Fairly low deciduous shrub with arching branches. Flowers bowl shaped, white inside, rosy purple without. Charming and fresh. May. 1.5m. H5. 1.5L pot. Read more
The Carthusian Pink was one of Christo’s favourites with tall slender arching stems and small, single magenta flowers. Often tried (and failed) to naturalise it in our meadows. Perennial. 30-40cm. H7. 10cm pot. Read more
The Feld Pink was cleverly used by Cleve West in his Chelsea Best in Show Garden. Clusters of bright blood red flowers are produced on slender stems in June and July. Adds a spark to a paler palette. Perennial. 70cm. H7. 10cm pot. Read more
A sweet, creeping pink forming a mat of green foliage from which rise several small single rich magenta-red flowers. Perennial. 45cm. H6. 10cm pot. Read more
The most unusual of pinks. A strong green rosette gives rise to sturdy stems with simple linear leaves, ending in clusters of buds that open into single pale yellow flowers produced over a long period in mid-summer. Perennial. 30-45cm. H5. 10cm pot. Read more
Angel’s Fishing Rods. Arching racemes of pink or magenta funnels on tough, wiry stems. Our own seedlings. July. Perennial. 1.5m. H4. 9cm pot. Read more
The Rusty Foxglove is a short-lived perennial making deep green glossy rosettes of foliage that throw up impressive spires of upright stems decorated in small tubular apricot brown flowers – each delicately veined on the inside. Flowers June to July. Best in sun or light shade. Hardy. 1.5m. H6. 10cm pot. Read more
A small short-lived perennial, foxglove with bright glossy basal leaves and delicate spires of pale yellow tubular flowers June-July. Ideally prefers part shade and well drained moist soil that is not water logged. 60cm. H6. 10cm pot. Read more
The Small Flowered Foxglove is also short-lived as a perennial again with a rosette of linear dark green leaves giving rise to a dense community of slender upright stems each packed with columns of chocolate yellow tubular flowers that are mesmerising when inspected close. Flowers in June. Hardy. 60cm. H5. 10cm pot. Read more
A dubious name but nonetheless an extraordinary perennial umbel collected by Mat Reese in Eastern Turkey. Large finely divided tri-pinnate leaves with pointed leaflets, arching out to form an umbrella of foliage from which rise stems as thick as scaffold poles carrying lacy, acid green flowers the size of bicycle wheels. These sit flat like plates making a most architectural plant. Hardy. Perennial. June. 2m. H7. 2L deep pot. Read more
Deciduous male-fern with strikingly redflushed young fronds produced in succession and contrasting with the green of maturer fronds. Moisture. Not too much shade. Height variable. H4. 1L pot. Read more