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Shasta Daisy (Leucanthemum × superbum)
This is your classic daisy. It is a herbaceous perennial plant with the classic daisy appearance of white petals around a yellow centre. A robust, clump-forming plant with thick, narrow, dark green leaves. Flowers appears from early summer to autumn. Flowers are large, around 10cm across on sturdy stems.
Feb 101 min read
Salvia nemorosa 'Salvatore Blue'
This plant is perfect for creating a splash of colour in pots or in the garden. ‘Salvatore Blue’ is a compact bushy perennial with spikes of deep blue flowers held on striking dark stems in summer.
Feb 91 min read
Thalictrum aquilegifolium 'Alba'
Thalictrums would have to be one of the prettiest woodland plants. They grow in height from 20cm up to 2m. This perennial species typically grows 60 to 90cm tall and features lacy, fine-textured, bluish-green foliage that resembles those of a Columbine. From late spring to early summer the fuzzy white or mauve flowers appear.
Feb 91 min read
Astrantia (Burgundy) - Masterworts / Hattie's Pincushion
This perennial bears pincushion-like flowers in late spring and early summer. They come in shades of greenish-white, pink or maroon.
Feb 92 min read
Chocolate Lace Flower ('Dara' Daucus carota)
Chocolate Lace Flower ('Dara' Daucus carota) or Pink Queen Anne’s Lace is perfect for cottage, meadow and cut flower gardens. It is an annual plant carrying tall lacy umbels of the palest beige through pink and burgundy, growing between 40cm to 1.3m in height. These flowers will bring the pollinating insects to your garden.
Feb 72 min read
Teucrium hircanicum 'Purple Tails'
Teucrium hircanicum 'Purple Tails' is a very hardy plant that handles most soil conditions so long as they are well draining. It produces fragrant long, deep purple/magenta flower spikes that resemble tails during summer. The flowers are similar to those of Veronicas.
Feb 61 min read
Nigella damascena 'Miss Jekyll Alba' (Love-in-a-Mist)
This beautiful, delicate-looking flower with feathery blue-green leaves is an annual that grows to around 50cm. Both the flowers and seed pods are used in floral arrangements.
Feb 41 min read
Golden Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium 'Aureum')
Golden Feverfew is a cheerful, aromatic herb known for its feathery golden foliage and small, daisy-like yellow-and-white flowers. A short lived herbaceous perennial growing to 30cm. However, it will happily self seed..
Feb 31 min read
Libertia grandiflora (syn Libertia chilensis)
Native of New Zealand, this evergreen grassy perennial forms substantial clumps which reach over 90cm high and 120cm wide. In early summer, white, bowl-shaped flowers, 2-3cm across, are carried on erect stems and are followed by round seed pods in autumn. In bloom this plant is a sight to behold.
Feb 22 min read
Aster stracheyi - Purple-Eye Himalayan Aster
This is such a stunning plant when in flower. The flowers are large and an intense shade of mauve. Aster stracheyi is a rare low growing creeping deciduous perennial. Attracts bees, beneficial insects, birds and butterflies making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens.
Jan 311 min read
Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’
This is a compact rhizomatous evergreen perennial to 20cm tall (40cm in flower), with finely hairy, ovate, evergreen leaves and loose racemes of vivid blue flowers 7mm wide in spring. This charming plant is a native of Turkish woodlands.
Jan 291 min read
Agrostemma githago (Corncockle)
Agrostemma githago (Corncockle) is an annual wildflower that grows in meadows and is popular with cottage gardens. Flowers appear on top of tall stems (approx 60cm) so they appear to be floating. Flowers are around 4cm across. I grow mine through wire structures to support their stems. These plants require full sun and fertile moist well drained soil.
Jan 291 min read
Campanula persicifolia ‘Boule de Neige’
Campanula persicifolia is a graceful clump-forming perennial with tall stems adorned by cup-shaped flowers. ‘Boule de Neige’ is a rare peach-leaved bellflower that once took 18th-century English gardens by storm.
Jan 291 min read
Queen Anne's Lace (Ammi majus)
Queen Anne's Lace with its open and airy flowers make an excellent filler for floral arrangements.
Jan 271 min read
Papaver orientale 'Patty's Plum'
Papaver orientale 'Patty's Plum' - Large, ruffled, dusky purple flowers, blotched with black at the base of each petal. Flowers fade to lovely vintage shade with age.
Jan 232 min read
Papaver orientale 'Koenigin Alexandra'
Papaver orientale 'Koenigin Alexandra' has Intense salmon-pink flowers with dark, contrasting centers.
Jan 231 min read
Silene chalcedonica - Maltese Cross - White
Silene chalcedonica is an erect deciduous perennial that grows to around 1m. It has large umbels of bright white flowers that have petals in the shape of the Maltese Cross that bloom in the summer months.
Jan 231 min read
Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Beaujolais Bonnets'
A short-lived, clump-forming herbaceous perennial with feathery divided mid-green leaves. Throughout summer and early autumn it produces pincushion-shaped flowers that rise on thin stems above the foliage. These are darkest burgundy, with almost black centres and white stamens.
Jan 221 min read
Orchard Grass - Dactylis glomerat
I adore ornamental grasses in the garden and as a cat owner, it is natural that I would plant this one. However, this year I discovered the seed heads are excellent to use in floral work.
Jan 202 min read
Hollyhock (Dark Maroon) - Alcea ficifolia
This is no ordinary hollyhock! Alcea ficifolia is a hardy perennial unlike the common variety which is biennial.
Jan 201 min read
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