Tarragon. The popular culinary herb. Grey aromatic green leaves with insignificant small yellow flowers June-August. We offer the excellently flavoured French kind. 90cm. H6. 9cm pot. Read more
Large heads of spiky mauve flowers, May-June, which persist to summer’s end, gradually bleaching. Most cooperative mixed border Allium to interplant Japanese anemones and other late perennials; also among shrubs. Self-sows if allowed to ripen seed. 50cm. H7. 9cm pot. Read more
Rich, violet purple heads May-June. 60-80cm. H7. 9cm pot. Read more
Stemmy 2m but self-supporting hardy border perennial, invaluable for its long season. Heads of purple flow-ers. July-Nov. H4. 9cm pot. Read more
An old favourite of Christopher Lloyd’s, which continues to persist at the foot of our Blue Garden French Coffee Pots. A gem from the Spanish Pyrenees with broad loose clusters of large bright yellow starry flowers flushed with a hint of green. Petite but cheerful. Hardy. June. 20cm. H7. 9cm pot. Read more
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
The Snake’s Head Fritillary is the most charming of all bulbous perennials with thin wispy glaucous green leaves, and delicate stems holding dangling bell-shaped flowers in shades of creamy green to deep maroon. Each flower is animated with reptilian checkerboard markings. April-May. Moist soil. Naturalises. 40cm. H5. 9cm pot. Read more
One of the prettiest of all silver foliage perennial plants. Hummocks of finely dissected leaves. 30cm. H5. 10cm pot. Read more
Another cranesbill with greyblue flowers and white veining, June hrough to Aug. Lax growing habit so may need support or let it tumble through its neighbours. Hardy. 60cm. H7. 10cm pot. Read more
(Same as A. cupaniana). A vigorous, perennial loose mat of grey cut-leaves. Masses of showy white daisies, May-June. Good as carpet for late tulips. 30cm. H7. 10cm pot. Read more
Slender stems with rolled fine dark green leaves carry little drumsticks packed with green buds that open into rich burgundy flowers. Later than most, charming, and easy to use. 90cm. H7. 10cm pot. Read more
The most striking and useful in this group of hardy immortelles. Small white daisies in large heads, offset by grey foliage, outlined in silver. July-Oct. Perennial. 1m. H7. 10cm pot. Read more