General Seed List A-F
Acacia cognata 3.5€/20seeds
A small tree with an interesting weeping form and a light canopy that is very playful with the sun above. The species behind 'Cousin Itt'.
Acacia dealbata 3€/20seeds
A classic winter flowering species, used commonly in Mediterranean gardens, loved for its feathery foliage and sweet-smelling winter flowers in big bunches.
Acacia farnesiana 3.50€/20seeds
A large shrub to small tree, usually multi-stemmed from the base, flowering almost all year long but especially from autumn to spring, with very strongly scented flowers with a sweet aroma that drifts in cool air.
Acacia greggii 3€/20seeds
Small deciduous tree with small leaves that gets covered with yellow flowers in late spring.
A southwest US native species, now placed into the genus Senegalia. Also known as the 'wait-a-minute bush'!
Acacia karoo 5€/20seeds
Slow in the beginning but as soon as it anchors itself onto the ground it creates an umbrella like tree with sweet scented late spring flowers and most importantly 10cm white spines that will protect it from giraffes (if you have them!) and are very ornamental nevertheless.
Acinos graveolens 4€/20seeds
A small perennial herb with a very strong minty scent and quite large for its size purple flowers in late spring and early summer. Very easy to grow.
Aethionema grandiflorum 3€/20seeds
Tough and long lived Aethionema that takes summer drought excellent. Gets covered in pink blossoms in spring.
Alcea rugosa 3€/20seeds
I am very fond of single species Alceas and this pink species tends to fight the rust more sufficiently than typical A.rosea does.
Aloysia gratissima 4€/20seeds
Related to the common herb, lemon verbena but quite unlike it. When it comes to Aloysia gratissiam, what it lacks in leaf scent it ains in flower aroma! The copious amount of flowers produced in flushes throughout spring to autumn, have a strong scented that to me is similar to almond blossom. It is carried around the garden in still days.
Aloysia triphylla 3€/20seeds
The classic lemon verbena herb, produces a small shrub that from one hand, it is one of the ugliest looking plants alive but on the other hand, has one of the most amazing lemony leaf scents in the world.
Alyssoides utriculata 3.50€/20seeds
Perfectly suited to screes and rocky soils on a big rock garden or equally at home at a Mediterranean drought tolerant border with good air circulation, this useful shrublet has both vibrant yellow flowers and peculiar round seedpods in short stems above the leaves.
Alyssum lesbiacum 4€/20seeds
From a low mound of grey leaves rise tall stems of that carry clouds of yellow flowers in the summer. Drought tolerant but somewhat short lived. Nevertheless,it reseeds readily.
Alyssum montanum 3.5€/20seeds
A small subshrub with small grey leaves that gets covered in yellow flowers in spring. Drought tolerant.
Alyssum murale 3.5€/20seeds
Similar to the above but bigger, with green leaves and adjustable to more moist garden conditions.
Amsonia tabernaemontana 3€/20seeds
Long lived perennial with sky blue flowers in spring and linear leaves that turn yellow in autumn.
Anisacanthus quadrifidus ssp. wrightii red form 5€/20seeds
Tough and drought tolerant shrub from Texas that gets covered in red in the summer. I like to cut it back hard every year.
Anthyllis aurea 4€/20seeds
A small perennial suitable for a large rock garden or an irrigated gravel bed, as it grows in higher elevations where moisture is more readily available.
Anthyllis barba-jovis 3€/20seeds
A Mediterranean shrub with silvery leaves that shine especially on young growth and lemon-yellow flowers in spring. Very drought tolerant and can be cut back when overgrown as it easily resprouts from hard wood.
Anthyllis hermanniae 4€/20seeds
A classic Mediterranean shrub that needs no summer water. Heavily branched stems with tiny leaves and turns into gold in spring when in flower. Good scent too.
Antirhhinum cirrhigenum 4€/20seeds
A small snapdragon with pink flowers, native to the Iberian peninsula and Morocco.
Antirrhinum hispanicum 3€/20seeds
A short-lived perennial or annual snapdragon with interesting big pink flowers with yellow markings.
