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Welcome to my photo gallery, where you can see what I grow in my garden and many of the plants that I sell. 
​Please note that not all the plants featured here will be for sale, but plenty of them are (either now or in the near future). If you see something here that you really like the look of then feel free to contact me to ask when it is likely to be available.  I also have a Facebook page (Seaflowers Nursery), to share exciting happenings in the nursery and photos of the plants I am so passionate about growing.  Just click on the 'f' icon (above right) and the page should open. You can also find me on Instagram as @kateseaflowers.

Please note that while most plants are correctly named, there are some that are yet to be identified.  In this case I have simply used descriptive names relating to their flower colour or growth habit.  The vast majority of the photos are taken by myself in my own garden, but I may occasionally add photos of plants growing in the gardens of family and friends, simply to illustrate what something looks like in flower, particularly if I am then offering it for sale. Please do not use my photos in other publications, printed or online, without my permission, thanks.

The gallery below is set out in alphabetical order, for ease of reference.  Clicking on an individual photo will automatically open a larger version of the same photo, and also allow you to scroll through all the varieties under that letter. There are separate sections for bulbs & corms, and Salvia.  I am not a professional photographer, but I have tried to include only photographs of reasonable quality, and I hope you enjoy looking at all my treasures.

A...
Acalypha
Achillea 'Anthea'
Achillea 'Gold Plate' (with Nepeta tuberosa tall form)
Achillea 'Hella Glashoff'
Achillea 'Lavender and Lace'
Achillea 'Red Velvet'
Achillea 'Terracotta'
Agapanthus inapertus 'Stormcloud'
Agastache 'Astello Indigo'
Agastache aurantiaca 'Kiowa Sunset'
Agastache aurantiaca 'Sunset Yellow'
Agastache aurantiaca 'Tango'
Agastache 'Astello Indigo' and A. aurantiaca 'Tango'
Agastache cana 'Bolero'
Agastache foeniculum 'Golden Jubilee'
Agastache Mexicana 'Sangria'
Agastache pallidiflora ssp. neomexicana
Agastache pringlei
Alcea rugosa (Russian Hollyhock)
Alcea rugosa Russian Hollyhock
Alchemilla erythropoda
Ammi majus, queen anne's lace
Ammi visnaga 'Green Mist'
Anemone rivularis
Anemone sylvestris
Antirrhinum siculum
Aquilegia buergeriana
Aquilegia einseleana
Aquilegia longissima
Aquilegia rockii
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nora Barlow'
Aquilegia viridiflora 'Atropurpurea'
Aquilegia viridiflora 'Atropurpurea'
Artemisia lactiflora 'Rosenschleier'
Arthropodium candidum f. purpureum
Aster 'Alma Potschke'
Aster 'Alma Potschke'
Aster 'Coombe Fishacre'
Aster 'Coombe Violet'
Aster cordifolius 'Silver Spray'
Aster dumosus 'pink lace'
Aster dumosus 'Pink Lace'
Aster 'Dwarf White'
Aster 'Hi-Jinx'
Aster 'Hi-Jinx' with Persicaria amplexicaulis
Aster laevis 'Calliope'
Aster 'Calliope' and A. 'Hi-Jinx', with Helianthus 'Lemon Queen'
Aster x frikartii 'Monch'
Aster novae-angliae 'Herbstschnee'
Aster 'Jeannie'
Aster 'Kylie'
Aster 'Little Carlow'
Aster macrophyllus
Aster novae-angliae Purple Passion
Aster novae-angliae Purple Passion with Helianthus 'Lemon Queen'
Aster pyrenaeus 'Lutetia'
Astrantia major palest pink/green
Astrantia ruby
Azorina vidalii
Azorina vidalii - close-up
B...
Boltonia asteroides
Boltonia asteroides with Succisa pratensis
Boltonia asteroides var. latisquama
Borago pygmaea, dwarf borage
Bulbs and Corms...​
C...
Campanula primulifolia
Campanula primulifolia
Campanula rotundifolia alba
Catananche caerulea 'Amor White'
Centaurea macrocephala
Centaurea macrocephala (with a happy little honeybee)
Centaurea macrocephala flowerbud
Centaurea nigra
Centaurea nigra
Centaurea phrygia
Centaurea phrygia in bud
Centaurea phrygia
Centaurea scabiosa
Chrysanthemum apricot-pink
Chrysanthemum 'Mothers Day'
Chrysanthemum 'Red Flare'
Coreopsis
D...
