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gaiety
Gaiety
Small
Leaves: 8" x 3"
Flowers: white, mid-summer
Parentage: "Aden 421" x Blessings
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£6.00
Gaijin
Gaijin
Dwarf
Leaves: 1½" x ½"
Flowers: pale lavender
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Gala
Small
Leaves: 8" x 3"
Flowers: purple
Parentage: Tardiflora x Tardiflora
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Garden Party
Garden Party
Giant
Leaves: 16" x 10½"
Flowers: almost white
Parentage: sport of Golden Sculpture
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Garden Treasure Garden Treasure
Large
Leaves: 9½" x 6½"
Flowers: almost white
Parentage: sport of Treasure
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Garnet Prince
Garnet Prince
Medium
Leaves: 7½" x 5"
Flowers: violet
Parentage: Nigrescens hybrid
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Gay Blade
Gay Blade
Small
Leaves: 7½" x 2¾"
Flowers: light lavender
Parentage: (Resonance x Lachman P14) x Halcyon
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Gay Feather
Gay Feather
Medium

Leaves: 6" x 2½", creamy-white albescent centres with ½" wide dark green margins.
Flowers: purple in August
Parentage: sport of Yellow Splash
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Gay Search
Large

Leaves: 11" x 7", the margin colour fades as the season progresses
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: sport of Krossa Regal
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geisha
Geisha
Dwarf
Leaves: 3½" x 2", light green with dark green margins
Flowers: light purple, August
Parentage: variegated seedling selfed
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Gemini Moon
Giant
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: sport of Abiqua Moonbeam
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Genes Joy Gene's Joy
Small
Leaves: turn whiter as season progresses
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: sport of Gene Summers
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George Smith
George Smith
Large
Leaves: 15" x 12", golden lime-green with blue-green margins
Flowers: ivory, June/August
Parentage: sport of Elegans
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Ghost Spirit
Ghost Spirit
Medium
Leaves: 6" x 4"
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: sport of Valentine Lace
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Gig Harbor
Small
Leaves: 9" x 5"
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: Tardiflora hybrid
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Gilded Teacup
Small
Leaves: 8" x 6¾"
Flowers: near white
Parentage: sport of Golden Teacup
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Gilt by Association
Gilt by Association
Medium
Leaves: 8" x 3"
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: pycnophylla x pycnophylla
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gilt edge
Gilt Edge
Large
Leaves: 10¾" x 9½"
Flowers: mauve. Holds colour well all season. Excellent specimen plant or in pots.
Parentage: sport of sieboldiana hybrid
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Gin and Tonic Gin and Tonic
Large
Leaves: green changing to yellow puckered leaves with a narrow white margin
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: William Lachman hybrid x Aztec Treasure
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Gingee
Gingee
Small
Leaves: 8" x 1"
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: Subcrocea hybrid
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ginko graig
Ginko Craig (Bunchoko)
Small
Leaves: 3" x 1", lance-shaped, medium green, white margins
Flowers: purple, striped. Divide regularly to keep juvenile form
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Ginsu Knife
Medium
Leaves: 10" x 4", creamy margin turns white
Flowers: white
Parentage: Iron Gate Supreme x Green Fountain
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Glass Hearts Glass Hearts
Dwarf
Leaves: heart-shaped yellow leaves that change to green
Flowers: lavender
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glauca
Glauca Robusta
Large
Flowers: mauve
£4.00
Glitter
Glitter
Large
Leaves: puckered, shiny dark green
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: sport of Paradigm
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Glockenspiel
Glockenspiel
Medium
Leaves: 7” x 8”
Flowers: lavender
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fortunei gloriosa Gloriosa (fortunei)
Medium
Leaves: 12" x 8"
Flowers: lavender
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Glory
Small
Leaves: 5" x 5" , elongated, heart-shaped leaves are a wonderful yellow turning brassy gold with some sun
Flowers: light purple
Parentage: August Moon hybrid
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Goddess of Athena
Small
Leaves: 5½" x 3½"
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: Decorata x Decorata
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Gold Bug
Small
Leaves: 3" x 3"
Flowers: near white
Parentage: Serendipity hybrid
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gold drop
Gold Drop
Small
Leaves: 3" x 2". Likes sheltered S to SW positions, needing some sun to show best colour. Suitable for peat bed or rock garden.
Flowers: mauve, bell-shaped, held on 16" stems in summer
Parentage: venusta hybrid
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£5.00
gold edger
Gold Edger
Small
Leaves: 4" x 3". Tolerant of some sun, fairly resistant to slugs and snails.
Flowers: lavender, mid-summer. Suitable for front of border and pots.
Parentage: Blue Cadet selfed
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£4.00
Gold Edger Surprise
Gold Edger Surprise
Medium
Leaves: 5" x 4", gold centres with narrow white margins
Flowers: lavender in June/July
Parentage: sport of Gold Edger
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Gold Flush Gold Flush
Medium
Leaves: 12" x 8"
Flowers: purple