Antirrhinum molle 3€/20seeds
A smaller long-lived beauty forming small mats of (very brittle) stems and many small light pink flowers.
Antirrhinum pulverulentum 3.50€/20seeds
Creating a small brittle mat of green leaves, this is adorned almost all spring and summer long with light yellow flowers. It needs protection and a place where you can view it.
Antirrhinum siculum 3€/20seeds
A bigger species with classic white and yellow snapdragon flowers with a pink hue. If you have an old wall, it will find a place to live in any available crevice.
Aphyllanthes monspeliensis 5€/20seeds
Something between a blue-eyed grass and a fescue, this drought tolerant beauty from southern France suits perfectly the summer dry border and looks perfect in gravel.
Aquilegia alpina 4€/20seeds
Very cold tolerant and drought tolerant at the same time, this small columbine creates mats of green foliage and perfectly formed purple blue flowers in late spring. Likes to grow on a slope.
Aquilegia barnebyi 4€/20seeds
A finely leaved species with uprights stems and small flowers of pink, red and yellow.
Aquilegia chrysantha ‘Denver Gold’ 3€/20seeds
The offspring of this well-known tough columbine all make great perennials that can withstand sun and drought better than any other Aquilegia. Up to 1m tall in flower.
Aquilegia vulgaris purple form 3€/20seeds
The classic blue/purple form of common columbine, I have collected this one in northern Greece and grow it well in my watered garden near Athens. Grows easily from seed and flowers in its second year. Quite long lived.
Aquilegia vulgaris white form 3€/20seeds
I am very fond of this pure white form of Aquilegia vulgaris, it just lights perfectly a semi shaded spot filling it with its white ‘butterflies’ in spring and early summer. Easy to grow and will self-seed easily. Grown separately from other forms to maintain the color but the occasional purple may occur.
Argemone hunnemanii 5€/20seeds SOLD OUT
A Chilean spicies with silver spiny leaves and big white flowers with yellow stamens. Many Argemones look similar but almost all are great plants.
Argemone munita 4€/20seeds
Native to the western US, this poppy relative has huge fried egg flowers above spiny grey foliage. Usually biennial.
Argemone pleiacantha 3€/20seeds
If you can stand its spiny leaves, this is a true beauty for the dry garden. Big white poppies with yellow centers.
Asarina erubescens 4€/20seeds
From Mexico and can be grown as an annual or perennial depending on which climate zone you garden in, this twining climber will produce its wine pink flowers over a long time.
Asarina procumbens 4€/20seeds
Quite different from the rest in the genus, as this is not a climber but a sprawling plant with white and yellow snapdragon like flowers produced in between its felty leaves. Will take a few frosts and needs summer water.
Asclepias curassavica 3€/20seeds
A classic semi-tropical milkweed that can turn a bit weedy in a watered garden but seeds itself in the right places and attracts lots of butterflies.
Asphodeline liburnica 4€/20seeds
An evening flowering species with branched flower spikes of yellow flowers. Great in a cottage garden.
Asphodeline lutea 3€/20seeds
An easy perennial for either summer dry or slightly wetter summer conditions with upright stems covered for a long time in spring with yellow flowers, followed by big round fruits. A staple in Mediterranean landscapes which can be found by the thousands especially in disturbed areas as the livestock won't touch it.
Asphodelus aestivus 3€/20seeds
The classic Mediterranean long lived perennial that covers acres of land throughout the eastern Mediterranean and flowers throughout spring for quite a long time.
Asphodelus albus 4€/20seeds
This species needs more moisture as it comes from the Balkan peninsula and higher elevations. The non-branched inflorescences with white flowers make it look like an Eremurus (so a good substitute if you can’t grow those due to warmer winters)
Asphodelus fistulosus 3€/20seeds
A small species with grassy upright foliage and pink flowers in spring. Can be a pest where it is not native so keep it under control by cutting back the flower stems before they fruit.
Asphodelus macrocarpus 4€/20seeds
Much similar to A.aestivus but flowers almost two months later, making it a very useful plant for dry gardens.
Aubrieta deltoidea 3€/20seeds
A form originally collected in the wild, this simple crevice plant is more dainty than the bold and somewhat extravagant modern varieties.
