Obedient plant, also known as false dragonhead, is a fast-growing perennial that is easy to grow. It prefers full sun and well drained soil that is on the acidic side. Stunning pink flowers appear in summer and continue to autumn. . Flowers open from the bottom of the stalk and work upwards. Plants spread by seeds and rhizomes. I then mine out during my autumn tidy up. Height 1.5m.

Francoa sonchifolia is a delightful perennial from Chile. Spikes of soft pink flowers appear at the start of summer and continue until the start of autumn. Francoa is an evergreen with mounds of crinkled foliage that changes to red during winter. Grows best in mild climates (frost tolerant) in humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in sun or partial shade. Ideal for dry shade gardens and woodland gardens.

Eryngium yuccifolium is an evergreen perennial with luminous clusters of small, egg-shaped flowerheads, 2.5cm across, tightly packed with tiny greenish-white flowers. Leaves are sword-shaped, spiny-edged and blue-grey in colour. Excellent cut and dried flower offering a long vase life and unique vertical interest.

This is a compact, clump-forming perennial known for its charming deep ruby-red or maroon, button-like bottlebrush flowers, blooming from summer to autumn. Plants form low mounds of blue-green, crimped leaves each finely divided into oblong leaflets. Height 60cm.

Candelabra Primrose is a herbaceous perennial with attractive whorls of deep-pink to purple flowers with a yellow centre. There are up to eight whorls on a stem and they stand tall to 60cm. Plants form flat rosettes of light green, crinkly leaves to 20cm long. Flowering from late spring through summer. The flowers are attractive to butterflies and other insect pollinators.

This perennial plant has broad, grey felted, heart shaped leaves, that form a dense and weed suppressing groundcover. However when in flower during summer it will get to be a large plant around 1.5m high. A real statement in the garden. Grow in well-drained soil and in full sun. Frost and drought tolerant.

This plant self seeded in a different section of my garden to where I grow my Chocolate Lace Flower ('Dara' Daucus carota). This is its first year of flowering and producing seeds. So, I have no idea what the flowers will be like from these seeds. But I am hoping that by sending these seeds out into the world, we will be able to develop a new white variety.

This delicate annual adds a real punch of colour to gardens for several weeks. Grow these plants in full sun in well draining , humus rich soil.

Echinops bannaticus ‘Taplow Blue’ is the best of the taller globe flowers with spherical flower heads up to 7cm in diameter. These steel-blue buds open into large balls of powdery mauve-blue when in full flower.

Heleniums will bring warm colour to your garden from mid-summer into autumn. The daisy-like flowers resemble coneflowers, blanket flowers, and black-eyed Susan flowers. They are 5cm in diameter, with wedge-shaped bright yellow rays and dome-like, protruding center disks that are dull in color.

Arching flower wands swaying in the breeze, resemble a small fishing rod bending under the weight of a fairy's fish. An elegant perennial forming a clump of long, narrow, evergreen leaves, with tall, arching stems bearing nodding, bell-shaped, pink flowers.

An herbaceous perennial to around 1m tall with branched stems bearing lemon-scented, greyish-green, scallop-edged leaves. Small purple-spotted white flowers appear from summer into autumn. This is a very hardy plant that is both drought and frost tolerant.

Coreopsis, commonly known as Tickseed, is prized by many gardeners for its flowers' bright colors and ability to put up with most garden soils.

Monarda 'Donnerwolke' is a clump-forming perennial boasting masses of shaggy rich violet purple flowers that rest on a whorl of decorative bracts. Long flower period from mid summer to early autumn. Even after the petals have fallen, the seed heads can remain a feature into winter. The leaves are deep green and have a delicious mint fragrance and are used in teas.

A bulbous perennial from the Liliaceae (lily family). It is native to the Mediterranean area. Cuban lilies flower in late winter to early spring. They push up a cone shape flower head supported on a very thick flower stem. The flower head is made up of 50 or more small star shaped flowers.

Ixias are a hardy corm perennial that is well suited to the warmer climates. They have fine grassy foliage and masses of starry brightly coloured flowers with even brighter markings on tall arching stems. Their flowers come in a range of colours such as white, orange, red, purple / mauve and yellow blooms which have a dark center. Ixia flower late in Spring into early Summer.

Eryngium bourgatii - Sea Holly is an ornamental perennial native to the Pyrenees. It is a good blue variety forming a rounded mound of foliage. The metallic blue flowers start appearing from mid-summer until the end of autumn.

Delphinium (Delphinium grandiflorum) is a genus of about 300 species of annuals, biennials or perennials in the family Ranunculaceae. They are a favourite of cottage gardens. Their tall flowers are ideal for creating presence towards the back of garden beds or near fence lines. .

A bushy perennial to 90cm tall when in flower. During spring and early summer 70cm tall wands carry large deep mauve-blue flowers each with beautiful white lip markings.

A clump-forming herbaceous perennial sending up tall upright stems with green, lance-shaped foliage and numerous large, outward facing, pale blue or white bell-shaped flowers . Plants form a pyramidal shape with their tall stems. As plants grow up to 2m in height it will need support. Long flowering period during summer.