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
Giant Chives. Beautiful and edible. Showy pink and mauve flower globes. May to autumn. 30cm. 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 with purplish blue, funnel-shaped flowers on stiff stems April-June. Bulbous perennial. 30cm. H3. 10cm pot. Read more
Our own celandine in which the usual cheerful yellow flowers look marvellous against rich purple foliage. Tuberous perennial. Will happily colonise a space. Summer dormant. 5cm. H7. 9cm pot. Read more
A pale form of the Hoop Petticoat which has naturalised very effectively under a large oak tree by the Horsepond at Dixter. A lovely, graceful, and charming bulb that could be used to under plant late growing perennials. Hardy. Perennial. March-April. 20cm. H7. 9cm 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
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
Sometimes called the Bride’s Onion or Naples Garlic, this little charming white Allium has been a favourite at Dixter for years. Only 30cm high with green grass-like leaves in late autumn and winter, the scented clusters of white stars form decorative umbels in late spring. A hardy perennial bulb that will naturalise if given the chance. perfect succession in a semi-shaded corner. H7. 9cm pot. Read more
A very useful onion with tennis ball-sized heads of mauve flowers held on strong upright stems. Perennial and will seed itself around. May-June. 1m. H7. 9cm pot. Read more