Bahia ambrosioides 4€/20seeds
A chilean small shrub with very finely dissected scented leaves and small bunches of white daisies in spring. Surprisingly drought tolerant and looking good even in the middle of summer.
Baileya multiradiata 4€/20seeds SOLD OUT
The desert marigold, forms big mounds of grey leaves and is topped with yellow daisies in either spring or summer whenever water is available. Very drought tolerant.
Ballota acetabulosa 5€/20seeds
A classic Mediterranean plant with grey leaves and upright stems covered in small white flowers but the attractiveness of it comes from the big lime green calyces than in time turn brown. Easy filler in a summerdry garden.
Ballota hirsuta 4€/20seeds
Similar to B.hispanica but with more rounded leaves and tallerstems. Both are tough, long-lived plants.
Ballota hispanica 4€/20seeds
Soft aromatic foliage, no running habit, tough and drought tolerant but looks better with a bit of water throughout summer.
Ballota pseudodictamnus 5€/20seeds
Similar to B.acetabulosa but smaller in all parts, this makes more mounded plants, more heavily covered in leaves.
Bartlettina sordida 3€/30seeds
A late winter/spring flowering shrub that can grow to small tree porpotions in a favourable climate, this requires regular watering and feeding to produce good flower crop. Frost sensitive, although it will regrow from base after frost damage.
Bellardia trixago 3€/30seeds
A great meadow plant, this is actually a semiparasitic annual in Scrophulariaceae but it won't really damage the rest of your plantings. Attractive pink flowers in spring. Sow in situ in autumn.
Berlandiera lyrata 4€/20seeds
A western USA native, the chocolate lily has bright yellow black centered flowers all summer through autumn, needing only the occasional (once a month will suffice) watering to survive and bloom. It takes some time to establish but gets better every year.
Brachychiton bidwillii 5€/10seeds.
Either grown as a potted specimen or a garden small tree, this early flowering Brachychiton has rich red flowers on its bare stems in early spring. Frost sensitive.
Brachychiton discolor 5€/10seeds
A big upright tree with maple like leathery leaves. In my Mediterranean climate the leaves fall in April, to be followed by flowers in May and June and then it leafs up again. Beautiful trunk as well, as all in the genus.
Brachychiton populneus red form 5€/10seeds.
This popular small upright tree looks better when the flowers are of red colour instead of the classic white/light pink and those seeds were collected from a very dark red cultivar so you’ll have better chances of growing one!
Brassica cretica ssp. aegea 4€/20seeds.
I do believe this is one of the most beautiful Brassicas you can grow! Thick grey leaves that look like a succulent. Slowly forms a xeric shrub with big spikes of yellow flowers. Keep it as dry and sunny as possible in rocky soil for the best effect.
Brassica hilarionis 5€/20seeds
Similar to the above but flowering earlier and with white flowers instead of yellow. This is plant endemic to Cyprus.
Brassicaceae sp. Lemon Foam 3€/20seeds
I’ve never been able to identify this Aurinia looking plant that I collected as seeds in a Colorado garden, but it is a very useful species in my gravel bed, for its compact green leaves and upright fluffy branched spikes of soft yellow flowers in spring. They have been happy and flowering well for 8 years now.
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia 3€/30seeds
A small heat for wet acid soils. Flowers in spring. Very convenient if you live in a bog!
Bukiniczia cabulica 4€/20seeds
You grow this rock garden beauty for its marble like rounded leaved foliage alone. It self-seeds in the rock garden or gravel bed.
Bystropogon canariensis 4€/20seeds SOLD OUT
A small shrub from the Canary Islands, with scented foliage and looking like a white cloud when in full flower. Drought tolerant.
Callirhoe digitata 4€/20seeds
Much different than your common winecups (C.involucrata), this species is very upright stemmed, with well branched stems and few leaves at the base, creating a succession of bright pink flowers over late spring and summer.
Callirhoe involucrata 4€/20seeds
I wouldn’t garden without this free flowering perennial again. Mallow like leaves in clump from which radiate branching stems that guide themselves between other plants or stand free and produce a multitude of magenta flowers over a long time. Takes water or drought easily.
