Longstone Hardy Plant Nursery

Attractive creeping ’evergreen’ perennial. Will form dense mat of foliage. Height 8-12cm spread to 90cm  Sun or part shade

ACONITUM 'Sparks Variety'

"Monkshood". Upright stems of very dark blue ‘hooded’ flowers in mid and late summer. Height 1.2m Spread 45cm Prefers part shade but will tolerate sun. Toxic if eaten 
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Creeping semi-evergreen with purple leaves and spike-like blue flowers from spring to early summer. Height 15cm. Spread 45cm. Prefers part shade but tolerates sun. 
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Spikes of pink flowers contrast with the dark purple leaves from spring to early summer. Good ground cover. Height 15cm. Spread 45cm. Prefers part shade but tolerates sun. Evergreen

A pretty little plant making low mounds of silver edged leaves. Clusters of tiny, lime green flowers appear from early summer to early autumn. Sun or part shade. Height 40cm Spread 30cm

‘Lady’s Mantle’ Clump forming perennial. Greenish yellow flowers from early summer to early autumn. Excellent ground cover. Good for cut flowers. Hardy. Sun or part shade. Height 60cm(24in) Spread 75cm(30in)  
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A much admired woodland perennial for partial shade or shady moist soils. Large pale lavender-blue flowers are produced from April to May. Height 15cm (6in) Spread 30cm (12in) Partial shade 
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Panicles of red flowers above bronze foliage in summer. Sun or part shade. Retentive soil. Height 40cm Spread 60cm

Unusual late flowering astilbe. Fluffy rosy-mauve flowers in late summer. Height 1.2m Spread 75cm. Sun or part shade. Retentive soil.

Feathery spikes of small, shell-pink flowers in summer contrast wonderfully with the glossy dark green foliage. Height 30cm (12in) Spread 45cm (18in) Sun or part shade. Retentive soil. 
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Architectural plant suitable for a woodland garden or growing beside a pond or stream. Height 1.5m Spread 1.2m. Partial shade.

Bright blue flowers in mid- and late spring.  
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Creamy white leaf margins and blue flowers in mid- and late spring.Good in a woodland garden or a border. Height 45cm Spread 60cm Shade or sun

Spreading evergreen rock plant. Attractive yellow flower racemes appear on long stems in late spring. Grow in partial shade. Height and spread 8in. 
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Lily-of-the-valley. Beautifully scented white waxy flowers in spring.  Good in full or partial shade. Height 25cm Spread 30cm 
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Lily of the valley. Pale mauvish-pink flowers in late spring. Strongly scented. Height 20cm Spread 30cm. Good in full or partial shade.

Brilliant blue flowers from late spring to summer. Partial shade. Height 30cm Spread 20cm.

Soft green foliage and deep rose-pink flowers for weeks in spring and early summer. Easy to grow in part shade. Hardy. Height 30cm Spread up to 60cm

Pretty ferny leaves and pretty white flowers for weeks in spring and early summer. Easy to grow in part shade. Hardy. Height 18in Spread 2ft

Bleeding Heart. From arching stems, hang many heart-shaped rose pink flowers in spring. Becomes dormant in summer. Height 1m (3ft) Spread 45cm (18in) Likes shade but will tolerate sun. 
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DICENTRA 'Stuart Boothman'

Blue-grey ferny leaves contrast the deep pink flowers from mid-spring to mid-summer. Easy to grow. Part shade. Hardy. Height 30cm Spread 40cm 
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Perennial yellow foxglove. Pale yellow flowers in early and mid-summer. Partial or full shade. Height 60cm Spread 30cm

Perennial crushed strawberry shade in late spring and early summer.  Height: 75cm Spread: 30cm Part shade
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Snow poppy. Handsome  foliage, and delicate papery white single poppy-like flowers with yellow anthers from late spring to midsummer. Retentive woodland type conditions. [12 x 36"] 30x91cm. Good ground-cover.

Bishop's Mitre. Robust, evergreen with attractive bronze leaves when young. Bright yellow flowers are produced in spring. Wonderfully well-behaved ground cover doing very well in shade. Height 40cm (16in) Spread 60cm (2ft) wide. Partial shade. 
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Crimson and yellow flowers appear in mid- to late spring. The leaves are flushed with red when young and turn reddish-brown in autumn, remaining throughout the winter. A great ground cover plant in the shade under trees and shrubs. Height and spread 30cm  
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Delicate sulphur yellow flowers are borne on wiry stems in spring. New leaves combine delicate shades of bronze and turn bronze again in the autumn before remaining all winter. Height 30cm spread 60cm. Shade or sun. 
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Pure-white flowers in mid to late spring on slender, red-tinted stems.   Excellent groundcover plant for shady areas under trees. The delicate young foliage is often bronze-flushed. 
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Elegant foliage and fluffy pale pink flower-heads in mid-summer. Height 122cm spread 60cm Hardy. Sun or shade.

