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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 do not use any of these photos without my written permission, thank you).

​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).  I don't always have time to update this as often as I should but for all the latest photos and info please follow me on Instagram @kateseaflowers, or on my nursery Facebook page Seaflowers Nursery (you can also find the icon links to these on my homepage).

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, thank you.

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...
B...
Boltonia asteroides
Boltonia asteroides with Succisa pratensis
Boltonia asteroides var. latisquama
Boltonia hybrid deep pink
Boltonia hybrid deep pink
Boltonia 'Pink Fairy'
Borago pygmaea, dwarf borage
Bupleurum fruticosum
Bupleurum fruticosum
Bulbs and Corms...​
C...
Campanula primulifolia
Campanula primulifolia
Catananche caerulea 'Amor White'
Centaurea jacea
Centaurea macrocephala
Centaurea macrocephala (with a happy little honeybee)
Centaurea macrocephala flowerbud
Centaurea phrygia
Centaurea phrygia in bud
Centaurea phrygia
Centaurea scabiosa
Chaerophyllum hirsutum roseum
Chrysanthemum apricot-pink
Chrysanthemum 'Mothers Day'
Chrysanthemum 'Red Flare'
D...
Daucus carota Purple Kisses
Daucus carota 'Purple Kisses'
Daucus carota, from Purple Kisses mix
Delphinium requienii
Delphinium requienii
Dianthus carthusianorum
Dianthus carthusianorum
Dianthus knappii 'Yellow Harmony'
Dianthus knappii 'Yellow Harmony'
Digitalis grandiflora (syn. D. ambigua)
Digitalis laevigata
Digitalis laevigata
Digitalis lanata 'Cafe Creme'
Digitalis lutea
Digitalis mertonensis, strawberry foxglove
Digitalis mertonensis, strawberry foxglove
Digitalis purpurea 'Sutton's Apricot'
Digitalis ex. 'Sahara'
Digitalis ex. 'Sahara'
Digitalis trojana, probably
Digitalis trojana, probably
E...
Echinacea dwarf red
Echinacea 'Green Twister'
Echinacea 'Green Twister'
Echinacea pallida
Echinacea pallida 'Hula Dancer'
Echinacea paradoxa
Echinacea paradoxa
Echinacea purpurea
Echinacea purpurea soft rose pink
Echinacea purpurea with wool carder bee
Echinacea purpurea seed head
Epilobium canum ssp. canum
Epimedium grandiflorum 'Rose Queen'
Epimedium niveum
Erigeron glaucus
Eriocephalus africanus, African rosemary
Eriocephalus africanus, African rosemary
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Eriogonum giganteum
Eriogonum giganteum - close-up
Eriogonum giganteum, St. Catherine's Lace
Eriogonum giganteum dried flowerhead
Eryngium pandanifolium
Eryngium pandanifolium
Eryngium pandanifolium
Euphorbia characias 'Black Pearl'
Euphorbia characias 'Black Pearl'
Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii
Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii
Euphorbia mellifera
Euphorbia mellifera
Euphorbia myrsinites
Euphorbia myrsinites
Euphorbia pithyusa
Euphorbia pithyusa
Euphorbia schillingii
Euphorbia schillingii
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'
Geum triflorum flowers
Geum triflorum seedhead
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 'lemon queen'
heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra 'bleeding hearts'
heliopsis 'bleeding hearts' in the garden
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...
Kalanchoe
Kalanchoe
Knautia macedonica 'Red Cherries'
kniphofia yellow, autumn/winter flowering
Kniphofia orange hybrid, summer flowering
Kniphofia orange hybrid, summer flowering
Kniphofia pauciflora
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'
lunaria annua 'chedglow, purple leaf honesty
Lunaria annua 'chedglow', purple-leaf honesty
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 'dorothy'
penstemon 'stapleford gem'
penstemon 'stapleford gem'
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'
phlox maculata 'omega'
phlox paniculata 'alba grandiflora'
phlox paniculata possibly 'flame purple eye'
phlox paniculata possibly 'flame purple eye'
phlox paniculata, large white with pink eye
Phlox paniculata 'argosy'
phlox paniculata 'argosy'
Phlox paniculata, pink with darker eye
phlox paniculata 'mother of pearl'
phlox paniculata 'starfire'
pulsatilla vulgaris 'papageno'
Plecostachyus serpyllifolia
Plecostachyus serpyllifolia
R...
Ranunculus cortusifolius
