Miss Willmott’s Ghost. Large-headed biennial with silver grey ruff. A lovely thing. Summer. 1m. Dies after flowering but self-sows freely. H6. 9cm pot. Read more
A beautifully dainty looking hybrid cross that bears numerous fairy capped nodding yellow flowers revealing yellow anthers in April on bronze coloured stems. In early spring the glossy green leaves appear mottled as if someone has done a church rubbing with a maroon crayon to show up the green veins underneath. A good naturaliser. 35cm. H5. 10cm pot. Read more
Hardy perennial with upright and well-branched stems bearing lance-shaped leaves above basal foliage. Carries masses of lavender blue daisy-like flowers each with a golden yellow centre. Mildew resistant. Contrasts well with Rudbeckia Goldstrum. Fine winter skeleton. Aug-Sept. 80cm. H7. 10cm pot. Read more
A dark purplish leaved strain. The leaves emerge bright beetroot coloured in spring changing to green. Spikes of star-flowers topped by a ruff of green leaves July-Aug. Excellent as a successional bulb to robust narcissus, one taking over from the other. 70cm. 10cm pot. Read more
A delightful, spreading little herbaceous spurge with fine, dusky purple young foliage topped by limegreen flowers. The purple fades to green by summer. Excellent ground cover and full of life. May-June. Perennial. 20cm. H7. 10cm pot. Read more
Quite an incredible non-stop performer. Hundreds of small white daisies with a yellow eye produced from June to November. May need support. Short-lived perennial. Will self-seed freely. 1.5m. H7. 10cm pot. Read more
A wonderful dog’s tooth violet for providing interest even when not in flower with its heavily mottled brown green leaves. Reflexed nodding pink flowers; revealing a yellow throat haloed with white and purple tipped white anthers borne in April. Will happily naturalise in any fertile, moist but well-drained soil in part shade. Abundant at Dixter. Summer dormant. 10-15cm. H5. 10cm pot. Read more
An admirable colonizer of dry walls, this daisy opens white, changing to pink, and flowers all summer and autumn. Perennial. 25cm. H5. 10cm pot. Read more
An airy, erect herbaceous creeping perennial spurge with whorled, linear slender grey-green leaves. Umbels of tiny, acid yellow flowers surrounded by wholesome yellowgreen bracts July-Oct. Fills the gaps. Has a valuable place in naturalistic planting. 70cm. H5. 10cm pot. Read more
Shorter than many Echinacea with bold pure white rays drooping from a dramatic amber-yellow centre June- Sept. Fertile soil. 70cm. H5. 10cm pot. Read more
Deciduous with white flowers flushed pinky mauve appearing March to May. New foliage, the colour of sunrise, arrive at the same time. Free-flowering perennial. 30cm. H5. 10cm pot. Read more
Evergreen perennial thistle with green heart shaped leaves veined white, and metallic-blue spiky flower heads in late summer. 60cm. H4. 10cm pot. Read more