Calylophus hartwegii 4€/20seeds
One of the few plants that stay in flower all summer long despite not receiving a drop of water in my dry garden. Cut it back to the ground in winter.
Campanula andrewsii 4€/30seeds
A typical crevice biennial Campanula that creates a rosette of grey leaves the first year and then radiating stems with big purple flowers the next one. Make sure it stays dry in the summer.
Campanula argaea 5€/30seeds
An upright species from Turkey, like a miniature version of Canterbury bells.
Campanula celsii 4€/30seeds
A monocarpic perenial, usually flowering in its second year. Grey rosettes of leaves give way to ground hugging stems with hundreds of big blue upright flowers. If you have a old wall plant the seeds directly into the crevices where it likes to live.
Campanula formanekiana 5€/30seeds
If you can’t grow C.incurva due to a colder climate, then this species is almost the same with equally big flowers but takes more cold winter weather. Good drainage is essential.
Campanula incurva 4€/30seeds
A biennial or short-lived perennial campanula from central Greece, this is one of the few plants that you can grow in dry Mediterranean shade and will survive without any summer water. Or just grow it in a big rock garden as it requires good drainage. It produces some of the biggest campanula flowers in the genus.
Campanula lingulata 4€/30seeds
Green hairy leaves and upright stems that terminate in purple flowers. Easy and takes all kinds of weather.
Campanula lyrata 4€/30seeds.
A biennial or short-lived perennial species from the Aegean and Turkey, this is a more natural looking alternative to the familiar Campanula medium. It is perfectly suited for a drought tolerant garden, able to go completely dormant underground during the hot summer months.
Campanula pelviformis 4€/30seeds
This great beauty from Crete is a biennial (or monocarpic perennial if you are in a very dry climate). Big rounded blue bells top 1m tall stems over a long time in late spring.
Campanula versicolor 5€/30seeds
You definitely need a well-drained to grow this beauty but the 2ft long flower stems with their big flowers are worth the effort. Can take summer drought but does better with some summer watering.
Cardopatium corymbosum 4€/10seeds
If you are a lover of spiny things, then this one is for you. A biennial thistle relative with
purple flowers arranged in a flat inflorescence in its second year.
Centaurea alba 5€/20seeds
Upright stems that can reach almost 2m when well grown will be covered with pink flowers with very decorative white bracts. Short lived perennial.
Centaurea bella 5€/20seeds SOLD OUT
It forms a mat of feathery grey foliage and has solitary pink flowers on 30cm stems. It takes summer drought but don’t overdo it or it can prove lethal.
Centaurea clementei 5€/20seeds
There´s lots of good looking Centaureas out there, but this xeric species with its big grey leaves and fat soft yellow flowers stands out.
Centaurea cuneifolia 5€/20seeds
I love this reseeding short-lived species for they grey foliaged winter rosettes and tall branched stems of pink flowers. My favorite ‘pest’ in the dry garden.
Centaurea grbavacensis 5€/20seeds SOLD OUT
A rather sophisticated Centaurea with low green feathery foliage and big flowers with black bracts and burgundy florets. Can be short lived, especially without good drainage.
Centaurea lactucifolia 5€/10seeds
One of the biggest Centaurea species, this one looks like a giant lettuce for a couple of years (as the name implies) but then forms a big branchedstems with oversized white and yellow flowers. The giant Ferula of Centaureas!
Centaurea redempta 5€/20seeds
Short lived species (usually biennial) with big, imposing burgundy flower heads at the end of the stems. A favorite.
Centaurea spinosa 6€/20seeds
The perfect spiny mound for your dry garden, this grey coloured shrub looks perfect and adds form to any Mediterranean planting. Easy from seed and grows fast, but it takes an effort to collect and clean them.
Centaurothamnus maximus 6€/5seeds
A real rarity from Saudi Arabia and Yemen, this heat loving shrub has big silver leaves and pink Centaurea like flowers on steroids. Grows slowly.
Centranthus ruber ‘Coccineus’ 3.50€/20seeds
A robust variety with more reddish pink flowers than the commonly seen pink variety. Very easy from seed (and very easy to reseed in your garden).
