Baptisia ‘Dutch Chocolate’

Hardy upright herbaceous perennial with attractive blue-green foliage and reddish-brown pea like flowers May to June, followed by interesting black seed pods. Sun and well drained soil.

Fuchsia microphylla ‘Silver Lining’

Half hardy deciduous shrub with small silvery leaves on red stems and magenta tubular flowers followed by shiny black berries June to Oct. 90cm. Sun or part shade, moist free draining soil. Frost protection may be required in cold areas.

Fatsia japonica AGM

Hardy evergreen shrub with palmate leaves and umbels of white blossom Oct to Nov. 2.5m. Sun or part shade and moist well drained soil. Shelter. Pollinator friendly.

Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’ AGM

Hardy sub-shrubby evergreen perennial with grey green foliage and light purple flowers from late winter to summer. 75cm. Sun and well drained soil. Pollinator friendly.

Cistus x purpureus AGM

Hardy evergreen shrub with lance shaped dark green leaves and large vivid rosy magenta flowers with maroon spokes June to July. 1.5m. Full sun and well drained soil.

Cistus x platycephalus

Hardy compact evergreen shrub with neat slender green leaves and masses of small white flowers with a yellow eye in June. 1m. Full sun and well drained soil.

Cephalaria alpina AGM

Hardy clump forming perennial with pale yellow scabious like flowers in early summer. 1-2m. Sun or part shade and moist well drained soil. Pollinator friendly.

Calamagrostis brachytricha AGM

Hardy deciduous grass with soft green linear foliage ageing yellow in autumn. Purple tinged brown flower plumes on straight stems Aug to Nov. 1.2m. Sun or partial shade, moist free draining soil.

Boltonia asteroides var. latisquama ‘Snowbank’

Hardy herbaceous perennial with upright stems with grey-green narrow leaves and small white daisy flowers with yellow eyes Sept-Oct. 1.5m. Sun and well drained soil.

Boehmeria spicata

Hardy herbaceous perennial with serrated nettle like green leaves, deep red stems and small spikes of white flowers Aug to Sept. 1m. Sun or part shade and moist well drained soil.