I received a parcel of bare root plants from Shipton Bulbs earlier in the week as mentioned in my entry concerning Soloman's Seal. The others I ordered were Dame's Violet, Colombine, Jacob's Ladder and Valerian. 

 Shipton cultivate native species on a smallholding in Wales that are about as close as you can get to actual wildflowers. They send them out the old fashioned way i.e. bare root in spring or autumn. A bit of soil and wet newspaper around the roots is sufficient to keep them healthy during dispatch.

 I've been wanting to establish some Valerian after seeing a patch of it in flower at the South London Botanical Institute last year...