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Please note once despatched, your delivery may take 1-3 days due to the high volume with the couriers. Your plants will be fine during this time.
Full plant information & availability is shown online.
The nursery is now open to the public between 10am and 4pm. Please follow instructions on site, card payments only, no cash. Click and collect is also available.
THE CAFE & GARDENS ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Last updated 14/05/20 10:00.
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Sorry, you cannot proceed to the checkout right now as we are having to limit the number of orders we can process each hour. Your basket will be saved for you - we ask that you please try to place your order later, and thank you for your patienceEPIMEDIUM 'Amber Queen'
Commonly known as Barrenwort, Bishop's hat
Orange flowers in profusion. Sometimes blooms again in autumn
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Semi-evergreen - Keeps some of its foliage all year, and will drop some leaves as well. - thick, heart-shaped, toothed, mid-green leaves flushed and mottled red-brown when new
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Orange -
Height - 45cm (18in) -
Spread - 30cm (12in)
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Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennial - clump-forming rhizomatous perennial. Produces spider-like flowers with off-white spurs in long, arching sprays
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Ground cover - These plants are typically low growing and spread quickly to inhibit weed growth on areas of bare soil
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Herbaceous - Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
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Hardy - very cold winter - Hardy in all of UK and northern Europe. Plant can possibly withstand temperatures down to -20°C (-4°F) -
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Additional Features - Good to know - - clip back old leaves in late winter or early spring before flower spikes form -
Pests & Diseases - vine weevil, mosaic virus -
Place of origin - garden origin. UK. Robin White, Hants. -
Hardiness - Fully hardy -
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Seasonal Interest - Autumn -
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Soil Conditions - Fertile moist well-drained soil - - humus-rich. An Asiatic variety.
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Wildlife - Rabbit Resistant -
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Epimedium - Growing Guide
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- Feeding herbaceous peonies - Video Tip ondemand_video
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