Parentage: sport of ventricosa
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gold haze
Gold Haze
Medium
Leaves: 9½" x 6¼"
Flowers pale lavender
Parentage: Fortunei Aurea hybrid
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gold regal

Gold Regal
Medium

Leaves: 7" x 5"
Flowers: bell-shaped, purple, mid summer
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Gold Splash
Medium
Flowers: lavender-purple
gold standard
Gold Standard
Large
Leaves: 7" x 5", centres emerge bright green, turn gold with dark green margins
Flowers: pale lavender in mid-summer
Parentage: sport of Fortunei Hyacinthina Variegated
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Goldbrook Goldbrook
Large

Leaves: 10" x 6½"
Flowers: pale lavender

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Goldbrook Galleon
Goldbrook Galleon
Medium
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: Fluctuans derivative
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Goldbrook Genie
Goldbrook Genie
Medium
Leaves: 4" x 4"
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: Nakaiana hybrid
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Goldbrook Glamour
Goldbrook Glamour
Large
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: Wide Brim x Halcyon
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Goldbrook Glimmer
Goldbrook Glimmer
Medium
Leaves: 6½" x 4½"
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: sport of Halcyon
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Goldbrook Gold
Large
Leaves: 9" x 7"
Flowers: white
Parentage: sieboldiana hybrid
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Goldbrook Grace Goldbrook Grace
Dwarf
Leaves: 4" x 3"
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: sport of Golden Prayers from tissue culture
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Goldbrook Gratis
Goldbrook Gratis
Large
Leaves: green leaves with a yellow changing to creamy-white edge
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: sport of Mildred Seaver
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Goldbrook Grayling
Goldbrook Grayling
Small
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: Happiness hybrid
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Goldbrook Grebe
Goldbrook Grebe
Medium
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: pycnophylla x longipes
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Goldcirkel
Medium
Flowers: near white
Golden Anniversary Golden Anniversary
Small
Leaves: 8½" x 5¾"
Flowers: pale lavender striped
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Golden Decade
Small
Leaves: 6" x 4"
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: Sum and Substance x seedling of venusta
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Golden Delight
Giant
Leaves: 10" x 9"
Flowers: near white
Parentage: Wayside Blue hybrid
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Golden Empress
Golden Empress
Small
Leaves: 4½" x 3½"
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: Wayside Blue hybrid
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Golden Fascination
Medium
Leaves: 6" x 4"
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: sport of Fascination
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golden fountain
Golden Fountain
Medium
Leaves: 14" x 3½", lance shaped leaves changes to light green (gold in full sun)
Flowers: deep reddish-purple with purple stripes inside
Parentage: Beatrice x Green Fountain
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Golden Friendship
Golden Friendship
Small
Leaves: 4½" x 3½"
Flowers: lavender
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Golden Gate Golden Gate
Large
Leaves: 8" x 6½"
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: Nigrescens seedling x Blue Whirls
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golden guernsey
Golden Guernsey
Large

Leaves: 7" x 5½", green/gold with cream margins
Flowers: pale lavender in autumn
Parentage: sport of High Fat Cream
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Golden Halcyon
Golden Halcyon
Medium
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Golden Isle Golden Isle
Small
Leaves: green leaves with a bright yellow changing to green centre
Flowers: white
Parentage: sieboldii x unknown
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Golden Meadows
Giant
Leaves: large yellow-green leaves with a blue, later dark green margin
Flowers: almost white
Parentage: sport of Elegans
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Golden Medallion Golden Medallion
Small
Leaves: 7" x 6½"
Flowers: almost white
Parentage: sport of Tokudama Aureonebulosa
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Golden Nugget
Small
Leaves: 5" x 3"
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: Frances Williams hybrid
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Golden Oriole Golden Oriole
Small
Leaves: 8" x 5", bright golden leaves in spring, changing to medium green in summer
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: Kabitan x Hadspen Heron
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Golden Prayers
Golden Prayers
Small
Leaves: 4" x 3", slightly cupped, deep gold that lightens across the season
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: "Aden 381" x Golden Waffles
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golden scepter
Golden Scepter
Small
Leaves: 4" x 3". All gold mutation of Golden Tiara.
Flowers: bell-shaped, striped purple, held on tall stems
Parentage: sport of Golden Tiara
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£4.00
Golden Sculpture Golden Sculpture
Giant
Leaves: 14" x 10"
Flowers: white
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Golden Spades Golden Spades
Dwarf
Leaves: 2½" x 1¼"
Flowers: lavender

Parentage: Kabitan hybrid
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golden spider
Golden Spider
Small
Leaves: 4" x 3", oval to lance-shaped, bright gold turning green
Flowers: bell-shaped, almost pink
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Golden Spritzer
Medium
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: sport of Spritzer
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Golden Sunburst Golden Sunburst
Large
Leaves: 14" x 10"
Flowers: ivory