Plant Catalogue 2016

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1 All profits from the plant sale go to the Leigh on Mendip Community Activity Group (LOMCA) - which supports older people in the community Plant Catalogue 2016 Plant Sale from 2 to 6 pm, Friday 20 May 2016 at The Dovecote, Leigh Street, Leigh on Mendip BA3 5QP (Refreshments available) Most plants may be ordered for collection on the day (All prices per plant). Additional plants available on the day, particularly perennials and bushes. ANNUAL BEDDING FLOWERS Petunia Purple Tower ( 1.50) One of the fastest climbing petunias available, easily reaching the top of a cm climbing frame by the end of the summer. Extremely vigorous and very free-flowering, 'Purple Tower' can also be used as fragrant ground cover where it will spread to 120cm (4ft). Best planted in a container with a frame if grown as a climber, this has got to be one of the most eye-catching plants you'll see this summer! Dark purple fragrant flowers.

2 Petunia Purple Velvet for ground cover/baskets (70p) Very limited supply, NO PRE-ORDERS This sensational cascading petunia is smothered in superb velvety, purple blooms throughout summer, and right up to the first frosts. Fantastic in baskets, containers and window boxes, or try them in beds as dense ground cover. Trails to: 60cm (24in). Blooms until the first frosts. Busy Lizzie Double Deluxe (40p) Impatiens, commonly known as Busy Lizzies, are a beautiful example of a bedding plant. They are renowned for their long lasting colour and are perfect for window boxes and patio containers. This Impatiens Double Deluxe has lovely double flowers and spreads well so will provide good coverage to your borders. Mixed colours coral, orchid rose, salmon red, red flash and orange. Height 25-35cm, spread cm. Flowers until first frost.

3 Lobelia Cascade mixed (35p) Beautiful trailing plants in various shades - this Lobelia has beautiful open tubular flowers in shades of lilac and blue. They are an excellent plant for your summer patio pots, but will look equally good edging your borders. Trail 20-25cm, spread 10-15cm. Colours are mid blue, light blue, white, carmine, purple, mauve and lilac. Grow full sun to partial shade, Flowers until first frost. Cosmos Sonata mixed variety (30p) Half-hardy Annual. This traditional Cosmos Sonata offers a beautiful mixed variety which is long lasting and flowers summer to autumn. Height 60-70cm (24-28in) making it suitable and attractive for the border. The strong stemmed 8cm (3in) blooms are also excellent for cutting.

4 Cosmos Brightness mixed dwarf (30p) Note: Limited supply Possibly the most free-flowering cosmos of this type. Dwarf and bushy plants are covered with flowers in a delightful mixture of gold, lemon, orange and red from early summer through to the autumn frosts. Spectacular when planted towards the front of annual borders or in containers. Flowers July September, prefers full sun. Begonia Sahara (35p) Begonia Sahara is a bedding plant that has clusters of small flowers in red and pink colours on top of attractive green foliage. It has good all weather tolerance and impressive flowering habit. The plants are ideal for your summer tubs, baskets and beds. Colours - white, rose, red and scarlet. Height 20-25cm, spread 20cm. Flowers May to first frost. Plant in full sun or partial shade.

5 Begonia Apricot Sparkle trailing (40p) Half-hardy Annual. Apricot Sparkle provides a tumbling mass of flowers in a rich blend of yellow and orange and will just keep on flowering all summer and into the autumn. Trails 40-50cm, spread 15-20cm ideal for hanging baskets and window boxes. Large mostly double flowers from May to first frost. Full sun or partial shade. Geranium Verona Dream (50p) Half-hardy Perennial. These beautiful large flowered geraniums will flower throughout the summer. They are a unique designer Mix and an F1 Variety. Colours red, white and raspberry ripple. Height approx., 30cm, spread 25 cm. Flowers June to October, full sun. Needs to be frost free over winter to grow the following year.

6 Dwarf Dahlia Dandy (40p) Dwarf plants each with a contrasting central collar of 'petalettes'. Very distinctive and, as with the larger border dahlias, they are good for cutting. Height: 60cm/24in (Half Hardy Annual) may produce tubers at end of season. Antirrhinum Antiquity Mixed (35p) A half hardy perennial, best grown as a half hardy annual. Compact bushy plants (height 15cm, 6in) for beds, edging and planters. Scented, and long flowering, in a very wide range of colours Flowers Jun-Oct.