Daucus carota 'Purple Kisses'
Daucus carota, from Purple Kisses mix
Delphinium belladonna 'Cliveden Beauty'
Delphinium requienii
Delphinium requienii
Dianthus barbatus ex. 'Kaleidoscope'
Dianthus barbatus 'Monksilver Black'
Dianthus carthusianorum
Dianthus knappii 'Yellow Harmony'
Dianthus knappii 'Yellow Harmony'
Dianthus nardiformis
Dianthus superbus alba
Digitalis laevigata
Digitalis laevigata
Digitalis lanata 'Cafe Creme'
Digitalis lanata, pale seedling
Digitalis lanata, pale seedling
Digitalis mertonensis, strawberry foxglove
Digitalis mertonensis, strawberry foxglove
Digitalis purpurea 'Sutton's Apricot'
Digitalis ex. 'Sahara'
Digitalis ex. 'Sahara'
E...
Echinacea dwarf red
Echinacea 'Green Twister'
Echinacea 'Green Twister'
Echinacea pallida
Echinacea pallida 'Hula Dancer'
Echinacea paradoxa
Echinacea purpurea
Echinacea strawberry rose, first flowers
Echinacea strawberry rose, older flowers
Echinacea purpurea with wool carder bee
Echinops
Epilobium canum ssp. canum
Erigeron glaucus
Erigeron multiradiatus
Erigeron multiradiatus
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Eriogonum giganteum
Eriogonum giganteum - close-up
Eriogonum giganteum, St. Catherine's Lace
Eriogonum giganteum dried flowerhead
erysimum perovskianum
erysimum perovskianum
Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii
F...
G...
Gaura 'So White'
Geranium himalayense seedling ex. 'Derrick Cook'
Geranium 'Joy'
Geranium maderense 'Guernsey White'
Geranium maderense 'Guernsey White' flowers
Geranium x magnificum
Geranium pratense
Geranium pratense seedling
Geranium pratense 'Victor Reiter Junior'
H...
Helenium 'Butterpat'
Helenium 'Garden Sun'
Helenium 'Garden Sun' with honeybee
Helenium 'Garden Sun' colour variation in young flowers
Helenium 'Lord of Flanders' just opened
Helenium 'Lord of Flanders'
Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty'
Helenium 'Rubinzwerg'
Helenium 'Rubinzwerg'
Helenium 'Sahins Early Flowerer'
helenium 'sahin's early flowerer' with a little conversation going on...
helenium 'sunny wonder'
helenium 'sunny wonder' in garden
Helenium 'Waltraut'
Helianthus x laetiflorus
Helianthus x laetiflorus
Helianthus 'lemon queen'
heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra 'bleeding hearts'
heliopsis 'bleeding hearts' in the garden
the mesmerizing helipterum roseum 'pierrot'
helipterum roseum 'pierrot'
hemerocallis 'corky', daylily
hemerocallis 'corky', daylily
heuchera maxima
heuchera maxima
I…
Iris 'Aurora lights'
Iris 'Aurora Lights'
iris 'black belle'
iris 'quaker lady'
Iris 'Sylvan Song'
Iris 'Wanganui Gem'
Iris unguicularis ex. 'Mary Barnard'
Iris unguicularis ssp. cretensis
J & K...
Justicia aurea
justicia aurea
Justicia - white
Kalanchoe
Kalanchoe
Knautia macedonica 'Red Cherries'
kniphofia yellow, autumn/winter flowering
Kniphofia orange hybrid, summer flowering
Kniphofia orange hybrid, summer flowering
Kniphofia 'tawny king'
kniphofia 'tawny king'
kniphofia thompsonii hybrid
Kniphofia thompsonii hybrid
L...
Leucanthemum 'Shaggy'
Leucanthemum 'phyllis smith' in garden (with Monarda 'squaw and crocosmia 'george davison')
Leucanthemum 'phyllis smith'
libertia caerulescens
lunaria annua 'chedglow, purple leaf honesty
Lunaria annua 'chedglow', purple-leaf honesty
lychnis cognata
lychnis cognata
M...
