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Mazus reptans (Chinese marshflower)

A wonderful, although rarely seen, very low growing creeping perennial. Happy in very wet soil and average soil. Beautiful flowers from late spring right through summer and forms a dense matt of bright green tough foliage. Is beginning to be used as a...
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Melianthus major (Great Honey Flower)

An exotic-looking large evergreen perennial with spectacular, grey-green leaves with deeply serrated edges. Tall tubular, red-brown flowers throughout summer. It makes a dramatic statement in a sunny, sheltered border or exotic garden scheme. Very...
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Melica transsilvanica 'Red Spire'

An excellent specimen grass which will grow up to 6' tall. Long, satiny spires of red plumes appear in early summer, above foliage which emerges light green, turning bronze with age. Excellent at the back of a border, with other grasses, or as a...
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Mentha 'Blackcurrant ' (Blackcurrant Mint)

This mint has a delicate scent of minty blackcurrant. Use in desserts, drinks, garnishes, red meat & game dishes, salads. Creamy-white flowers in late summer. Height: 45cm Common name(s): Blackcurrant Mint
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Mentha arvensis 'Banana' (Banana Mint)

The foliage of this mint have the unmistakable smell of banana. The leaves make a fun addition to iced drinks and summer deserts. Mauve flowers in late summer. Compact growth make it perfect for the herb garden or large container by the kitchen door...
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Mentha piperita 'After Eight Mint' (Chocolate Mint)

A strongly flavoured mint with dark foliage and a delicious scent exactly like After Eight Mints. Use for teas, iced drinks and garnishing sweet dishes. Attractive mauve flowers in late summer. Height: 45cm All flavoured mints smell first of mint,...
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Mentha spicata ‘Hemingway Mojito’ (Hemingway's Mint)

According to legend, Ernest Hemingway’s favourite drink was the Mojito, which he drank often at La Bodeguita del Medio, in Havana, Cuba. This is the mint that was purportedly used by the bar to make those Mojitos. Has a very good spearmint flavour...
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Mentha x gracilis 'Ginger' (Ginger Mint)

This mint has ginger/apple flavour and often has golden stripes/markings on its foliage. A hybrid from Mentha arvensis (Field or Corn Mint)and Mentha spicata (Spearmint). Use for teas, iced drinks and garnishing sweet dishes. Attractive mauve...
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Mentha x piperita f. citrata 'Basil' (Basil Mint)

Believe it or not this mint tastes and smells of basil (albeit a minty-basil). Most unusual. Use in drinks and savoury dishes. Excellent for pesto. Can be dried. Pale purple flowers in summer. All flavoured mints smell first of mint, with the...
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Mentha x piperita f. citrata 'Grapefruit' (Grapefruit Mint)

Deeply veined, vigorous foliage with a sharp, wonderful scent of minty grapefruit. Use in drinks and sweet dishes. Attractive purple flower spikes in summer. Height: 60cm All flavoured mints smell first of mint, with the flavour being the secondary...
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Mentha x piperita f.citrata 'Eau De Cologne' (Eau De Cologne Mint)

The scent of Eau de Cologne. Can be used in cooking (very good with potatoes) but is also a very good fly deterrent when grown in a pot on a windowsill or even a patio table. Also said to deter rats! Pink spires of flowers from July to...
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Mentha x piperita f.citrata 'Lime' (Lime Mint)

Probably our favourite mint. The leaves of this mint smell and taste strongly of lime (with a minty twist) and make a wonderful tea, or can be added to iced drinks. Also useful in fish and chicken dishes. Spikes of attractive purple flowers in summer...
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Mimulus 'Orange Glow' (Monkey flower)

Lovely orange flowers all summer long above compact, neat foliage, this plant is great for a rockery (provided it's not too dry), front of border or pond edge. This is one of the older varieties of Mimulus which has stood the test of time and is robust...
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Mimulus cupreus 'Whitecroft Scarlet' (Monkey flower)

