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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.

Tall growing Iris to 1.5m elegant flowers and attractive foliage. Well drained soil and full sun are best conditions. Leave undisturbed and allow to form large clumps for a great display.

These irises have a delicate beauty about them but they are very hardy and easy to grow. They are a clump forming perianal that grows between 60 and 90cm with a mature plant capable of producing many flower stems. Flowering starts in spring and continues to early summer.

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.

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.

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. .

The flowers of Phygelius 'Pink Puff' open on tall, upright stems summer to autumn. The blooms are a glorious, apricot pink and make good cut flowers. The leaves are dark green. Phygelius are ideal plants for borders they bring both height and colour to the garden. They are quick to establish and easy to care for.

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.

Crocosmias are perennial flowering plants known for displaying tubular flower spikes in orange-red, scarlet, and gold.

Watsonia thrive in full sun positions that are well drained. This variety grows to 1m and forms nice clumps. These are hardy plants and are easy to grow. They look impressive as border plants or dotted amongst shrubs.

This perennial bears pincushion-like flowers in late spring and early summer. They come in shades of greenish-white, pink or maroon.

Teucrium hircanicum is a very hardy perennial that handles most soil conditions so long as they are well draining. It produces upright, slender red-purple flower spikes similar to Veronica over a compact, bushy mound of foliage.