Planting Time
- September
- October
- November
- Growing
- Hardy
- Perfect For
- Small Garden & Balcony
Dracunculus Vulgaris
M5298
Dracunculus Vulgaris is a striking tuberous perennial renowned for its enormous deep crimson-maroon flowers, often appearing almost black in certain light. The dramatic hood-like spathe can reach 45–60 cm in length, surrounding a towering blackish-purple central spadix that gives the plant its unforgettable architectural presence.
Perfect for exotic planting schemes and sheltered borders, the bold blooms of Dracunculus Vulgaris create a powerful focal point in late spring and early summer. Combined with its lush divided foliage, this extraordinary plant adds texture, scale, and theatrical character to sunny or lightly shaded garden spaces.
Care Guide
An unusual plant producing umbels of tubular flowers on strong stems.
Plant 5cm (2”) deep, 10cm (4”) apart. Prefers a sheltered sunny spot in well-drained soil.
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Verdin
N0497
Jonquilla Narcissi ‘Verdin’ is a beautifully changing variety that opens in bright yellow tones before gradually revealing a softer white cup and pale base as the flowers mature. The evolving colouring of narcissus ‘Verdin’ creates a fresh and distinctive spring display, with each bloom offering subtle variation and added garden interest.
Carried on graceful stems with a light fragrance, this elegant variety brings warmth and movement to borders, containers, and naturalised planting schemes.
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Carinatum ssp. Pulchellum
M5031
Allium Carinatum subsp. Pulchellum, also known as Keeled Garlic, is a graceful clump-forming perennial producing loose clusters of violet-pink star-shaped flowers on slender, arching stems through July and August. The delicate blooms of Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum bring movement and light texture to sunny borders, gravel gardens, and naturalistic planting schemes, where they mix beautifully among grasses and late-summer perennials.
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Nivalis Flore Pleno
M5443
Galanthus nivalis Flore Pleno is an exquisite variety of double flowering snowdrop. Turn the pretty white nodding blooms upside down to see an intricate, ruffled arrangement of green and white petals and markings. The flowers are lightly scented too.
Stems reach 15cm in height and flower during January and February. Snowdrop nivalis Flore Pleno can be grown next to other snowdrop varieties and crocus for a delightful spring display in open grass, borders and containers.
Prefers a sheltered position in light shade where the bulbs will establish undisturbed and multiply beautifully.
Holds an Award of Garden Merit for plant excellence.