Centranthus ruber var. sibthorpii 3.50€/20seeds
A pink version of the classic red valerian and my favorite as it is a more refined plant compared to other lusher, bigger leaved selected varieties. No summer water keeps it alive and happy over many years. And more compact!
Cephalaria ambrosioides 3.50€/20seeds
A very architectural plant with basal dissected leaves and stems that can reach 3m in cultivation topped by light yellow Scabiosa like (but rounded) flowers.
Cerastium candidissimum 3.5€/20seeds
I much prefer this mountain species to typical snow-in-the-summer, for its very grey foliage. It takes drought well.
Ceratotheca triloba 3.50€/20seeds
A relative of Sesame, that you can actually use as a summer flowering foxglove. Needs summer water.
Cerinthe major var. purpurascens 3€/30seeds
Classic Cerinthe variety with purple bracts surrounding the purple flowers. Very fashionable and very easy to grow as a winter annual. In fact, this and all Cerinthes will self-sow in your garden easily.
Cerinthe minor 4€/20seeds
Not the most exciting in flower, but the foliage of this biennial Cerinthe is outstanding and resembles a good form of Pulmonaria!
Chamaecytisus eriocarpus 3.50€/20seeds
A Balkan endemic, this silver leaved broom has yellow flowers in spring. Form a nice rounded shrub.
Cheirolophus burchardii 4€/20seeds
A bigger shrub from the Canary Islands, it can be described like an Argyranthemum with thistle like flowers on long stems. Grow is as you would your Madeiran Echiums. They also take some dry shade with no problems.
Cheirolophus canariensis 4€/20seeds
Similar to the above but with very finely dissected leaves and eventually forming a much bigger shrub. Takes cutting back whenever it is overgrown easily.
Cheirolophus puntallanensis 4€/20seeds
The smaller of the species I grow (still a medium sized shrub) with entire leaves and pink flowers.
Chrysactinia mexicana 4€/20seeds
Perfect for the Mediterranean summer dry garden, this small mound of dark green foliage is covered in small yellow flowers in spring, and again in autumn with the first rains.
Cistus creticus 3.5€/20seeds
A classic Mediterranean species, forming rounded mounds of apple green foliage that have a long succession of purple flowers in spring through early summer.Very drought tolerant. Remember that most Mediterranean Cistus species are easier germinated when baked in the oven for a few minutes, as they would burn in a wildfire that triggers their germination.
Cistus creticus ‘Albus’ 3.5€/20seeds
Similar to the above, but with white flowers (or some interesting forms if it has crossed with the purple species)
Cistus monspeliensis 3.50€/30seeds
A medium size shrub with myriads of small white flowers and very sticky leaves that can capture all the unwanted insects in your garden (or visitors if you place it near a path!)
Cistus parviflorus 4€/20seeds
A Mediterranean species with small silver green leaves and baby pink flowers, smaller in size than C.creticus but in great abundance. Loves chalky soils and requires no summer watering.
Cistus salviifolius 4€/20seeds
Another rock rose, this time in a smaller plant (at least in height) with dark green leaves and relatively big white flowers. It will do well even in part shade, as it flowers profusely in pink forest openings in nature. Full sun will do it too. No summer water needed, unless you have to occasionally.
Clematis hirsutissima 4€/20seeds
Not a climbing, but a herbaceous perennial Clematis with upright stems topped with cute purple flowers. Takes some drought but is not entirely drought tolerant. Great in gravel.
Clinopodium vulgare 3€/20seeds
A common European herb, I like this for the leaf scent so put it a place where you accidentally step on it as you pass by.
Cneorum tricoccon 5€/20seeds
Few Mediterranean shrubs are so perfect as C.tricoccon. Green leathery foliage in a naturally very round small shrub, small yellow flowers and spring which are followed by red three-seeded (tricoccon) fruits in summer. No summer dry garden should be without it. Seeds germinate in either the first or second year from sowing so be patient.
Collomia grandiflora 3.5€/20seeds
An easy winter growing annual from America, it forms early rosettes of green leaves in winter that in spring explode in height and terminate in peach-coloredbunches of flowers. Reseeds freely, especially in gravel.
