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E KEY *
Plants with nectar- and/or pollen-rich
flowers for insects. (S) Plants of which seed is either currently available or expected in 2008 (@ £2.70/pack)
Click on plant names in green for photos. All photos are the copyright of Rosemary Castle. Prices include first class postage and packing within the UK as at 1 January 2008.
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EPILOBIUM WILLOWHERBS
Epilobium hirsutum*. Great Willowherb or Codlins-and-Cream. Tall stems bear hairy leaves and rich rosy-pink flowers, each with a conspicuous white four-lobed stigma, in summer. A good bee plant, preferring damp situations and spreading by rhizomes. The bruised flowering shoots and young seed pods have a lovely apple scent.
Epilobium hirsutum 'Album'* (S) The lovely pure white-flowered form of great willowherb. £4.50
Epilobium hirsutum 'Caerphilly Castle'* (S) A strangely double form of great willowherb: some of the flowers are single; some have just one or two small extra petals; some have four normal extra petals and some are very blowsy-looking. Bees don't seem to mind! True from seed. £4.50
Epilobium
hirsutum ‘Spring Lime’*
(S).
An unusual foliage form of great willowherb in which the new
shoots are lime green suffused with gold in early spring.
Typical rose-pink flowers. Comes
true from seed. £4.50.
Epilobium hirsutum ‘Well Creek’* Variegated
form of great willowherb: the grey green leaves have a creamy white margin that
is most striking in summer, setting off the rich pink flowers to perfection.
Will not self-seed.
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