Awarded the RHS Award for Garden Merit and it certainly is a 'dooer'. With red flowers all summer long above compact, neat foliage, this plant is great for a rockery (provided it's not too dry), front of border or pond edge. Happy in sun or shade as...
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Mimulus lutea (Monkey flower)

This mimulus will grow in very wet soil, including pond margins, but is also happy in any soil which doesn't get too dry. Typical Monkey Musk flowers throughout much of summer, yellow with occasional red 'blood-spots'. Will self seed and spread gently...
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Mimulus naiandinus (Chilean monkey flower)

Rarely seen in the UK, this lovely mimulus makes large clumps of hairy, sparsely-toothed, pale to mid-green leaves, above which open most unusually-coloured trumpet-shaped flowers. White to cream-coloured flowers are overlaid with a pink to purple flush,...
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Monarda 'Cambridge Scarlet' (Bergamot)

Large bright scarlet flowers look perfect in a cottage garden situation. Monardas are from North America in the 16th Century and are named after Nicholas Monardes, a Spaniard who discovered it. The whole plant smells of bergamot, the fragrance of Earl...
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Monarda 'Croftway Pink' (Bergamot)

A beautiful old variety of Monarda with masses of rose pink flowers from July to September. Perfect for attracting bees all summer long into autumn. Monardas are from North America in the 16th Century and are named after Nicholas Monardes, a Spaniard...
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Monarda 'Fishes' (Bergamot)

'Fishes' produces delicate, pale pink, tufty flower-heads on strong, straight stems with spear-shaped, fresh green leaves, their fragrance reminiscent of earl grey tea. Perfect for attracting bees all summer long into autumn, it is a mildew resistant...
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Monarda 'Westacre Purple' (Bergamot)

Different from other Monarda, this variety has beautiful strong purple flowers surrounded by purple bracts. Named after West Acre Gardens in Norfolk. Monardas are from North America in the 16th Century and are named after Nicholas Monardes, a Spaniard...
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Myrrhis odorata (Sweet Cicely)

A British native and a graceful plant with finely cut ferny leaves and broad flat heads of white flowers in late spring and early summer. The leaves and seeds are aniseed-scented. Traditionally grown near the kitchen door, where its prettily divided...
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Narcissus 'Minnow (Dwarf Daffodil)

A short daffodil with 2-3 flowers per stem in March and April. Known for increasing rapidly, it's an excellent daffodil for containers, rockeries or lawns and has been awarded the RHS Award for Garden Merit. The flowers are attractive to bees and other...
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Narcissus 'Mount Hood' (Heritage Daffodil)

A heritage daffodil dating from 1938. Pure white blooms which look fantastic in the garden and are excellent for cutting. The flowers are attractive to bees and other pollinators. Grow in well-drained soil or in containers, in a sunny spot. Naturalises...
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Narcissus 'Tete-a-Tete' (Dwarf Daffodil)

A dwarf daffodil which was raised soon after WW2 and has been very popular ever since. Very short when first in flower, extending in stem length as it matures. Long lasting in cool conditions. Deep golden yellow and often multi-headed. The flowers...
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Narcissus poeticus (Pheasant's Eye Daffodil)

A very useful late-flowering daffodil which generally flowers when the other varieties have finished, in April and May. The flowers are attractive to bees and other pollinators. Grow in well-drained soil or in containers, in a sunny spot. Height and...
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Native British Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) - eight in-the-green bulbs

Also available as potted bulbs here. Not to be confused with the more widely offered Spanish Bluebell (which quickly become a weed in gardens and a menace in the wild), this is the exquisite true British Native Bluebell. Bluebells appear in ancient...
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Native British Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) - Potted

This is the true British Native Bluebell, not to be confused with the more widely offered Spanish Bluebell (which quickly become a weed in gardens and a menace in the wild). Bluebells appear in ancient woodlands and along woodland edges in April and May...
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Native Primula Collection (Primrose, Cowslip & Oxslip)