Small form of this lovely meadowsweet. Deep rose pink flowers. Retentive soil. Shade or sun. Height 50cm Spread 45cm

Deep rose-pink fluffy flowerheads and bronze-red seed heads make this attractive for weeks in late summer and autumn. Height 90cm spread 60cm Sun or shade.

Queen of the prairies. Fragrant deep rose-pink flower- heads in early and mid-summer. Good autumn leaf colour. Height 6ft spread 4ft Hardy. Sun or shade. 
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Dense clusters of almost flat blue flowers from late spring to mid-summer. Good autumn leaf colour. Height 2ft spread 12in Sun or shade.

Saucer-shaped violet-blue flowers in early summer and occasionally until early autumn. Hardy. Height 18in spread 2ft. Sun or shade. Good ground cover even in full shade.

Double flowers are soft lilac tinged with pinkish-violet, and appear during April to July. Height and spread 30cm, full shade to full sun

Bright pink flowers in late spring to early summer followed by lovely crimson foliage with orange tints in autumn. It thrives in sun or shade, making it ideal for ground cover under shrubs or roses.
Height 45cm Spread 90cm

GERANIUM nodosum

Trumpet shaped lilac-pink flowers from late spring to mid-autumn give this geranium a very long flowering season. Dry-shade tolerant plant with glossy evergreen foliage. Height 40cm Spread 40cm.

GERANIUM phaeum

Dusky Cranesbill. Clusters of glossy black-purple flowers are carried on erect stems in late spring and early summer. Excellent for providing early flowers in shady places. Height 80cm Spread 45cm

Deep blue flowers with a white eye are held in clusters during summer on upright and sturdy plants. This woodland geranium will grow in sun although it's at its best in part shade. Height and spread 60cm

Large, puckered, blue-grey leaves and  greyish-white flowers in early summer. Height 80cm spread 60cm Shade or part shade. 

A small blue-leaved hosta which makes a very attractive, low-growing rosette of leaves. Lilac- purple flowers appear in mid-summer. Height 40cm Spread 30cm Part or full shade

HOSTA 'Emerald Tiara'

Compact small golden leafed hosta with green margins.  Violet flowers in summer. Part or full shade

HOSTA 'Frances Williams'

Large blue-green puckered leaves with irregular green-yellow margins. White flowers in early summer. Height 60cm Spread 1m. Part or full shade
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Smooth thick blue leaves and lilac flowers in summer. Height 40cm Spread 70cm Part or full shade
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Clear pale pink flowers. Silver leaves with green edge. Pretty ground cover. Grow in Sun or shade. Height 15cm (6in)

Bright blue forget-me-not like flowers in early spring. Good ground cover in border or among shrubs. Height 25cm spread 40cm Partial shade. 
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PRIMULA bulleyana

Candelabras of crimson orange flowers in summer.  Part shade and retentive or moist soil. Height and spread 60cm 
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Clusters of pale yellow flowers from early to late spring. Partial shade. Height 20cm Spread 35cm 
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Lilac-pink flowers in early spring. Height 20cm (8in) Spread 35cm (14in) Partial shade (tolerates full sun in retentive soil)
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From early to late spring, pink flowers open and turn reddish violet through to blue. Height 25cm Spread 45cm. Full or partial shade.

PULMONARIA 'Sissinghurst White'

RANUNCULUS aconitifolius 'Flore Pleno'

Masses of long lasting double white, button flowers on tall stems above dark green foliage in late spring and early summer. Part or full shade Height 60cm Spread 45cm 
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RODGERSIA pinnata 'Superba' 

Rich bronze leaves and feathery plumes of pink flowers  in summer. Height up to 1.2m Spread 75cm. Shade or half shade and moist soil. 
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RODGERSIA sambucifolia

Pinnate leaves and elegant creamy white flowers in early to midsummer. Height and spread 90cm

Star-shaped white flowers in late spring and early summer. Full or part shade. Height and spread 8in.

Red bristled, copper-red leaves all growing season and heads of white flowers in October and November.  Height and spread 25cm. Moist sheltered shade.  

Green leaves flushed red all season and heads of creamy coloured flowers from red stems and with red bracts in the Autumn. Height and spread 30cm. Moist sheltered shade.  

Fringe cups. Great foliage plant. Scalloped green leaves, purple underneath have good winter colour. Tall spikes of pink fringed cream flowers in early summer. Excellent ground cover. Height and spread 2ft.Prefers part shade but will tolerate sun
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Clustered, fluffy, pale mauve flowers in early summer. Partial shade Height 1m Spread 45cm

Elegant, ‘see-through’ plant. Delicate leaves and slender stems are topped by fluffy purple flowers from midsummer to early autumn. Height 1.2m spread 60cm. Partial shade. 
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