Aquilegia flowers come in many shades of pink, purple, red and white, but the unusual 'Yellow Star' steals the show with its vibrant blooms. These lemon Granny's Bonnets appear in May, June and July to brighten up borders, rockeries or woodland gardens and attract pollinators. They also make superb cut flowers for those who want to bring the beauty of a cottage garden into the cottage itself. Columbines are extremely easy to grow, requiring only sunlight and rich, well drained soil. This makes the Aquilegia chrysantha 'Yellow Star' an excellent choice of hardy perennial.
This Paperbush is a fascinating plant. Edgeworthia chrysantha offers early season colour, with clusters of silky buds, on bare woody stems, that open to reveal small, bright yellow flowers, that have a lovely honey scent. This unusual shrub looks great planted in a border with spring flowering bulbs, such as Daffodils, or in an Alpine rockery. It is hardy to -5°C (23°F), but is best located in a sheltered position. Height and spread: 150cm (59).
Great clusters of banana yellow blooms appear from February to April on the bare stems of this hardy shrub, and what's more they smell of honey, filling your garden with a wonderful aroma. This popular shrub is an ideal addition to your garden border, or plant in a patio pot by your door, to appreciate the fragrance as you pass. Supplied in 19cm pots.
The Edgeworthia Paper Bush 'Red Dragon' is a unique winter-flowering shrub with unusual looking blooms that produce a beautifully intense fragrance. 'Red Dragon' really is a great plant for the winter garden and will look great in a shrubbery, or just in a large planter on the patio. Height 150cm (59). Spread 150cm (59).
An absolute gem of a winter flowering plant, little seen but a really good winter garden plant, not grown widely enough. In late winter and early spring, before there's much colour about at all, even before daffodils, it produces intriguing yellow and cream flowers, lightly scented, smothered over bare stems, as flowers are produced before the leaves. It is a relative of the Daphne, sharing it's preference for cool, lightly shaded spots. Martin distinctly remembers being blown away by the first sight and smell of this plant, a large specimen on a remote Dutch Nursery, on a wet, windy and grey February afternoon, but finding much stock has been a challenge. Now we have some, it deserves a space in many gardens.