Ranunculus cortusifolius
Reineckia carnea
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'
rudbeckia hirta 'Sahara'
rudbeckia hirta 'Sahara'
rudbeckia hirta 'Sahara'
rudbeckia hirta 'Sahara'
rudbeckia hirta 'Sahara'
rudbeckia laciniata
Salvia
Salvia 'African Sky'
Salvia 'African Sky'
Salvia algeriensis
Salvia algeriensis
Salvia algeriensis
Salvia 'Amore'
salvia amplexicaulis
Salvia amplexicaulis
salvia apiana flowers, white sage
Salvia argentea foliage
Salvia argentea in flower
Salvia argentea
Salvia aurea 'Kirstenbosch'
Salvia aurea 'Kirstenbosch'
Salvia aurea 'Kirstenbosch' bracts
Salvia 'Black Knight'
Salvia 'Bluebird'
Salvia 'Bluebird' close up
salvia broussonetii, foliage
salvia broussonetii, flowers
salvia buchananii
Salvia canariensis var. alba
Salvia canariensis var. candidissima
salvia canariensis var. candidissima, foliage
Salvia chamelaeagnea
Salvia coccinea tall form
Salvia confertiflora
Salvia confertiflora 'papagaio'
salvia confertiflora 'papagaio'
salvia confertiflora 'papagaio' foliage
Salvia 'Costa Rica Blue'
salvia discolor
Salvia discolor
Salvia elegans, pineapple sage
Salvia gesneriiflora compact form
salvia gesneriiflora compact form
salvia glutinosa, jupiter's distaff
Salvia greggii 'Blue Note'
Salvia greggii 'Blue Note', more violet in brighter light
salvia 'hot pink lips'
Salvia 'hot pink lips'
salvia 'indigo spires'
Salvia 'Indigo Spires' close up
Salvia involucrata 'Bethellii'
Salvia involucrata 'Boutin' seedling
salvia involucrata dark form, late flowering
Salvia involucrata 'Pink Icicles'
Salvia involucrata ssp. puberula 'El Butano' foliage
Salvia involucrata ssp puberula 'El Butano'
Salvia iodantha
Salvia iodantha
Salvia iodantha 'Compacta'
Salvia x jamensis 'Nachtvlinder'
Salvia jurisicii pink form
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 leucantha 'Santa Barbara'
Salvia macrophylla flowers
Salvia macrophylla foliage
Salvia 'So Cool Violet' (front) with Salvia 'Mainacht' (back)
Salvia 'Mainacht'
Salvia 'Marshwood Peach'
Salvia x jamensis 'Marshwood Salmon'
Salvia mexicana 'lolita'
Salvia mexicana 'lolita'
salvia mexicana 'Lolita'
Salvia mexicana 'Limelight' (left) vs. S. m. 'Lolita' (right)
Salvia mexicana 'Lollipop' (dwarf variety)
Salvia mexicana var. minor
Salvia mexicana var. minor
salvia miltiorrhiza, dark form
salvia miltiorrhiza, pale form
Salvia miniata
salvia 'mulberry jam'
Salvia nemorosa 'Blue Hills'
Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' (with Penstemon 'Stapleford Gem'
salvia nemorosa 'rose queen'
Salvia nemorosa 'Salvatore Blue'
salvia nutans
salvia nutans
salvia patens 'chilcombe'
salvia patens 'guanajuato'
salvia patens 'guanajuato' close-up
Salvia pratensis 'Madeline'
salvia pratensis 'sky dancer'
salvia pratensis 'swan lake'
salvia pratensis 'twilight serenade'
salvia przewalskii
Salvia regla
salvia regla
Salvia reptans, West Texas form
Salvia reptans, West Texas form
salvia 'royal bumble'
Salvia rubescens, closeup
Salvia rubescens
Salvia sagittata
Salvia sagittata - closeup
Salvia sagittata
Salvia - Seaflowers Red
salvia hybrid 'seaflowers red'
Salvia semiatrata
Salvia serboana
Salvia serboana
salvia sinaloensis 'aztec blue'
Salvia 'Shangri-La' (S. moorcroftiana x S. indica)
salvia spathacea
Salvia 'Southern Belle'
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 bicolor
Salvia virgata bicolor
Salvia 'Waverly'
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 columbaria
Scutellaria baicalensis
sedum telephium 'munstead red'
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'
Succisa pratensis, devil's bit scabious
Succisa pratensis
T...
Thalictrum aquilegifolium 'Purpureum' new flowers
Thalictrum aquilegifolium older flowers
U & V...
Urospermum dalechampii
Urospermum dalechampii
Verbascum blattaria f. albiflorum
Verbascum phoeniceum 'rosetta'
Verbascum phoeniceum 'Violetta'
Verbena bonariensis
Verbena bonariensis
Verbena hastata 'Blue Spires'
Verbena officinalis 'Bampton'
Verbena officinalis 'bampton'
Verbena rigida
Vernonia novoboracensis
Vernonia arkansana seed heads
Viola corsica
Verbascum arcturus
W, X, Y & Z
Wallflower - Cheiranthus mutabilis
Wallflower - red
Wallflower - same red, when the flowers change to bronze
Wallflower, dwarf orange

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