Perennials

Welcome to the Herbaceous Perennials section. We offer a diverse range of plants from very low growing alpine types to quite big bushy ones. Those families we grow lots of have their own sections and the rest can be found in the catch-all sections for All Perennials or All Other Perennials.

As a rule, none of the plants we offer will require staking or deadheading or any other fussing, though some may do better with a little extra care of course. We do grow a wide range of rare and unusual perennials but always bear in mind that no plant, however rare or unusual, is worth growing in your garden if it will drop dead straight away! Accordingly all our new, rare and unusual perennials have to be garden worthy.

As we are based in relatively warm, dry, windy Norfolk our large collection of hardy perennials reflects our climate to some extent. This means that we do not try and grow plants like the blue Himalayan poppies which simply don't want to grow in our part of the country. But, this does not mean that plants that will grow here won't grow in other parts of the UK, in many cases it actually means that our plants may be harder grown than those grown in more favourable conditions!

All Perennials All of the perennials we offer in one A-Z list. You can filter by a range of options like colour, conditions etc.	Allium We grow a range of smaller ornamental onions that are suitable for growing with other smaller perennials and ornamental grasses.	Anemone Mostly woodlanders with pretty spring flowers before the trees leaf up.	Aster Not just the typical Michaelmas Daisy, we offer others with more interest. Includes new name changes.


Begonia A range of surprisingly hardy types as well as some tender ones.	Bistorta Formerly known as Persicaria! Excellent border plants with pretty flowers over a long season.	Campanula Familiar cottage garden perennials suitable for a variety of sites.	Corydalis Well behaved types mostly for shade and a good soil though they are flexible!


Disporopsis Excellent evergreen alternatives to Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum) for shady places, even quite dry. Mostly with creamy bell-like flowers followed by berries.	Epimedium Wonderful woodlanders with spring flowers and good foliage.	Eucomis The Pineapple Lily from southern Africa are, of course, not pineapples or lilies but do make excellent garden or pot plants. Drained soil in full sun and a deep mulch overwinter in cold places.	Geum Very spring-like these mostly low growing plants can flower almost any time.


Liriope and Ophiopogon Useful evergreen grass-like plants with autumn flowers.	Persicaria Excellent summer and autumn flowering plants as well as some foliage types.	Polygonatum Solomon's Seal relatives with lots of variety for shady places, even quite dry.	Salvia A mix of hardy herbaceous and borderline hardy sub-shrubby ones.


Sanguisorba Still relatively obscure these hardy, clump forming perennials deserve wider use.	Sedum A variety of Sedum and close relatives for well drained soil in sun.	Thalictrum Oh dear, another addictive family of hardy herbaceous perennials! Lots of unusual species.	Vinca No, they're not all rampant! We offer some really good groundcovers for dry shade.


All Other Perennials Lots more here that don't fit into the other boxes above!