ONE EACH OF OUR NATIVE PERENNIAL PRIMROSE, COWSLIP AND OXLIP PLANTS. EACH IN A 9x10cm POT. Primrose The true Primrose. Not to be confused with the cultivated varieties of primrose available, this is the native version found in hedgerows and woods...
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Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant' (Catmint)

Catmints add a lovely, soft, floppy, gentle touch to cottage gardens. Nepeta gigantea 'Six Hills Giant' has grey-green foliage, which is covered all summer in masses of short spikes of lavender-like flowers which attract lots of bees. Once...
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Nepeta govaniana

This variety is not often seen but deserves to be better known, this creamy yellow catmint is tidy and graceful. Flowers all summer. Syn: Dracocephalum Virginianum. Attractive to bees. Height: 60cm Common name(s): Catmint.
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Nepeta nervosa 'Blue Moon'

A lovely compact Nepeta, shorter than many, with a long flowering season. Large lavender-blue spikes of flowers. Happy in most soils in a sunny spot although it will tolerate light shade too. Beloved by bees and butterflies. Height: 30cm Common...
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Nepeta nuda

A different and very upright form of Catmint, bearing attractive flowers of a rich violet-blue colour. Good for cutting. Attractive to bees. Goes well in a traditional cottage garden scheme, or with grasses or Asters etc. Height: 1m (but...
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Nepeta nuda subsp. albiflora

A nice, upright catmint with masses of small white flowers all summer long. Attractive to bees. Goes well in a traditional cottage garden scheme, or with grasses or Asters etc. Height and spread; 1m x 50cm Common name(s): Catmint
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Nepeta racemosa 'Little Titch'

Probably the smallest Nepeta. A lovely low growing, compact plant with blue, white lipped flowers and aromatic foliage. Height: 15cm Common name(s): Catmint
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Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low' (Catmint)

Walker's Low' has attractive colouring, the flowers being quite a deep blue-mauve, the leaves silvery and aromatic, and the stems dark. Comes into flower in early summer, and will continue into autumn if flushes are deadheaded. It is variable in habit...
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Nepeta racemosa alba (White Catmint)

A wonderful white catmint which flowers pretty much all summer long. Compact and neat and tidy, it doesn't too get straggly like some. Likes a well-drained soil in full sun. Fully hardy unlike some catmints. Height: 30cm Common name(s):...
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Oenothera 'Apricot Delight' (Evening Primrose)

A beautiful, back-of-the-border plant with large saucers of blooms that open yellow then slowly change colour through apricot to pink as they age. The flowers are very fragrant in the evening, hence the common name of Evening Primrose. Flowers in June,...
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Oenothera macrocarpa (Ozark sundrops)

These short plants have narrow leaves with a satiny sheen and large lemon-yellow flowers throughout the summer. Flowers open in the morning and evening but close in bright sunlight. Plant in light shade if you don't want the flowers to close during the...
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Onobrychis viciifolia (Sainfoin)

A British native meadow wildflower which is one of the best nectar and pollen providers for Short and Long-tongued Bumblebees, Honeybees and Solitary Bees. The nectar is secreted exceptionally freely and is considered one of the highest yielding...
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Origanum vulgare 'Aureum' (Golden Marjorum)

The golden-leaved form of the British native Marjorum. The deliciously aromatic leaves have been used as a culinary herb for centuries, and the bright young shoots of the golden Marjorum are very attractive. Turns gradually green over the summer so cut...
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Origanum vulgare 'Country Cream' (Variegated Marjorum)

A striking dwarf form of marjorum with rounded leaves, edged with a broad pale cream band. Plant in a herb bed, border or container. The deliciously aromatic leaves of marjorum have been used as a culinary herb for centuries. Height and spread: 10cm x...
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Ornithogalum nutans (Nodding star of Bethlehem)