Conoclinium greggii 4€/20seeds
I am always on the lookout for summer flowering plants for the summer dry garden and this is definitely one of them. Feathery green leaves and a mildly running habit are topped in summer and autumn with Ageratum purple flowers. All it asks is a monthly summer watering and it will perform great.
Convolvulus dorycnium 5€/20seeds SOLD OUT
A mature plant of this species is a sight to behold. It forms an airy leafless shrub that is covered in pink flowers every morning before they disappear in the heat of the day. Takes patience but is worth the effort.
Convolvulus oleifolius 4€/20seeds
Similar to the commonly used C.cneorum but with a more upright growth and flowers that range from white to pink. The silver leaves shine under sun and the plant can take summer drought easily.
Correa alba 4€/20seeds
One of the most tough small Mediterranean climate shrubs (native to Australia) you can grow and one that looks great year-round. Dark green evergreen leathery leaves which are adorned from mid-autumn to spring with white long tubed flowers.
Crithmum maritimum 4€/20seeds
Grow it for its beauty in the dry garden of grow it to pickle the leaves and flowers to accompany your salads and food. An overall useful plant.
Crotalaria cunninghamii 6€/20seeds
An Australian shrub, long lived in the right position, with beautiful bunches of green flowers in spring. It like summer dry.
Crupina crupinastrum 3.5€/10seeds
I love this native winter growing Centaurea like annual.
From a winter rosette of green leaves rise multibranched stems that are covered with purple flowers and are followed by attractive black seeds. It will self-seed easily. Disappears by midsummer in a Mediterranean climate.
Cynoglossum creticum 3.50€/10seeds
A Boraginaceae member with bas felty leaves and give rise to 1m tall stems with dropping blue/purple flowers.
Delphinium peregrinum 5€/20seeds
A small winter growing annual species with long spurred purple flowers in late spring and early summer.
Delphinium staphysagria 3€/20seeds
An annual delphinium that suits a Mediterranean garden as it is a winter annual flowering in late spring. Self-sows abundantly but it is easy to control if you remove the spent flower stems or the big seedlings.
Dianthus arenarius subsp. bohemicus 4€/20seeds
Small tufts of tight green foliage and an abundance of white feathered flowers for a long time in spring and summer. Easy in a gravel or rock garden.
Dianthus crinitus mixed white and pink forms 4€/20seeds
One of my favorite small clumpforming Dianthus, this beauty from the Aegean and Turkey, creates small mounds of grey leaves and many short stems that end in big, feathery white flowers. Very little summer water will keep it alive for many years.
Dianthus giganteus 3€/30seeds.
From a small tuft of leaves rise tall upright stems with magenta flower on top. Excellent filler in the garden.
Dianthus gratianopolitanus Manos Magenta 3.5€/20seeds
This species is one of the best for Mediterranean climates, as it produces its big batch of flowers in spring but then continues to produces some flowers over summer. I call it Manos Magenta from my friend Manos who brought me this form and for its big bright magenta flowers.
Dianthus gratianopolitanus Pink Cloud 3.5€/20seeds
With grey, mat forming foliage and light pink flowers that completely cover the plant in spring. Good drainage and limited summer water will lengthen the life of these pinks.
Dianthus gratianopolitanus Red Eye 3€/20seeds
Similar to the above but the big pink leaves what a distinctive red eye in the center. Hopefully the pattern will repeat itself in the seed generation or you might get some interesting hybrids.
Dianthus longicalyx (syn. D.taiwanensis) 3.50€/20seeds
This one needs a bit of extra water but forms a great ground covering pink for a sunny or semi shady situation. Feathery petals that beg for attention.
Dianthus ‘Old Square Eyes’ 3.50€/20seeds
I love this old-fashioned pink with big single flowers and a big red square eye in the center and I’m curious what will come out of those seed. At least something worthwhile whether they come true or if they have crossed with smaller species.
Dianthus pyrenaicus 3.5€/20seeds
Rounded clumps of green leaves and short stems of light pink and white flowers. Haven’t grow it for long, but it looks as yet another Mediterranean star Dianthus.
