Wetland Plants

CUCKOO FLOWER Cardamine pratensis Llaeth y Gaseg This charming plant is also known as 'Ladies Smocks. A native of damp meadows, it is equally at home in bogs and drier areas. Flowering in spring, its dainty, silvery pink blossoms once inspired Shakespeare. Rootstocks Price 5 / £4.50 10 / £8.50

KINGCUP Caltha palustris Gold y Gors One of the first wetland plants to flower (March -May) with its striking golden flowers and roundish glossy leaves. Otherwise called 'Marsh Marigold' it is happy in water logged ground and all light conditions, even the deepest shade. Ideal for pondside, bog or wet wood. Price 5/£4.5010/£8.50

WATER AVENS Geum rivale Mapgoll Glan y Dwr Found in shaded riversides this is intriguing to come across in the wild. Reaching about 18" it has nodding flowers with a purple calyx and orange-pink petals, and divided leaves like its common cousin Wood Avens. Price 5 / £4.50 10 / £8.50

Geum rivale album The white flowered of Geum rivale is equally strong growing with fresh green foliage.

Price 5/£6.50

RAGGED ROBIN Lychnis flos-cuculi Carpiog y Gors A close relative of Campion, this enjoys moist to marshy ground all over this country and as far north as Iceland. The flowers in summer have four deeply cut pink petals. Price 5 / £4.50 10 / £8.50

PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE Lythrum salicaria Llys y Milwr An impressive summer flowering marsh plant, with 3ft tall spikes (hence the "Milwr" or Soldiers in the Welsh) of brilliant purple flowers. It grows in rich marshy areas, stream and lakesides, and while it tolerates some shade, it will flower best in full sun.

Delivery in Spring Price 5 / £6.50

MEADOWSWEET Filipendula ulmaria Bugeiles y weirglodd Also known as 'Queen of the Meadow', (she's a shepherdess in Welsh) the fern like leaves and creamy blossoms in late summer have been used for flavouring pot pourri for centuries. It grows 3ft tall in any moist soil in full sun, liking waterlogged ground as well.

Delivery in Spring Price 5/£4.50 10/£8.50

BOG VIOLET Viola palustris Fioled y Gors This is a great plant for a shaded wet or boggy area. Growing from creeping rhizomes, the round leaves and delicate pale lilac flowers are a delightful sight when they start appearing in April. Price 5 / £4.50 10 / £8.50

MEADOW RUE Thalictrum flavum Arianllys. This plant of wet meadows and stream sides, grows from a rhizome to 1m high and produces clusters of cream yellow flowers in summer, hence the Welsh reference to silver. It is more prevalent in the east of England where it is another native in decline. Price 5/£6.50

YELLOW FLAG IRIS Iris pseudacorus Iris Felen This stately native Iris is ideal for pond side planting, but will grow well in damp or even waterlogged ground anywhere. It is found throughout the British Isles in wet conditions. Its yellow flowers appear June to July. Height 24-30". Price Rhizomes 5/£6.50

GOLDEN SAXIFRAGE Chrysoplenium oppositifolium Eglyn cyferbynddaill

This little plant covers damp or boggy shaded areas with a mat of bright greeny-gold all through spring and early summer. The whole plant looks exactly like a tiny euphorbia, with the flowers themselves little green dots in the sea of gold.2 inch sections of "mat" supplied Price 5/£4.50 10/8.50

BISTORT Persicaria bistorta Superba Llys y Neidr A handsome marginal plant with large dock like leaves and sturdy, long lasting pink pokers in May-June. This is a selected form of the native bistort, which grows wild in damp mountain meadows, as well as hedge banks in our area. It was once used as a herb to aid conception and child birth, and is still used in Easter Hedger pudding eaten in the Lake District. Price 5/£6.50

GLOBE FLOWER Trollius europeaus Cronell Growing in the damp woods and meadows of Northern and Central Europe, this striking bog plant grows to 3' in retentive soil. The flowers are a beautiful soft citrus yellow forming a perfect globe, shining in the spring sunshine. Price £3 each

PENDULOUS SEDGE Carex pendula Hesgen Ddibynnaidd One of our many native sedges, this can grow to 3-4 ft in height, getting its name from the pendulous spikes of the female flowers. It is found in damp woodland and beside streams, and so can be used in any damp shady area, liking heavy clay soils especially. Price 5 / £7.50

GREAT POND SEDGE Carex riparia Hesgen Braff-dywysennog This grows in wet conditions all over Europe. With its creeping rhizome it is easy to establish in pond, lakeside or any marshy condition, where it can form a dense stand. It has half inch wide, bluish green leaves reaching about 3ft. Price 5 / £7.50

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