These are as tough as their Gold centred
brothers. Their colours tend towards the purple/pink range with
fantastic shading and contrast.
Admiral
- Purple
Sorry - Sold Out - More next year!
Adrian
A very popular
variety raised by Arther Delbridge in 1971. Very bright purple with a
paler edge
Agammemnon
- Pink
Alamo
Allensford
- A rich. lightly shaded purple
Alicia
- Pink
Sorry - Sold Out - More next year!
Anwar
Sadat - Blue to mauve shades
Argus
Shades of crimson red. Raised by J.J.Keen in 1890.
Arthur
Delbridge
Aurora
- I shouldn't have a favourite, but I do and this is it.
Which is why I have sold so many and I am now waiting for the next batch
to get a move on
Avril
Hunter - Purple to blue shades
Beatrice
Navy to light blue shades. Strong enough for the garden and chosen by Pippa Tee
for her show garden at RHS Cardiff
Blue Heaven
Bob
Dingley - Lavender
Cambodunum
- Purple
Chelsea
Bridge - Purple to blue shades
Sorry, None available at the moment.
Cobden Meadow
Connaught
Court
Deep pink
Picture coming!
(and a
better description!)
C.W.
Needham
Purple
Divint Dunch
Picture coming!
(and a
better description!)
Donhead
- Shades of red wine
Douglas Bader
Raised by Derek Telford in 1995. Exquisite blue
shades
on healthy plants.
Sorry - sold out - more growing!
Ed
Spivey
- Purple
Eglinton
- Deep pink
Sorry, None available at the moment.
Ellen
Thompson
- Shades of blue
Sorry - sold out - more growing!
Elsie
May
- A prize-winning pink to plum
Sorry, None available at the moment.
Ethel
An early and
prolific bloomer. Tall stems held well above the plant.
Eyeopener
Frank
Crossland
- Bred in 1930 large flowers in shades of blue
Gorey
- Purple shades. A strange name for something so pretty
Sorry - sold out - more growing!
Gwen
- Purple shades - very pretty
Sorry - sold out - more growing!
Habernera
- Purple to pink, bred by Derek Telford in 1989
Hazel
- Mauve shades
Sorry - sold out - more growing!
Ibis
- A classic in shades of pink
Jack
Dean
- Purple
Jeannie
Telford
- Purple to pink - good show variety
Joanne
Shades of purple and blue. This is a good divider
and
flowers its head off.
Sorry - none available at the moment
John
Wayne
- Crimson to pink - Chosen by Carole Klein as "the plant she would most
like to take home" from the Malvern Show last year.
Sorry - none
available at the moment
Joy
70 years on this velvety crimson flowered still wins
prizes
on the show bench.
Joyce
Purple shading to light blue. Raised in 1969 and still vigorous.
Kercup
- Deep pink to purple
Lady Joyful
Langley Park
A gorgeous Derek Telford introduction with purple shades.
Larry
- Shades of blue
Lee
- Not often seen, a delicate light mauve
Lee
Clarke
- Pink
Lilac
Domino - Lilac to pink
Lisa
- Wine to pink shades
M.H. Spring
Sorry, None available at the moment.
Mandarin
- Pinky purple
This picture doesn't do it justice. Will soon change
it for a better one.
Margaret
Faulkener - Good show variety, first introduced in 1954
Margaret
Irene - Pink
Mark
- Large pink flowers, another good show variety
Martin Fish
May
- Deep to light pink shades
Sorry - sold out - more growing!
Meadowlark
- A lovely blue
Sorry - sold out - more growing!
Mellifluous
- A bit of a mouthful but a lovely pink, nonetheless.
Moonriver
- Deep Purple
Mr Greenfingers
Mrs. R. Bolton
Phyllis
Douglas - Blue to Mauve shades, flowers well.
Pierot
- Light Mauve
Pippin
Raised in 1931 by James Douglas this large flowered red
shaded
variety divides well.
Polestar
- Shades of purple
Quintessence
- A vision in mauve
Rabley
Heath - Purple to blue
Rose
Kaye - Very pretty in pink but can be difficult.
Sorry, None available at the moment.
(Told you it was difficult !)
Rowena
From Jack Stant of Huddersfield this popular purple prize
winner
is always in great demand.
Roxborough
An older pre first world war Douglas variety
with
violet mauve flowers.
Samantha
Sandra
Raised in Birmingham by Hal Cohen this is a fantastic plant
with
purple and mauve shaded blooms.
Searchlight
Skylark
- Mauve
Sue
- Also shades of mauve
Summer
Sky
Susan
- Blue shades
Symphony
- Light to deep purple
Thetis
Nearly a hundred years have past since its introduction but
its
still seen on the show bench. Blue and purple.
Valerie
Stunning mauve shades make this a good choice
for
exhibition or the garden.
Sorry, None available at the moment.
Vee
Two - Shades of Crimson to wine.
Victoria de Wymess
limited stocks of this very popular
blue shaded plant.
Sorry, None available at the moment.
Walton
- A lovely blue
Y.I.
Hinney - Maroon shading to Crimson with a delicate edge of palest pink