7 Calendula Apricot Twist (30p) A much loved favourite. Likes well drained soil, flowers May-October. Dwarf plants, height 30cm (12in), can be planted at front of border or in containers. Remove dead flower heads to prolong flowering. Attracts butterflies.

8 A superb mix of highly scented Sweet Peas growing 4-5 feet. Each plant is potted individually and has been pinched out to produce strong stems - Sweet Peas (15p each) - offered only as a mix Mrs Collier Noel Sutton Eclipse Red Ripple Pulsar Alan Titchmarsh Blue Ripple Enchante Lizbeth Mars Prince of Orange SOLD FOR PRE-ORDER ONLY AS A MIX Please do not order named varieties. Each plant will be labelled to enable colour co-ordination, if desired. Individual colours can be purchased on day if available.

9 WIDE RANGE OF PERENNIALS FOR SALE ONLY ON THE DAY 1.50 to 2.00 each. Some examples below Lavender Munstead compact variety Other lavenders for sale Hidecote & Elegance Coreopsis Early Sunrise and Presto Geum Mrs Bradshaw Lupin, Russell Mixed

10 Kniphofia Crown Hybrid Aubretia Graccilis Rock Cress (Royal Red) Royal Blue and Royal Violet also available Delphinium dwarf, Magic Fountain Also Delphinium Pacific Giant Leuchanthemum Crazy Daisy

11 Achillia Cassis Digitalis Dalmation mixed and Digitalis Sugar Plum Iberis Snowflake PLUS Echinacea Primadonna Verbena Bonariensis Scabiosa Blue Jeans Aquilegia Swan mixed and Aquilegia Mrs Scott Elliott Armeria mixed Campanula Blue Clips Dianthus Artic Fire and Dinanthus Rainbow Loveliness Eryngium Blue Hobbit Gaura Lindheimeri Doronicum Little Leo Verbascum Hybrida Southern Charm Saponaria Ocymoides Holly Hock Summer Carnival mixed and Jet Black varieties Rudbekia Hirta Black Eyed Susan and more

12 VEGETABLES Tomato: Balconi Red (40p) Bush/Basket (Determinate). An exceptionally sweet cherry variety with the exciting attribute of being able to trail when grown as a basket plant, one plant filling a 30cm (12in) basket with ease. Tomato Balconi Red is extremely decorative as well as productive. Requires no side shooting. Tomato: Balconi Yellow (40p) Bush/Basket (Determinate). An exceptionally sweet cherry variety with the exciting attribute of being able to trail when grown as a basket plant, one plant filling a 30cm (12in) basket with ease. Tomato Balconi Yellow is extremely decorative as well as productive. Requires no side shooting.

13 Tomato : Ferline F1 Hybrid (40p) Cordon (Indeterminate) A remarkable tomato variety. In recent trials Ferline has shown impressive blight tolerance in a garden situation. Ferline could be the answer to many gardeners' prayers, to help overcome this most destructive disease. The vigorous, indeterminate plants produce heavy crops of deep red fruits of up to 150gm (5oz) in weight with a very good flavour. Suitable for growing under glass. Also resistant to fusarium and verticillium wilt. Other tomato varieties may be available on the Sale day READY TO GO TOMATO PLANTS - ALREADY POTTED UP FOR THE PATIO; JUST WATER AND FEED OVER THE SUMMER Balconi Red each Balconi Yellow each

14 Runner Bean: Lady Di (30p) Superb long, slim, fleshy completely stringless, 12 inch pods with a very slow seed development resulting in heavy crops of tender delicious dark green pods over a long season. A really good and reliable runner bean. Cucumber: Burpless (50p) No indigestion problems with this cucumber. Cucumber Burpless produces cucumbers that are crisp and delicious, with no bitterness and ideal to eat just like celery. Pick at 20-25cm (8-10in) long when flavour and vitamin content is very high.

15 Courgette Zuccini (Black Beauty) (50p) A very heavy and early yielder of solid mid-green courgettes. The early yield is almost twice that of some other courgette varieties and it just keeps producing firm, remarkably heavy fruit right through the season. Cabbage Primo (10p) Cabbage Golden Acre / Primo. An excellent ball-head variety that's ideal for cutting in the middle of summer. Produces large, heavy, solid cabbages with excellent crisp leaves that are ideal for eating raw in salads as well as cooking. Compact habit so can be sown closely together.