A tough and easy spring-flowering bulbous plant which naturalises well. Very pretty soft silvery grey-green flowers in May, bluebell-like in stature. Sweetly scented. Originally from Bulgaria and SW Turkey. Good for cutting and lasts very well in a...
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Orthrosanthus multiflorus

A most surprising plant which looks like many other grasses until it flowers, when it is adorned with the most beautiful cornflower blue open flowers in late spring and early summer. Can be grown in pots and containers or in the border. Native to...
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Osteospermum 'Sennen Sunrise'

This is a hardy variety, sporting upright foliage with glossy green leaves which produces exquisite blushing, hazy pink to almost white flowers. The dark indigo eye is accentuated with a halo of golden pollen. Shorter than some Osteospermums, making it...
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Osteospermum 'Shire Pink' (African Daisy)

This hardy African Daisy has been growing in our garden for many years and we have now propagated it and given it a name. It has come through many winters, including the 'Beast from the East' 2017/18 winter so appears to be fully hardy. It has very pale...
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Osteospermum 'Weetwood'

Pure white open blooms. Loved by bees and butterflies. Flowers are freely produced throughout the summer months. A hardy osteospurmum, provided it's in a sheltered spot in well drained soil. Weetwood has been given the Award of Garden Merit...
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Osteospermum jucundum (African Daisy)

A hardy Cape Marigold, provided it's in a sheltered spot. Nice dark pink open blooms. Loved by bees and butterflies. Flowers are freely produced throughout the summer months. These wonderful plants provide a splash of colour over a long season. They...
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Oxalis triangularis (Purpleleaf False Shamrock)

Large, clover-like purple leaves and lovely white flowers make this a very popular plant. Sometimes grown as a houseplant, it also does well in the garden, in the ground or in a container. Oxalis triangularis—often called the false shamrock, since...
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Ozothamnus 'County Park Silver'

Syn. Helichrysum. A rarely offered evergreen alpine with stunning silver foliage. Fantastic plant which forms a slowly spreading matt of sliver foliage. It rarely flowers, but this is really grown for the evergreen, bright silver foliage. Good drought...
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Pachysandra terminalis

An invaluable plant for dry shade where little else will grow. Forms a good evergreen ground-cover of attractive glossy-green leaves with small white scented flowers in spring. Said to need acidic soil, but we have found it quite happy in our neutral PH...
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Pachysandra terminalis 'Variegata'

The variegated version of the Japanese spurge. The leaves are edged with cream. An invaluable plant for dry shade. Forms a good evergreen ground-cover of attractive glossy-green leaves with small white scented flowers in spring. Said to need acidic soil,...
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Papaver orientale 'Beauty of Livermere'

Large, pillar-box red flowers splashed with black. Large leafy green foliage. Flowers in early summer. Cut back after flowering. May produce a second flush of flowers in late summer. For best results, grow in well-drained soil in full sun...
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Papaver orientale 'Choir Boy' (syn: 'Royal Wedding')

Beautiful huge, white tissue-paper petals, deepening black eyes. Papaver orientale was brought from Armenia in 1714. The broad, slightly hoary, deeply cut leaves form luxuriant clumps of foliage and, in May and June, they produce huge flowers with...
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Papaver orientale 'Patty's Plum'

‘Patty’s Plum’ has large, blousy black-purple blooms, on strong stems. For best results, grow in well-drained soil in full sun. Papaver orientale was brought from Armenia in 1714. The broad, slightly hoary, deeply cut leaves form...
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Papaver rupifragum

A lovely perennial poppy that is useful for introducing orange to the border. Produces many bowl-shaped, light orange, single and semi-double flowers up to 8cm across. May self-seed. Papaver rupifragum will grow in almost any soil in a sunny position,...
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Parahebe catarractae 'Avalanche'

A wonderful compact shrub, which is mat-forming and can be used as ground cover or a stand-alone specimen in a bed or border, rockery or container. Waxy, green foliage. Taller than other Parahebe. Evergreen in most winters. An 'avalanche' of white...
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Parahebe catarractae 'Porlock'