Dianthus serratifolius 3.50€/20seeds
An endemic to central Greece, this should be an excellent rock garden plant.
Dianthus spiculifolius 3.5€/20seeds
Yet another clump forming species with upright short stems that end up in laced white flowers with a contrasting pink center.
Dianthus squarrhosus 3.5€/20seeds
Similar to the above but with pure white and more fringed flowers.
Dianthus sp. Tiny Pink 3€/20seeds
A very compact sp. with foliage only 2-3cms high and solitary flowers on 10cm stems. Perfect for gravel or rock gardens and takes summer drought without problems.
Dianthus sp. Pom Pom 3€/20seeds SOLD OUT
Small button like double flowes with 1cm diameter over big mats of grey foliage. Too cute.
Dianthus sp. Purple on Purple 3€/20seeds
I call it Purple on Purple because of its two zoned purple flowers with a darker center. A compacta variety great in gravel.
Dichopogon minus 4€/20seeds
A winter growing rhizomatous perennial with long spikes that carry pendant purple flowers in spring. Goes summer dormant when it will need a dry resting period.
Dichopogon strictus 4€/20seeds
Similar in foliage to the above but with bigger flowers. Both species are worth growing.
Dictamnus albus ‘Albiflorus’ 4€/20seeds
The white version of the well-known burning bush, these will usually flower within 2-4 years from sowing. Great foliar fragrance.
Digitalis cariensis 4€/30seeds
A rare foxglove from the island of Ikaria, this is a small species with multiple stems around 40cms long and yellow/brown flowers. Good for sun or shade.
Digitalis ferruginea 3.5€/30seeds
A beautiful sight in early summer when this biennial or shortlived perennial goes into flower with a big spike of orange brown flowers.
Digitalis laevigata 3.5€/30seeds
Somewhat similar to the above with more orange flowers.
Digitalis lanata 3.5€/30seeds
Again, similar to the above but with a bigger white lip on each flower. Is there really a digitalis not worth growing? I doubt it.
Digitalis lutea 3€/30seeds
A relatively small foxglove with yellow flowers. It will self-seeds easily in your garden.
Digitalis thapsi 4€/30seeds
I’ve grown many foxgloves wrongly called D.thapsi over the years, but I have finally manage to acquire the true species. This Spanish gem, creates mat forming foliage in clumps and beautiful short stems of pink flowers. Very drought tolerant.
Dodonaea viscosa ´Purpurea´ 3€/20seeds
A classic Australian shrub that I like for its purple winter color. Easy to grow from seed, best with smoke treatment.
Dorycnium hirsutum 'Frejorgues' 3.5€/20seeds
One of the finest plants, in my opinion, for a dry summer
garden. The velvety grey foliage looks excellent all year round, even in the driest of summers and is adorned with white flowers in spring that are followed by decorative brown seed pods in summer. There’s always something interesting to look at on this small shrub.
Dorycnium pentaphyllum 4€/20seeds
A very finly leaved shrub, that can grow up to 1m high and wide in time. It stays attractive all year long due to its grey wiry stems and looks like a white cloud in spring when its small white flowers are produced.
Draba lasiocarpa 4€/20seeds
Only suitable for a sharply drained crevice garden, this is a small Draba species with yellow flowers very early in spring.
Dracocephalum moldavicum 3.20€/20seeds
An easy annual Dracocephalum with blue flowers during spring and early summer.
Dracocephalum renati 3.30€/20seeds
A small perennial with white flowers all summer long.
Dracocephalum ruyschianum 3€/20seeds
Hyssop like foliage and lots of big azure blue flowers.
Dracocephalum wendelboi 3.50€/20seeds
I love this big flowered species in rounded spikes with rounded leaves on red petioles.
Drypis spinosa 5€/20seeds
This small shrublet from high elevations in its natural habitat covers itself with white flowers in late spring. Lethally spiny.
Dyckia green leaved varieties 3€/20seeds
From my collection green/grey leaved varieties, here is a chance to produce your own variety.
Dyckia red leaved varieties 3€/20seeds
From my collection of red and purple leaved varieties, here ‘s a chance to produce your own variety.