Bulbous with spiked flowers, formed by many smaller flowers: each single flower is 5 cm in diameter and has slightly curved petals with golden stamens. It reaches 80 cm in height. It naturalizes forming carpets. The cultivated pots contain various camassia bulbs.
Vigorous very rustic Himalayan perennial with long spring flowering of white flowers, with the back and center of the petals sometimes tinged with blue. Flowers in bunches borne on elegant, tall and graceful stems, erect above the finely toothed leaves, to have in the spring garden.
Rare, shade perennial, fairly drought tolerant once established. It prefers shade, especially during the hottest hours of the day. Magnificent pure white starry flowers. It goes to rest in the summer heat, to then drive back in the spring.
Pianta tappezzante, molto rustica e facile, cresce abbandonata; simile alla Borragine, ma perenne. Magnifiche foglie grandi che perdurano da marzo al gelo, creando fitti tappeti. Fiori blu emergono prima delle foglie a fine inverno-inizio primavera. I fiori e gli steli che li portano e le giovani foglie possono essere mangiati, gustosi abbinati alle uova.
A perennial herbaceous shade plant, it has pink and blue flowers together, it has silver-white spots on the leaves which makes it very ornamental throughout the growing season even after the spring flowering.
Tappezzante perenne longeva, bassa e resistentissima sia al sole che all'ombra; molto fitta e sempreverde. In autunno inverno le foglie lucide, grandi e ornamentali si tingono di rosso e porpora (restando purpuree finchè fa freddo).
Geranium himalayense, is a hardy, carpet-forming perennial with attractive foliage and flowers. It has palmate, deeply incised leaves that turn a vibrant red-orange color in the fall. The plant produces large, blue-blue-purple flowers with a white eye from early to mid-summer. It thrives in full sun or partial shade and even full shade.
Perenne tappezzante, rizomatosa, bassa, con fiori stellati d'oro simili a margherite. Perfetta per il giardino d'ombra. Fiori in gran numero in tarda primavera e poi rifiorisce, ma in modo discontinuo.
This perennial herb is one of the easiest to grow and long flowering. It naturalizes by re-sowing itself, does not require particular care, forms rich tufts of basal leaves, with thin stems about 60 cm high, which carry, on dark-purple calyxes, masses of pink starry flowers. The flowers look like lace, the ensemble is unusual and very showy. In bloom from...
Bletilla striata is a terrestrial orchid that produces small pink-purple cattleya-like flowers (up to 4cm long) in 3-7 flowering racemes atop bare stems up to 45cm tall. It blooms from mid to late spring. Each pseudobulb typically produces 3-5 leaves, linear, pleated, papery, sword-shaped, light green (up to about 30 cm long). The ideal exposure is the...
Gaura cultivar with magnificent two-colored flowers, which remains compact and does not exceed about 60 cm. it blooms for a long time from late spring to all summer. It resists intense frost, for cultivation an excellent drainage is the key to success, so gravel, pumice or lapillus mixed in the hole where it is planted; the only thing that can kill them...
Sempreverde con foglie spesse e succulente, ma molto più piccole della specie. Forma fitti cuscini, le cui foglie verdi si tingono di porpora col freddo. Fiori bianchi in primavera.
Perennial herbaceous plant, flowering in spring, truly unusual flowers, they look like pendulous hearts (swollen like small cushions) with a white drop in the centre, borne on arched branches, suitable for cutting, beautiful fern-like leaves.
A bulbous plant from the same family as amaryllis (and requiring the same care), it features unusual, ball-shaped red summer flowers and spirally arranged, leathery leaves that resemble a small banana tree. This particular variety has bright, ornamental variegated leaves.
A herbaceous sage with very large flowers and curly, hairy foliage that is delicately fragrant when crushed, the evergreen basal rosettes of leaves create a soft cushion for the large flower spikes. The leopard-spotted, light lavender flower spikes (90 cm heght) are a wonderful sight.