A wonderful compact shrub, which is mat-forming and can be used as ground cover or a stand-alone specimen in a bed or border, rockery or container. Waxy, green foliage. Covered in small lavender blue flowers from May to September. Evergreen in most...
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Penstemon 'Alice Hindley'

A popular penstemon with large showy purple-blue flowers from mid-summer well into autumn. Equally at home in traditional cottage garden or contemporary displays, an ideal plant for the middle of the border. Border Penstemons are happy in...
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Penstemon 'Apple Blossom'

A very attractive penstemon, for the border and containers. Tall stems carry slender soft pink flowers all the way up with slender, mid-green leaves. Flowers from mid-summer well into autumn. Equally at home in traditional cottage garden or...
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Penstemon 'Blackbird'

A very long flowering border Penstemon with elegant and slender dark purple flowers. Flowers from mid-summer well into autumn. Equally at home in traditional cottage garden or contemporary displays, an ideal plant for the middle of the border...
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Penstemon 'Garnet' (Andenken an Friedrich Hahn')

A beautiful Penstemon with deep wine-red, bell-shaped flowers which fill the upright stems above a clump of narrow-leaved foliage. A vigorous grower which makes quite an impact in perennial gardens and exotic, hot coloured borders, and like all...
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Penstemon 'Hidcote Pink'

A lovely Penstemon with rose-pink flowers, streaked with purple on the creamy-white throat. It seems to flower all summer and into autumn. Equally at home in traditional cottage garden or contemporary displays, an ideal plant for the middle of the...
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Penstemon 'King George V'

A tall Penstemon with spikes of large, bright scarlet-red tubular blooms with maroon-streaked white throats. Equally at home in traditional cottage garden or contemporary displays, an ideal plant for the middle of the border. Border Penstemons...
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Penstemon 'Raven'

Sumptuous dark purple flowers with white throats between June and October. Penstemon ‘Raven’ has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s prestigious Award of Garden Merit (AGM). Equally at home in traditional cottage...
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Penstemon 'Snowstorm'

Large pristine white flowers with dark anthers. Free and long flowering. Flowers may be tinged with pink at certain times of the year. Equally at home in traditional cottage garden or contemporary displays, an ideal plant for the middle of the border...
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Penstemon 'Sour Grapes' (True Sour Grapes)

A tall and vigorous border penstemon with flowers of soft purple for a long period in summer and autumn. Thought to have been introduced by Margery Fish. This is the rare, correct 'Sour Grapes'. Many nurseries wrongly sell as 'Stapleford Gem' as Sour...
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Penstemon 'Stapleford Gem'

One of the best border Penstemons. A smoky mixture of pink and blue with an almost metallic silver sheen on the back of the purple-streaked slender trumpets over much of the summer and into autumn. This plant is wrongly sold as 'Sour Grapes' by many...
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Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red'

Clustered heads of green buds opening to white flowers contrast well with foliage stained beetroot purple. Young foliage starts out very purple, turning greener with age. Equally at home in traditional cottage garden or contemporary displays, an...
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Penstemon glaber

A wonderful, short lilac-blue penstemon that flowers from May to October. Penstemons really are fantastic plants for any garden. They don't seem to suffer from any pest or disease and even the slugs avoid them. On top of that, they flower for...
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Penstemon heterophyllus 'Heavenly Blue'

A woody Penstemon which forms a low mound absolutely smothered in flowers throughout summer. The flower colour is predominantly blue, but overlaid with tints of pink and can occasionally be shades of purple and pink. Ideal for front of border or rockery...
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Penstemon pinifolius

Fiery red flowers above neat foliage make this a most desirable alpine. Ideal for rockeries, gravel gardens and pots. Height: 20cm Penstemons can be divided into roughly two types. Border hybrids, which grow to between 60 and 80cm and are very...
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Penstemon pinifolius 'Mersea Yellow'

