ORIGANUM acutidens         sold out

(Turkey) A very highly scented plant with pale brown-green leaves and pink, green and cream flowers and bracts; all on quite short, arching stems.

Origanum x 'Buckland'          9cm...£2.50

(O.rotundifolium x ?) A stunning mound of subdued colours - deep pink and green bracts, evenly spaced on arching stems above round, felt-like, blue-green leaves. Like a small erupting volcano on the rock garden.

Origanum 'County Cream'          9cm...£2.25

Attractive variegated form with dark green leaves, heavily blotched creamy yellow, forming a low mat beneath dense, three-inch panicles of lavender-pink flowers.

Origanum dictamnus          sold out

Small, softly hairy, felted leaves on a low, sturdy mat and numerous arching stems of pinkish flowers in purple bracts. In winter, the foliage takes on a distinctive coppery-bronze tint. Sun and good drainage.

Origanum 'Dingle Fairy'          2ltr...£2.50

A very floriferous form with bright pink flowers surrounded by apple-green bracts on six-inch arching stems.

Origanum 'Frank Tingey'          9cm...£2.50

Hairy, apple-green, pink tinged foliage and congested inflorescences carrying whorls of pale purple flowers and contrasting papery bracts. Gritty, well-drained soils in sun.

Origanum microphyllum           1ltr...£2.50

Another which manages to add up to more thana sum of its parts: tiny dark grey-green leaves and pale wiry stems with hundreds of vibrant, tiny lavender-purple flowers. In flower, en masse, its like a fuzzy, three-toned kaleidoscope.

Origanum 'Norton Gold'          2ltr...£2.50

Congested clumps of mustard-yellow green, scented foliage and multi-flowered heads of pale pink flowers on twelve-inch stems.

 Origanum vulgare 'Thumbles Variety'        2ltr...£2.50