Pianta erbacea perenne, che fiorisce precocemente e per tutta la primavera, e produce numerosissimi fiori campanulati azzurro chiaro. Magnifiche foglie variegate tricolore, ideale per una zona ombreggiata.
Perennial evergreen geranium resistant to intense frost, with scented leaves of citrus tones; rapid expansion and long flowering. Also suitable for growing indoors or on the veranda.
Pianta grassa chiamata anche 'Pink Carpet' (tappeto rosa) che tappezza in modo coprente vaste aree di terreno. Non necessita di irrigazione supplementare e resiste fino a -28°C purchè a dimora in terreno molto ben drenato (che resti piuttosto asciutto) e senza manto nevoso stabile. Lunghissima stagione di fioritura.
Double-flowered, fragrant muscari, blooms longer and more abundantly than the species. It forms increasingly larger spots from year to year. The pot contains a lot of bulbs.
Strongly scented, bright blue flowers that add colour and fragrance to the early spring garden. Vigorous Siberian Scilla (Siberian Scilla) is a long-lived, low, bushy bulbous plant suitable for planting in lawns, mixed border beds or patios, and in woodland and rock gardens, flowering early in the season (the short stature of most also makes them...
Perenne che si sviluppa tramite rizomi sotterranei, a rapida crescita, a fioritura lunghissima, con fiorellini a campanella e foglie triangolari sfumate di argento al centro. Also suitable for growing indoors or on the veranda (from November to March they are shipped in vegetative rest without leaves, but they vegetate again with the heat).
The grey-green waxy foliage is topped in March and early April, at least for 6 weeks, producing a long succession of magnificent light blue flowers that obscure the foliage. By the end of May, Ipheion become dormant for the summer, they are summer dormant and tolerate drought during the dormant period; they resume growth in autumn and grow during the...
Exotic-looking (but frost-resistant) perennial shade plant with silvery leaves. 'Sterling Silver' is an improvement on other varieties with the same stunning silver color and heart-shaped foliage, but with larger leaves (20cm wide at maturity) and larger growth habit. In spring it bears a multitude of tiny blue forget-me-not-like flowers. Brunneras are...
Much more compact perennial than the species, it blooms a long from late spring all summer. The flowers are fuchsia, and the young leaves are purple, which makes it very showy. Great drainage is the key to success, the only thing that can kill them is soggy winter soil. Conversely, they are very resistant to drought and intense sun.
Bulbosa della stessa famiglia degli amarillis (e richiede le medesime cure), con inconsueti infiorescenze estive rosse a forma di palla, foglie coriacee che lo fanno assomigliare a un piccolo banano, disposte a spirale.
Bulbous perennial herbaceous species, with prolonged and re-flowering flowering, with beautiful bell-shaped salmon pink flowers; its peculiarity are the leaves, which look like four-leaf clovers, in the center of which there are wavy purple variegations. Also suitable for growing indoors or on the veranda (from November to March they are shipped in...
'Little Redhead' is a compact, lower selection of the species, vegetatively propagated to ensure uniformity. Dark red tubular flowers with yellow interiors are produced over the top of an upright clump of leaves, mass produced in the summer. It requires a good appearance to thrive, despite the exotic appearance it resists temperatures over -20 ° C.
For those who love the contrast given by the leaves, this Ranunculus ficaria cultivar cannot be missed. For the winter and spring garden, this is definitely one of the most unusual and showy plants we grow. This perennial emerges in winter with glossy black foliage, in rosettes. From late February to March, the tufts are topped with very bright yellow...
Salvia very easy to grow, the flowers bloom from spring to summer and can rebloom sporadically until the end of summer if the withered flowers are promptly cut off. Excellent fresh cut flower. The leaves are aromatic, they taste of anise and resin.
Garden allium to naturalize. It does not regress, on the contrary it expands exponentially more and more from year to year (and re-sows). Abundant beautiful long lasting pink / lilac flowers from late spring through summer. Bulbs and leaves are edible.
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