The yellow version of the more usual red flowered Penstemon. The foliage is a lighter green too. Ideal for rockeries, gravel gardens and pots. Height: 20cm Penstemons can be divided into roughly two types. Border hybrids, which grow to between 60 and...
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Penstemon strictus (The Rocky Mountain Penstemon)

From North America, where it tends to grow among the rocks on mountain-sides and light woodland areas. This is a slowly spreading, upright Penstemon, with lovely purple-blue flowers in late summer and autumn. Ideal for front of border or rockery...
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Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Zephyr Blue' (Russian Sage)

A compact and tidy form of Russian Sage, making it ideal for smaller spaces and containers. Soft blue flowers are held above fine foliage all Summer long. A tough and drought tolerant sub-shrub that is also a magnet for pollinators. Height and...
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Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Golden Arrow

Lance shaped golden-green foliage which brightens up a shady spot. Nice pinky-red spikes stand tall above the leaves from mid-summer to autumn. Will tolerate full sun but looks better in light shade. Forms a good sized clump. Height and spread: 60cm x...
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Persicaria amplexicaulis 'White Eastfield'

A useful plant with spikes of many tiny pure-white flowers which weave slightly as they extend. Good as a stand-alone border plant or planted as ground cover. Happy in most soil conditions, from fairly dry to very wet. Flowers from July into...
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Persicaria campanulata

An excellent ground cover, which will smother weeds quite happily. Attractive, deeply veined leaves with paler undersides and clusters of small pink bell flowers from July to September. Good for cutting. Tall branching stems are a mass of pink...
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Persicaria microcephala 'Red Dragon'

A lovely plant, grown for its foliage rather than its flowers, which are insignificant. 'Red Dragon' is distinguished by having red stems and leaves which emerge purple-brown, turning silver-purple, and finally green with maturity. Good as a...
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Persicaria runcinata 'Purple Fantasy'

A fantastic semi-evergreen perennial, grown predominantly for its patterned leaves, although it does have small white flowers flushed with pink. Mint green leaves with bold silver and burgundy chevrons, the whole leaf will turn bright red with cold...
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Persicaria virginiana 'Painter's Palette'

A striking plant with most unusual markings on the leaves. Each leaf is splashed variously with pink, cream, black and red, just like a painter's palette. A real talking point. Beautiful when massed as a groundcover, used as a specimen plant, or...
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Petasites frigidus var. palmatus (Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot)

An interesting and rarely seen plant. Unusual pale-pink drumstick flower spikes appear in very early spring. Large, jagged umbrella shaped leaves provide interest for the summer. Leaves yellow-ish green, being more yellow with more sunlight. Grow...
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Peucedanum ostruthium 'Daphnis'

An excellent ground cover plant with green, gold and cream variegated foliage and large creamy-white flower heads which are held high above the foliage. Forms a large clump of brightly variegated foliage with flowers in June and July. Happy in full sun...
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Philadelphus x lemoinei 'Manteau d'Ermine' (Hermione's Coat)

An upright compact shrub which is covered in clusters of heavily fragranced, creamy-white double flowers in mid-summer. Introduced to this country from France, by Victor Lemoine in the early 20th century. Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit, it is...
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Phlox maculata 'Omega'

Long lasting, very fragrant, single, flat pure white flowers with a lilac eye on tall, upright stems. July to September. Resistant to mildew Common name(s): Meadow phlox Phlox maculata was introduced in 1640, from Eastern North America,...
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Phlox paniculata 'Blue Paradise'

Beautiful mauve-blue flowers with a gorgeous scent. Very attractive to bees and butterflies. Flowers from July right though summer and sometimes into October. Makes a good sized clump. Height and spread: 90cm x 75cm Common name(s): Border phlox Phlox...
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Phlox paniculata 'David'

