Bone hardy and bearing pure white flowers, this attractive Balkan endemic has a conservation status of Critically Endangered. Populations are fragmented, with few individuals, which occur very rarely in Meadows in coniferous forests and dwarf pine societies mainly in the Rila mountains between 1500 – 1700 m of altitude. The wider general distribution has more recently been extended to include loci in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, R Macedonia and Serbia. ... Learn More

Sprays of charming, multi-coloured, red-eyed, pink and yellow flowers open on sprawling stems in July and August. A gorgeous garden plant, although its home is grazing grounds and cultivated areas from 2100 - 2700 metres high in Pakistan to Central Nepal! ... Learn More

This beautiful new semi-dwarf cultivar is quite a winner with compact heads displaying crimson-eyed, bright pink flowers, and petals attractively crinkled just like crepe paper. New buds open repeatedly in a long succession, from spring until late summer. ... Learn More

Bright yellow flowers, solitary or in pairs, open very close to the leaves in summer above a robust rootstock and rosette of silky-grey, hairy, digitate leaves which are sharply-toothed at the tips. This rare plant occurs in Turkey, on cliffs and in rock crevices at between 2000 and 3650 meters. Few seeds collected. ... Learn More

Dense sprays of palest lemon flowers over a very long season. This is the rarely seen, but much more desirable form of the bright yellow variety. ... Learn More

This vigorous and very old favourite produces strong clumps of divided foliage, above which arise large sprays of bright canary-yellow flowers over a long period throughout spring and summer. It may self-seed when happy but never becomes a nuisance here. ... Learn More

Massed yellow-eyed heads of pure white flowers on branching heads above tufts of palmate foliage. An unusual colour in this genus, and very much resembling Potentilla recta, but white. "One of the best early flowers." (G.S.T.) ... Learn More

Massed heads of deep raspberry red flowers shade to a crimson velvet centre on these long-flowering and long-lived specimens. Bright green crinkled foliage, reminiscent of strawberries, adds to this attractive illusion. An excellent form of Potentilla thurberi. ... Learn More

These lovely plants grow all around our gardens and flower in every colour from white to deepest darkest mauves and purples. Trial ground observations predict that this seed should produce up to 10 percent double flowered plants, these usually being the smallest, slowest growing seedlings. Double flowers rarely appear the first year though so although the majority will be single-flowered primroses in many colours, plant all out and be patient! ... Learn More

Strong stems hold heavy heads of bright flowers arranged in whorls. These plants are easy to germinate, grow and keep, especially on moist, well-manured ground. These are collected from a combination of our best candelabra colours including scarlet, yellow, pink and purple. ... Learn More

A choice and outstandingly fragrant plant from the high mountains of Tibet. Umbels of pendent bell-like violet flowers, powdered in the throat, are produced on long stems in early spring. ... Learn More

This spectacular and quite beautiful scented primula from Tibet is a very easy clump forming, extremely hardy long-lived garden plant flowering from May into June. It thrives in cool humid situations such as stream sides, edges of ponds and damp hollows where It will spread by self sown seedlings when conditions remain moist, thereby extending the group quite naturally. Thriving well with other moisture loving plants such as Astilbe, its rich, sweetly scented perfume from the violet flowers is carried around the garden on cool still June evenings. ... Learn More

Strong, vigorous rosettes of fleshy, powdered leaves surround stems carrying fragrant, velvety flowers in all colours. These popular hardy plants are long-lived in the garden and perfect whether in pots or the border. ... Learn More

This vigorous and completely hardy perennial produces stout stems carrying several umbels of yellow-eyed pink-mauve flowers. In good moist soil these plants can grow to cabbage-sized proportions! ... Learn More

This extremely vigorous and hardy candelabra primula thrusts up numerous strong stems bearing bright orange or occasionally red flowers with darker eyes. It does especially well in waterside environments where it will self-seed generously making fabulous clumps! ... Learn More