Collected: Our pick of rare plants

Think you know your foxgloves? See our pick of rare varieties of well-known plants.

Back in 2010, we ran a short series on rare cultivars of well-known plants called ‘Collector’s Item’. It was a big hit, surprising many readers who thought they knew their foxgloves and hellebores. Here are our favourites from that series - along with links to the full features, just so you can be surprised all over again.

Digitalis campanulata ‘Alba’, from The Botanic Nursery in Wiltshire - full feature here.

Slate grey blotched Helleborus x hybridus from Ashwood Nurseries - full feature here.

Snowdrop ‘Wendy’s Gold’ from the Cambo Estate - full feature here.

Clematis viticella ‘Hagelby Blue’ from Hawthornes Nursery in Lancashire - full feature here.

Passiflora ‘Anastasia’, from Myles Stewart Irvine’s collection - full feature here.

Apricot, pink and creamy yellow double Aquilegia vulgaris from Carrie Thomas’s National Collection - full feature here.

Magnolia ‘Solar Flair’ from the Caerhays Estate in Cornwall - full feature here.