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
A terrific perennial strain with large, upright, robust flowers spray-painted in the most electric metallic blue. Has more substance than most other blue sea hollies. H5. 1L 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
One of our favourite foliage plants. Pollarded annually to keep the juvenile foliage this is the commonest but arguably the best gum for the garden. Left unpruned, 25m. H5. 2L pot. Read more
Herbaceous foliage plant, the bright green of its finely dissected leaves maintained May-autumn. Good with Lysimachia ciliata Firecracker. 1m. Tender. Perennial. H3. 10cm pot. Read more
The richest coloured hempagrimony, splendid with large purple flower heads (loved by butterflies), Aug.-Sept, and good when dying. Likes heavy, moist soil. For back of mixed border or pond-side. Perennial. 2m. H7. 1L pot. Read more
One of the most colourful spurges. The underneath growth is green, but the multi-coloured top foliage begins deep purple, red/orange reaching a crescendo of burgundy red in summer. Acid yellow bracts May-July. Herbaceous perennial. 30cm. H7. 1.5L pot. Read more
Deciduous spurge with hummocks of bright, greeny-yellow flowers, April-May and often again later. Perennial. 50cm. H6. 10cm pot. Read more
A compact spurge with large, bright acid lime green bracts early in the spring. More dramatic than the straight species. Good with forget-me-nots and rich coloured tulips. Robust and trouble free. 45cm. H6. 10cm pot. Read more
The shoot tips to the leaf rosettes of Ascot Rainbow are flushed coral-pink and carmine-red, the leaves have uneven yellow margins and the flowering stems and bracts have yellow mottling throughout, making this a divisive plant between friends. Love it or hate it, it certainly is a talking point. Evergreen making an impressive sub-shrub of great ornament all year round. Flowering early to late spring. Compact at 60cm. H4. 2L pot. Read more