Beautiful balanced heads of ivory-white scented flowers flower for a long period, from August to October. Dark green foliage. Makes a good sized clump. Height: 80cm Common name(s): Border phlox Phlox paniculata is the Border Phlox, brought from North...
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Phlox paniculata 'Violet Flame'

Scented lavender-purple-pink flowers with lighter centres. A shorter, more compact paniculata phlox which doesn't require staking. Very attractive to bees and butterflies. Flowers from July right though summer and sometimes into October. Makes a good...
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Phlox subulata 'Emerald Cushion'

Masses of mauve-pink flowers over a neat cushion of green foliage from April to June and then again in late summer. Superb evergreen plant for sunny border edge, rock garden or container. Drought tolerant when established. Height x spread: 10cm x...
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Phlox subulata 'McDaniel's Cushion'

Superb evergreen plant for sunny border edge or rock garden. Vigorous prostrate shoots closely-set with narrow green leaves form fresh live ground-cover all the year round. Smothered with large rose-pink flowers for weeks in early summer, from May to...
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Phlox subulata 'Snowflake'

Superb evergreen plant for sunny border edge, container or rock garden. Vigorous prostrate shoots closely-set with narrow green leaves form fresh live ground-cover all the year round. Smothered with large white flowers for weeks in early summer, from...
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Physalis alkekengi var franchetii (Chinese Lantern)

Light-orange lanterns deck this plant in autumn. Pale yellow flowers in July and August. Useful in flower arrangements and can be dried and used in winter. Grow in the border and give it some space. Prefers a sunny spot. From Japan in 1894. Height and...
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Physostegia virginiana 'Crown of Snow'

Two-lipped, snapdragon-like, pure white flowers in upright spikes from June to September. Called obedient plants because each individual flower will, upon being pushed in any one direction, temporarily remain in the new position as if it were hinged...
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Physostegia virginiana (Obedient plant)

Two-lipped, snapdragon-like, pink to pale lilac flowers in upright spikes from June to September. Called obedient plants because each individual flower will, upon being pushed in any one direction, temporarily remain in the new position as if it were...
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Phytolacca americana (Pokeweed)

Rarely seen in UK gardens and a real talking point, this is a seriously underrated plant for a large space. Originating in Florida, Phytolacca americana is a robust and vigorous plant with long spikes of small, green-white flowers from May until...
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Pilosella aurantiaca (Fox and cubs)

Called 'Fox and cubs' because of the appearance of the open flowers (the fox) alongside the flower buds (the cubs). Lovely, deep-orange flowers held in clusters on tall slender stems that emerge from low rosettes of hairy foliage from June to...
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Platycodon grandiflorus 'Astra Blue'

Beautiful blue flowers open from buds which resemble hot-air balloons. Flowers from June into autumn. A nice compact plant for front of border, rockery or container. From China, Siberia and Japan. Height and Spread: 20cm x 30cm Common...
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Platycodon grandiflorus 'Astra White'

Beautiful white flowers open from buds which resemble hot-air balloons. Flowers from June into autumn. A nice compact plant for front of border, rockery or container. From China, Siberia and Japan. Height and Spread: 20cm x 30cm Common...
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Polemonium 'Brise d'Anjou'

Typical blue Jacob's Ladder flowers, but with wonderful creamy variegated foliage, which makes a real statement in a border. Flowers in early spring to mid-summer and is loved by bees. Height and spread: 45 x 30cm Common name: Variegated Jacob's...
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Polemonium 'Northern Lights'

A free-flowering plant with upright sprays of very pretty blue flower and attractive, fern-like foliage. Ideal for the front of a border. Flowers in early spring to mid-summer and is loved by bees. Height and spread: 45 x 30cm Common name(s): Jacob's...
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Polemonium 'White Pearl'

Typical Jacob's Ladder foliage, with tall stems of pure white flowers from mid-spring to mid-summer. Ideal for the middle of a bed or border. Loved by bees. Height and spread: 70cm x 30cm Common name(s): Jacob's...
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