Fabfolia: The Plant and Herb Specialists

Fabfolia: The Plant and Herb Specialists

 

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A long-flowering cultivar, 'Black Adder' produces strong, bottlebrush-like stalks of light violet blue flowers which emerge from darker purple buds. It starts to bloom in midsummer and continues until early fall. Use this perennial to provide color in the garden late in the season when many other plants are finished. Its foliage smells distinctly like black licorice when crushed, thus its common name, Anise Hyssop.
Star of Persia Allium Cristophii is a bulbous perennial, with star shaped, grey-green leaves. Star-shaped, rosy-violet flowers are borne in spherical heads in early summer which are followed by attractive seed-heads. Also known as Ornamental Garlic.
Eryngium bourgatii, a perennial with stunning green, prickly foliage marbled with silver. The flowers, which appear in summer, are cobalt blue, and very attractive to bees. The plant is 30 to 60 cm in height.
A perennial with flat blue flowers with purple veining 3-4cm wide from June to October and unusual yellow foliage.
A clump forming perennial with attractive tightly double pale sky-blue and white flowers from June to July. Green foliage. Easily grown in any reasonable soil in sun or part-shade...
A clump forming,deciduous herbaceous perennial with semi-double, bright scarlet flowers in early and midsummer over green foliage. Very free flowering variety. Approx. 60cm x 40cm. Sun and reasonably well-drained,fertile soil.
A clump forming herbaceous perennial. Unusual flowers with ruffled petals of mustard-yellow with a wine-black eye, picotee edges and a green throat. Summer flowering. Approx. 65cm x 45cm. Easy grower in sun in any reasonably fertile soil.
Kniphofias are not difficult once you know that at home in South Africa they get plenty of rain as they are growing. Not too dry in summer and as dry as you can arrange in winter - good drainage is critical - will be perfect.
Omphalodes Cappadocica Starry Eyes [Navelwort]: A tufted perennial with a bushy, creeping habit growing 6-8" high which features thick clumps of ovate to lanceolate leaves and sprays of forget-me-not-like, 5-petaled, 1/3" diameter flowers in loose racemes rising above the foliage in late spring.
Clump forming virtually evergreen perennial. Easily grown in the border or container. Spikes of flowers rather like a gladioli of dark pink flowers with a darker pink stripe. Grass-like foliage. Approx. 45-60cm tall. Any reasonable soil in full sun.
A clump forming evergreen perennial. Fragrant flowers from April to July with the main flush in spring. Superb cut-leaved green leaves with bronze markings. As the leaves get bigger so do the markings. If well fed the foliage will remain all winter and looks glorious in winter sunshine. Ideally grown in cool,moist, humus-rich soil in deep or partial shade but will also grow in more sun if given more moisture. Ideal in the border or container either as a sole plant or mixed for late season/early spring interest.
Also known as the "globe flower", this lovely perennial has a warm, golden -yellow color with buttercup-shaped petals. Perfect for borders, the Golden Queen' loves moist conditions, so it is perfect for bog gardens and watersaides.
Sometimes commonly called Austrian Speedwell or Hungarian Speedwell is a compact, mound-forming plant with upright to sprawling stems. 'Crater Lake Blue' features short, dense, 2-4" long racemes of tiny, saucer-shaped, intense gentian blue flowers (1/2" across) which appear in the upper leaf axils of upright flowering stems typically rising 12-15" tall. Blooms in late spring to early summer. Narrow, ovate to oblong, entire to toothed, dark green leaves (to 1.5" long) resemble those of germander, hence the subspecies name. Synonymous with and sometimes sold as Veronica latifolia or Veronica teucrium.
Black Mondo grass Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens') when still a new cultivar was occasionally sold as 'Arabicus,' 'Ebony Knight,' or by the silly names 'Black Monkey Grass' or 'Black Dragon,' but the name that eventually stuck was the elegantly simple Black Mondo Grass.
 

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