Sedum “Purple Emperor”

I bought this Sedum at Lambley Nursery last year and it has just started flowering

It grows 35cm tall and the leaves are purpley bronze. It flowers from late summer to Autumn and requires little water. A great choice for a sunny garden in drought conditions

some more Lambley pictures

Delphiniums

Clematis "Aotearoa"

Echinops ruthenicus

Blue Hills Sea Holly - Eryngium x zabellii " Blue Hills"

This is my 2nd last weekend in Melbourne, so I made another trip to Lambley nursery today. I also wanted to go there as I think its about to be featured on some tv shows and in some magazines, and I wanted to beat the rush. The garden beds look so beautiful. Its great to see the plants growing at full size as most are in small pots when you buy them. I bought a mixture of plants and mistakedly, thought that I had bought some of these Sea Holly. Luckily Lambley sell by mail order, so all is not lost!

For more information visit  http://www.lambley.com.au/

Santolina neapolitana

Lambley Nursery

Salvia x superba "Tanzarin"

Artemisia ludoviciana "Valerie Finnis"

Echium pininana "Snow Towers"

I wish I knew the name of this Aloe, because I want one!

I think this is Marrubium supinum "Scallop Shell". According to the catalogue, it gets "hazy purple pink hooded flowers"

I visited Lambley Nursery today. Its about 140 k's outside of Melbourne, 10 k's past Ballarat. They also have an online catalogue http://www.lambley.com.au/ . Like the sign says, they only water 3 or 4 times a year. They specialise in dry tolerant plants. A lto fo the plants are from the Mediterranean and South Africa. Unfortunately, I went to the nursery shop before looking in the garden, whcih would have informed my choices a bit more. Oh well, I might just have to go back!. I ve tried to identify some of the photographed plants. They have a great catalogue, that they post out. A very inspring place.

Things I bought at Lambley Nursery

Aloe Glauca

       Pelargonium sidioides

Helychrysum argyrophyllum

I bought some plants for myself and a friend who did me a favour.
Pelargonium sidiodes from South Africa.It said on the label "one per customer", thats why I bought it!
Aloe Glauca to add to my Aloe collection. This one was a bit sick and was on special.
Helichrysum argyrophyllum has very hard silver leaves and gets yellow everlasting flowers. 2 for Steve and Don, one for me....