Prime Perennials Nursery

	Parahebe catarractae	Low growing evergreen sub-shrub, with dark-green, sharply toothed leaves and panicles of mauve flowers lightly lined with darkish red, converging at the centre. Well-drained position. Sun. [1 x 1'] 30 x 30cm.
	Penstemon Sour Grapes	Flowers the color of purple grapes, complete with bloom. June/Oct. Fertile/well-drained soil. Sun. [2'] 61cm. Cut down to ground level in late spring, when you see new shoots emerging.
	Phormium Jack Sprat	Ideal for the smaller garden, a slow growing dwarf New Zealand flax, with purple/bronze foliage. Retentive, well-drained soil. Sun. [1 x 1'] 30x30cm. 9cm pots.
	Phormium Tom Thumb	Smashing dwarf Phormium, with sea-green foliage edged with wide bands of mid-brown. Fertile/well-drained soil. Sun. [30"] 76cm.
	Pinnellia tripartita	Tuberous perennial with short tripartite foliage, and a succession of elegant green spathes with excerted cream spadices. June/Oct. Retentive, well-drained position. Shade. [10 x 24"] 25 x 61cm.
	Polemonium Churchills	A lovely plant, displaying a two tone effect, with young pale-lilac buds, deepening to mauve flowers. Long flowering period. May/July and later. Good soil. Sun. [30"] 76cm. Dead head for repeat flowering.
	Polemonium Sonias Bluebell	A fine form from Carol Klein, with clear pale-blue flowers. May/July and later. Good Soil. Sun/light-shade. [2'] 61cm. Dead head for repeat flowering.
Polygonatum Solomon's Seal. Rhizomatous woodland perennials, much valued for their foliage and pendant, though sometimes erect, bell-shaped flowers. These are usually followed by black or red berries in autumn. All fare best in fertile, humus-rich, moist, but well-drained soil. We will be adding more to this list in the future.
	Polygonatum odoratum flore-pleno	Rare and choice. Scented double, flared flowers, of white with green sepal tips. Slow growing, but well worth the wait. May/June. Damp position. Shade/light-shade. [1 x 2'] 30 x 61cm. 1ltr pot. Few only.
	Polygonatum verticillatum Rubrum	Choice woodlander, with upright stems clothed in whorls of narrow foliage, and mauve-purple bells April/June. An established clump looks most impressive. [5'] 152cm.
	Polypodium vulgare	Liquorice Fern. An easily grown hardy fern, with divided, herring-bone, mid-green fronds. Good drainage, with free air movement around fronds. [1'] 30cm.
	Polystichum aculeatum	Hard Shield Fern. Clump-forming evergreen fern with stiff, leathery deep-green, glossy fronds, that unfurl and curl over backwards. Tolerant of lime and dry-shade when established. [30"] 76cm. AGM
	Polystichum setiferum	Name doubtful, and still to be confirmed. But still one of my favorite ferns, with very handsome, deep-green fronds, producing young plantlets at the tips.. Easy in any good humus enriched soil. Shade/part-shade. Evergreen. [2'] 61cm. AGM.
	Polystichum setiferum Congestum	Excellent for the front of the border, trough or tub. A dwarf evergreen fern, with erect divided and crested fronds. Hardy.
	Polystichum setiferum plumoso-multilobum	Syn. Polystichum setiferum plumoso-densum. Extremely handsome fern composed of dense evergreen, arching very feathery fronds, which when mature forms a very attractive tiered effect. Bulbiferous if well grown. Tolerant of lime. Retentive but well-drained
	Polystichum setiferum Proliferum	Mother Shield fern. Very beautiful, dark evergreen fern, with striking croziers in Spring. It has the obliging habit of producing proliferous buds at the end of each frond. Well-drained, retentive soil. Shade/north wall. [2'] 61cm.
	Polystichum tsus-simense	An Oriental fern, much valued for its neat low-growing habit, composed of its small evergreen fronds, emerging purplish, and maturing to pale green on dark upright stems. Prefers a cool, shady spot. [1'] 30cm.
	Potentilla Gloire De Nancy	Stunning large double flowers of deep orange edged in yellow, above clumps of dark-green foliage. Few only.
	Potentilla megalantha	Low mounds of soft silvery foliage, and bright orange-yellow flowers, stained deeper orange at the center. Foliage turns yellow in autumn. June/July. Well-drained position. Sun. [12 x 18"] 30 x 46cm. AGM
	Potentilla thurberi Monarchs Velvet	Silky cup-shaped flowers, of deep-red, turning maroon towards the center. Summer. Well-drained soil. Sun. [18"] 46cm.
	Potentilla Volcan	Rich, post-box red flower, complimented with silver strawberry type foliage. Summer. Well-drained soil. Sun. [18"] 46cm. Lovely for the border front, interweaving with any of the ornamental grasses
	Potentilla William Rollison	Semi-double deep-orange flowers, suffused with scarlet. Looks nice growing near any of the plain green leaved grasses. June/Aug. Well-drained soil. Sun/part-shade [18"] 46cm. AGM
	Potentilla x hopwoodiana	One of the best new introductions, with white flowers, flushed pink and red at the base, over strawberry type foliage. Well-drained soil. Sun. [18"] 46cm. We hope to have a few of this available in summer.
	Primula Dawn Ansell	A profusion of double creamy flowers, surrounded by a green ruff. Spring, but will repeat flower in autumn. Retentive soil. Light/shade. Lovely! [9"] 23cm. Available spring 2005
	Pulmonaria Blue Ensign	Upright in habit, with dusky dark-green unspotted leaves and large intense gentian blue flowers. Spring. [1'] 30cm. Voted best Pulmonaria by the HPS.
	Pulmonaria Diane Clare	This vigorous new P. longifolia hybrid has stunning silvered green leaves, with very light marginal spotting and large violet-blue flowers February - May. The foliage just keeps getting better and better as the year progresses. Unlike others, do not cut back foliage after flowering. Nice! No trouble with mildew on this so far.
	Pulmonaria mollis	Huge dark-green, softly hairy leaves, and large heads of rich dark-blue, fading purple & then coral red. Prolific. March/May. Retentive/well-drained soil. Withstands drought better than most. [18"] 46cm. Divisions.
	Pulmonaria rubra Ann	White flowers prominently marked with quite wide reddish brick-pink stripes. The foliage is mid-green with paler spots. Early spring. Retentive/well-drained soil. Light-shade/shade. [1'] 30cm. Nice! Available Sept 2005
	Pulmonaria saccharata Dora Bielfeldt	Soft rose-pink flowers, over light medium-green leaves, spotted paler green. Spring. Retentive/well-drained soil. Sun/part-shade. [10 x 12"] 25 x 30cm. Divisions.
	Pulmonaria saccharata Fruhlingshimmel	Delightful open flowers of pale sky-blue, above silver spotted leaves. Spring. Retentive/well-drained soil. Sun/part-shade. [10"] 25cm. Divisions.