N...
nepeta nervosa 'blue moon'
Nepeta nervosa 'blue moon'
nepeta parnassica
nepeta parnassica
Nepeta tuberosa, shorter form
Nepeta tuberosa, shorter form
Nepeta tuberosa, shorter form
nepeta tuberosa tall form
Nicotiana langsdorfii
nicotiana mutabilis
nicotiana sylvestris
nicotiana sylvestris
O...
Orlaya grandiflora 'White Lace'
Orthrosanthus multiflorus
Orthrosanthus multiflorus
P & Q...
Pelargonium quinquelobatum
Penstemon digitalis 'Husker's Red Strain'
Penstemon smallii
Penstemon smallii
Penstemon smallii
Penstemon 'White Swan'
Persicaria amplexicaulis
Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail' in front of Aster 'Little Carlow'
Plectranthus fruticosus dark form
Plectranthus fruticosus dark form flowers
Plectranthus fruticosus 'James'
Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender'
Potentilla rupestris
Potentilla rupestris
Papaver, Beth Chatto's poppy, pale blotch (p. dubium ssp. lecoqii var. albiflorum)
Papaver, Beth Chatto's poppy, dark blotch (p. dubium ssp. lecoqii var. albiflorum)
papaver 'lauren's grape'
Papaver setigerum
Patrinia villosa
Patrinia villosa seedheads
Penstemon 'catherine de la mare'
penstemon digitalis 'pocahontas'
penstemon 'dorothy'
penstemon 'stapleford gem'
penstemon 'stapleford gem'
penstemon barbatus 'twizzle scarlet'
pentas 'northern lights'
Persicaria orientalis, kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate
Persicaria orientalis, kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate
Persicaria orientalis, kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate
Phlomis purpurea 'matagallo'
phlomis purpurea ssp. almeriensis
phlomis purpurea ssp. almeriensis
phlox maculata 'omega'
phlox paniculata 'alba grandiflora'
phlox paniculata 'flame purple eye'
phlox paniculata 'flame purple eye'
phlox paniculata, large white with pink eye
Phlox paniculata 'mother of pearl'
phlox paniculata 'mother of pearl'
Phlox paniculata, possibly 'eva cullum'
phlox paniculata, possibly 'monica lynden-bell'
phlox paniculata 'starfire'
polemonium pauciflorum
polemonium pauciflorum
primula poisonii
pulsatilla vulgaris 'papageno'
R...
Ranunculus cortusifolius
Ranunculus cortusifolius
Reineckia carnea
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'
Rudbeckia hirta 'cherokee sunset'
Rudbeckia hirta 'cherokee sunset'
Rudbeckia hirta 'cherokee sunset'
Rudbeckia hirta 'cherokee sunset'
rudbeckia hirta 'Sahara'
rudbeckia hirta 'Sahara'
rudbeckia hirta 'Sahara'
rudbeckia hirta 'Sahara'
rudbeckia hirta 'Sahara'
rudbeckia laciniata
rudbeckia maxima, newly opened flowers
rudbeckia maxima
Salvia
Salvia 'African Sky'
Salvia 'African Sky'
Salvia 'Amore'
Salvia 'amore'
salvia amplexicaulis
salvia amplexicaulis (behind), salvia pratensis 'sky dancer' (front)
salvia apiana flowers, white sage
Salvia argentea
Salvia aurea 'Kirstenbosch'
Salvia aurea 'Kirstenbosch' bracts
Salvia 'Black Knight'
Salvia 'Bluebird'
salvia broussonetii, foliage
salvia broussonetii, flowers
salvia buchananii
Salvia canariensis var. candidissima
salvia canariensis var. candidissima, foliage
salvia chamaedryoides
Salvia chamelaeagnea
Salvia coccinea 'Forest Fire'
Salvia confertiflora
Salvia confertiflora 'papagaio'
salvia confertiflora 'papagaio'
salvia confertiflora 'papagaio' foliage
salvia 'costa rica blue'
salvia discolor
Salvia discolor
salvia fulgens 'red dragon'
salvia fulgens 'red dragon'
Salvia gesneriiflora compact form
salvia gesneriiflora compact form
salvia glutinosa, jupiter's distaff
salvia guaranitica hybrid
salvia guaranitica hybrid
salvia 'hot pink lips'
Salvia 'hot pink lips'
salvia 'indigo spires'
Salvia involucrata 'Bethellii'
salvia involucrata dark form, late flowering