16 BUSHES/SMALL TREES (VERY LIMITED QUANTITIES) Kalmia Latifolia ( 13.50) Superb unusual flowers Flower / Fruit from May-June. Glossy leaves and large pink blooms. A relative of the ever-popular rhododendron, this hardy evergreen shrub will thrive in a moist, acidic soil in full sun. Ideal for border or in a large container of ericaceous compost on the patio, it boasts glossy green leaves and an early summer display of exquisite crimped buds which burst open to reveal large pink blooms. An RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Mature height 2.5m. Average Growing Height: 2-3m. Acer Palmatum ( 12.50) Well established plants The Japanese Maple tree, Acer palmatum, is a small, spreading plant that prefers partial shade and has rich red, orange and gold autumn leaves. Ideal for small gardens and growing in pots. Planted in the garden, the Japanese Maple will reach no more than about 5 metres tall (less if kept in a large pot). Japanese Maple is a slow growing tree that is best left unpruned if possible; it is naturally graceful and pruning often does more harm than good to its structure, at least while the tree is still young.

17 Tree Peony Hu Hong ( 14.00) This tree peony, fairly new to the UK is one of the best. The double flowers are pink at the edge and darker magenta-red toward the centre. They face upwards, are 7 inches in diameter, and have a mild fragrance. This is a dwarf, spreading plant, growing no more than 3 to 4 ft. tall and blooms very generously. Azalea 'Dwarf' (Rhododendron) ( 8.50) Azaleas are fantastic shrubs for exotic colour in spring and these compact, evergreen azaleas become simply smothered with blooms. Slow-growing and hardy, these small evergreen shrubs make excellent low maintenance specimens for acid borders and patio containers. With a combination of glossy, evergreen foliage and spectacular spring flowers, these azaleas will give you year-round interest in the garden. Height and spread: 90cm (35"). Various colours. Flowering Period: April/May Position: dappled shade. Azalea plants require an acid soil. If you don't have acid soil, simply plant them in patio containers. When growing Azalea in containers, use a mix of ericaceous compost and a soil based compost such as John Innes No 3.

18 Holly 'Golden King' Standard Tree (Ilex x altaclerensis) Contrary to its name, Golden King is an outstanding female Holly. A fantastic specimen for year round interest, this handsome shrub bears white flowers in spring and spherical red berries in winter, which are loved by birds. Its toothed evergreen foliage makes a striking impression with glossy green leaves that are edged with a golden yellow. This fabulous standard holly tree is perfect for the garden, balcony or patio. Self-fertile, perfect for growing in containers and very easy to care for, just requiring regular water and occasional pruning. Ideal for all year round interest in your garden. Mature height: 150cm (59"). Mature spread: 60cm (24"). OTHER SMALL SHRUBS AVAILABLE ON THE DAY

19 PLANT ORDER 2016 BEDDING PLANTS Price Number Sum total Petunia Purple Tower (climbing/trailing) 1.50 Busy Lizzie Double Deluxe 40p Lobelia Cascade (trailing) 35p Cosmos Sonata mixed 30p Cosmos Brightness mixed 30p Begonia Sahara 35p Begonia Apricot Shades (trailing) 40p Geranium Verona Dream 50p Dwarf Dahlia Dandy 40p Antirrhinum Antiquity 35p Calendula Apricot Twist 30p Sweet Pea Mixed varieties (4-5ft) 15p SUB- TOTAL BEDDING PLANT ORDER Name Address Tel. No.

20 VEGETABLE PLANTS Price Number Sum total Tomato Balconi Red 40p Tomato Balconi Yellow 40p Tomato Ferline 40p Ready to go Balconi Red 1.25 Ready to go Balconi Yellow 1.25 Runner Bean Lady Di 30p Cucumber Burpless 50p Courgette Zuccini Black Beauty 50p Cabbage Primo 10p SUB-TOTAL VEGETABLE PLANT ORDER BUSHES/SMALL TREES Price Number Sum total Kalmia Latifolia Acer Palmatum tree Tree Peony Hu Hong Evergreen dwarf Azalea 8.50 Holly Golden King standard tree SUB- TOTAL BUSH/TREE PLANT ORDER Add Add SUB- TOTAL BEDDING PLANT ORDER SUB-TOTAL VEGETABLE PLANT ORDER ORDER TOTAL Please return any pre-sale orders to The Dovecote before 9 th May.