Name: Plant Sale
Start: 2025-08-30T00:00:00+12:00
End: 2025-08-30T04:00:00+12:00
Location: 34 St Johns Tce, Tawa, Wellington

I have had great success with NZ and imported seed propagation this year so we have a wonderful range of plants ready to go in the ground now.
Some varieties are extremely limited due to the cost of the imported seed and the tiny amount of seeds per packet (only 5 in some cases).
We will be accepting preorders by messenger so get in quick if you don't want to miss out on these special plants.
Please note: Our garden will not be open during the plant sale. We aim to open in approximately 5 weeks but it depends how the tulips progress.
As other plants reach maturity we will make them available for sale on our open days. We have decided to have a pre season sale to make room for more beauties.
Abutilon - a range of mixed colours including peach, rose and lemon.
Dwarf Agapanthus - a fine leaved pale blue variety. Great for edging paths and beds. Will not take over.
Aubretia - Lavender trailing plant for rock walls and garden edges.
Arabis - White blooming Spring groundcover
Ajuga - Pink and purple varieties. Great November blooming groundcover for damp areas.
Aster - Early summer flowering variety in blue/lavender
Calamintha - new for us so I shall borrow the Chiltern seeds description. This is a most pleasant plant for your border or herb garden. Heavily scented with a fragrance described as pennyroyal-like, it is an erect perennial with small, somewhat hairy leaves. In summer it bears numerous whorled spikes of tiny blue flowers with long purple bracts. The herb can be used for flavouring. Flowers the first year from seed. 1½ft (45cm).
Campanula glomerata - deep purple
Cerastium - grey trailing leaves smothered in white blooms in Spring. (These have just been cut back)
Cerinthe - By popular demand. Technically an annual but a non invasive self sowing one so once its in your garden you'll have more each year. Glaucous foliage and interesting pendular purple blooms.
Dianthus - Grey leaves and red blooms
Erigeron multiradiatus - A beautiful evergreen groundcover with yellow centred purple/blue daisies from late spring.
Erysimum - a specialty for us as we love them so much. What's not to love? Front to mid border, semi shrubby evergreen perennial, glorious scented blooms and we have individual named colours.
Ivory, Purple bi-colour, Fire King, Vulcan, Ellen Willmott, Primrose, Ruby gem, Siberian allionii and the brand new Tangerine Titan.
Euphorbia - golden foam. Another newbie for us but we love the the chartreuse euphorbias add to the garden so we had to give it a go.
Euphorbia characias - the blue leaved evergreen semi shrubs with huge chartreuse heads that grace our garden every spring.
Geum - Yes, you guessed it, another favourite of ours. We have a good stock of the common types plus some more unusual ones.
Tall - Yellow, Red and Orange (Firestorm).
Dwarf - Deep orange/red, Lemon with hints of pink, blush (very pale pink) and the original geum rivale in a beautiful coppery peach.
Lunaria (Honesty). Two types available. Chedglow the purple leaf version that has taken Chelsea by storm the last couple of years. Variegata - the green leaves become edged in white in their second year before blooming with the typical mauve flowers.
Lysimachia nummularis - yellow creeping jenny. Great lime leaf trailing plant for part shady damp areas. One only.
Orlaya grandiflora - another favourite among designers. A self sowing annual that will provide weeks of beautiful white lacecap flowers. Perfect for filling in border spaces until the summer perennials fill in or to give a light airy feel to meadows and spring plantings. Seedlings will return year after year.
Pelargonium - Deep red
Pulmonaria - Raspberry splash
Romulea - small bulbs grow fine grassy leaves before erupting into a mass of deep rosy purple crocus type flowers in late spring.
Scabiosa - another specialty plant for us as they provide such amazing flower power all summer and autumn. They are not frost hardy but are perennial in sheltered spots for at least 3 years. Enjoy the flowers and at the end of the season collect several packets worth of seed to multiply your stock.
Named varieties available:
Snowmaiden - white, Black Knight - deep maroon, Beaujolias Bonnets - a gorgeous blend of pink, white and burgundy on the same flower, Burgundy beau - a new one this year, Salmon Queen - the most delicious shade of salmon pink. Pale yellow Fata morgana, and blue ones will be available later in the season.
Stachys officinalis - dark pink flowered evergreen groundcover. Perfect for the front of garden beds and rock gardens.
Sissyrinchium blue eyed grass. Low grassy leaves burst in to a mass of blue star shaped flowers in Spring.
Sedum mexicana - a bright lime evergreen succulent groundcover. Perfect for supporting bold tulips in spring and bright perennials in summer.
Sedum Mr Goodbud. A slightly pinker version than the well known Autumn joy.
Sparaxia - very special maroon flowers. Couple only.
Symphytum grandiflora - low-lying evergreen groundcover with medium sized leaves and stunning cream bell flowers all through spring. Excellent spreading plant for difficult to grow areas such as the shade of evergreen trees.
Urospermum - sown last spring and flowered for the first time in summer. Don't be put off by its dandelion looking leaves. This is a beauty with huge lemon flowers ( yes again like a dandelion but oh so much more beautiful). It has survived a wet winter in our gravel garden and also in soil. Definitely not a W**d!
Violets - green leaf with white scented flowers and the later flowering purple leaved Viola labadorica with purple flowers.