salvia iodantha
Salvia karwinskii, having a chat ;)
salvia karwinskii
Salvia lanceolata
Salvia lanceolata
salvia lanceolata, colourful bracts (with Echinacea pallida 'Hula Dancer'
Salvia leucantha 'spring gold joy'
salvia leucantha 'spring gold joy'
salvia leucantha 'midnight'
salvia leucantha 'midnight'
salvia leucantha 'midnight' in rich soil, easily 1.5m across
Salvia 'Love and Wishes'
Salvia macrophylla flowers
Salvia macrophylla foliage
Salvia 'So Cool Violet' (front) with Salvia 'Mainacht' (back)
Salvia 'Mainacht'
Salvia mexicana 'lolita'
Salvia mexicana 'lolita'
salvia mexicana 'Lolita'
Salvia mexicana 'Limelight' (left) vs. S. m. 'Lolita' (right)
Salvia mexicana var. minor
salvia miltiorrhiza, dark form
salvia miltiorrhiza, pale form
salvia minata flowers
salvia 'mulberry jam'
salvia nemorosa 'rose queen'
salvia nutans
salvia nutans
salvia patens 'chilcombe'
salvia patens 'guanajuato'
salvia patens 'guanajuato' close-up
salvia pratensis 'sky dancer'
salvia pratensis 'swan lake'
salvia pratensis 'twilight serenade'
salvia przewalskii
Salvia puberula
salvia regla
salvia regla
salvia roemeriana 'arriba'
salvia 'royal bumble'
Salvia rubescens, closeup
Salvia rubescens
Salvia sagittata - closeup
Salvia sagittata
Salvia 'San Carlos Festival'
Salvia - Seaflowers Red
salvia hybrid 'seaflowers red'
salvia spathacea
salvia sinaloensis 'aztec blue'
Salvia splendens 'sao borja'
salvia splendens 'yvonne'
Salvia stepposa
salvia trijuga
salvia trijuga
salvia trijuga foliage
Salvia transylvanica 'Blue Cloud'
salvia uliginosa 'ballon azul', lower growing cultivar to 70-100cm tall
salvia uliginosa 'ballon azul', with monarch butterfly
salvia uliginosa 'ballon azul', lower growing cultivar to 70-100cm tall
salvia univerticillata
Salvia univerticillata
salvia urica
Salvia verticillata 'Purple Fairy Tale'
Salvia virgata
salvia 'waverly'
salvia 'waverly'
salvias in the garden ('sao borja' in foreground)
salvias in the garden ('seaflowers red' in foreground)
salvias in the garden (blue S. sagittata in foreground, S. confertiflora 'Papagaio' behind)
S...
Sanguisorba officinalis close-up
Sanguisorba officinalis
Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Black Knight'
Scabiosa atropurpurea 'fata morgana' in bud
Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Snow Maiden'
Scabiosa caucasica perfecta 'Goldingensis'
Scabiosa columbaria
Scabiosa japonica var. alpina 'Pink Diamonds'
Scutellaria baicalensis
scutellaria orientalis ssp. pectinata
sedum telephium 'munstead red'
sedum telephium 'purple emperor'
selinum wallichianum flower
selinum wallichianum stems and foliage
semiaquilegia ecalcarata
sideritis syriaca flower stems
sideritis syriaca foliage
silene dioca 'ray's golden campion'
silene dioca 'ray's golden campion'
solidago rugosa 'fireworks'
stokesia laevis big purple
Succisa pratensis, devil's bit scabious
Succisa pratensis
T...
Teucrium chamaedrys
Teucrium chamaedrys
Thalictrum aquilegifolium 'Purpureum' new flowers
Thalictrum aquilegifolium older flowers
Tithonia rotundifolia 'Torch'
Tithonia rotundifolia 'Yellow Torch'
U & V...
Urospermum dalechampii
Urospermum dalechampii
Valeriana officinalis, pure white form
Verbascum blattaria f. albiflorum
Verbascum creticum 'Cotswold King'
Verbascum phoeniceum 'rosetta'
Verbascum phoeniceum 'Violetta'
Verbena bonariensis
Verbena officinalis 'bampton'
verbena officinalis 'bampton'
Verbena rigida
Vernonia novoboracensis
veronica spicata blue
veronica spicata blue
W, X, Y & Z
Wallflower - Cheiranthus mutabilis
Wallflower - red
Wallflower - same red, when the flowers change to bronze

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