Matteuccia struthiopteris £5.00 Shuttlecock fern. Magnificent in shady, moisture retentive soil. 90 cm. Melica altissima 'Atropurpurea' £3.00 Tall grass with magenta flowers. Non-invasive. Very attractive. 60 cm. Milium effusum 'Aureum' £3.00 Bowles' golden grass. Golden-yellow leaves. 35 cm. Miscanthus sinensis 'Ferner Osten' £3.00 Leaves with cream mid vein, turning orange in autumn. Red fluffy flowers, fading to beige. 130 cm. Miscanthus sinensis 'Kleine Silberspinne' £3.00 Narrow leaves, brownish-silver fluffy flowers. 80 cm. Nectaroscordum siculum £2.50 Creamy-green, flushed purple, flowers in clusters. Striking looking seed heads. 90 cm. Omphalodes cappadocica 'Lilac Mist' £3.00 Pale lilac flowers. Part shade. 15 cm. Omphalodes verna £3.00 Small blue flowers. Spring flowering. Shade. 15 cm. Omphalodes verna 'Alba' £3.00 Small white flowers. Spring flowering. Shade. 15 cm.
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Most of these are reliably hardy especially those with small leaves. Never cut them down in the autumn but wait until the spring before pruning, otherwise you run the risk of their dying! Treat them as sub-shrubs. Penstemon 'Alice Hindley' £3.00 Pale mauve and white flowers. 100 cm. Penstemon 'Andenken an Friedrich Hahn' £3.00 Deep red flowers. Synonym P. 'Garnet'. 60 cm. Penstemon 'Blackbird' £3.00 Deep purple flowers. 60 cm. Penstemon 'Burgundy' £3.00 Reddish purple flowers. 60 cm. Penstemon 'Charles Rudd' £3.00 Purple flowers with white throat. 60 cm. Penstemon 'Countess of Dalkeith' £3.00 Deep purple flowers with white throat. 60 cm. Penstemon glaber £3.00 Pink and blue flowers. Shrubby growth. 30 cm. Penstemon 'Hidcote Pink' £3.00 Rose pink flowers with dark streaks at mouth. 60 cm. Penstemon kunthii £3.00 Pink flowers. 50 cm. Penstemon 'Midnight' £3.00 Dark purple flowers. 50 cm. Penstemon 'Mother of Pearl' £3.00 Pearly blue, flushed creamy pink flowers. 90 cm. Penstemon 'Osprey' £3.00 Pink with white throat. 60 cm. Penstemon 'Papal Purple' £3.00 Pale purple flowers. Small leaves. 35 cm. Penstemon 'Pennington Gem' £3.00 Pink flowers with white throat. 60 cm. Penstemon 'Raven' £3.00 Dark purple flowers. 100 cm. Penstemon 'Rich Ruby' £3.00 Large dark red flowers. 90 cm. Penstemon 'Schoenholzeri' £3.00 Bright red flowers. Small leaves. 60 cm. Penstemon 'Souvenir d'André Torres' £3.00 Bright red flowers. 60 cm. Penstemon 'Threave Pink' £3.00 Small bright pink flowers. Small leaves. 45 cm. Penstemon 'White Bedder' £3.00 White flowers. 50 cm
Persicaria affinis 'Donald Lowndes' £3.00 Pink Flowers. Good ground cover. 15 cm. Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail' £3.00 Leafy plant with dark red flower spikes. 100 cm. Phlomis russeliana £3.00 Whorls of pale yellow flowers at intervals up tall flower stems. 90 cm. Phlomis tuberosa £3.00 Mauve flowers. 70 cm. Phlox paniculata 'Mount Fuji' £3.00 White flowers. Strong grower. 90 cm. Polypodium vulgare 'Bifidomultifidum' £3.00 Fern with creeping rhizomes. Ends of fronds are crested. Unusual and attractive. Shade. 30 cm. Polystichum setiferum £3.00 Soft shield fern. Shade. 50 cm. Potentilla pedata £3.00 Citron yellow flowers. Repeat flowering. Rare. 45 cm. Primula 'Lady Greer' £2.00 Polyanthus type. Small cream flowers. Primula 'McWatt's Claret' £2.00 Light maroon flowers. Primula 'Old Port' £2.00 Maroon flowers. Primula vulgaris subsp. sibthorpii £2.00 Pink primrose. Primula 'Wanda' £2.00 Purple flowers.
Pulmonarias give a beautiful display of flowers in the early spring, in shades of blue, pink and white. In the summer their spotted leaves make excellent ground cover and are a cool contrast to the hotter colours of summer. Although they prefer shade they will tolerate some sun, so long as the ground is moisture retentive. Pulmonaria longifolia £3.00 Blue flowers. Narrow leaves, spotted silver. Part shade. 20 cm. Pulmonaria officinalis 'Sissinghurst White' £3.00 White flowers. Spotted leaves. Shade. 30 cm. Pulmonaria rubra £3.00 Coral red flowers. Leaves light green, un-spotted. Shade. 25 cm. Pulmonaria saccharata 'Dora Bielefeld' £3.00 Pink flowers. Spotted leaves. Part shade. 30 cm. Pulmonaria Caborn Hybrids £3.00 Selected seedlings. Mixed colours. Q Rehmannia elata £3.00 Pink flowers. Dislikes winter wet. Grow in a pot and keep in frame or greenhouse in the winter. Easy. 70cm.
Salvia forsskaolii £3.00 Spikes of purple and white flowers. Large leaves. 50 cm. Saponaria officinalis 'Rosea Plena' £3.00 Soapwort. Double pink flowers. 90 cm. Satureja hortensis 'Selektion' £2.00 Summer savory from Germany. Much more compact than the normal form. Ideal grown in a pot. Easy from collected seed. 10-15 cm. Satureja montana £2.50 Winter savory. Off white flowers. 20 cm. Satureja montana 'Purple Mountain' £2.50 Purple flowers. 20 cm. Satureja parnassica £2.50 White flowers. 15 cm. Satureja spicigera £2.50 Creeping savory. White flowers. 15 cm. Scabiosa columbaria var. ochroleuca £3.00 Small pale yellow flowers. 30 cm. Scilla bifolia £2.00 Blue flowers. Dwarf species. Ideal for naturalising under summer shrubs. 8 cm. Scilla bifolia 'Rosea' £2.00 Pink flowers. 8 cm. Scutellaria tournefortii £3.00 Blue and white flowers. 40 cm. Setaria macrostachya £3.00 Autumn flowering annual grass. Red-green leaves. Pretty flower heads. Easy from collected seed. 20-30 cm. Stachys ciliata £3.00 Magenta-red flowers. 35 cm. Stachys macrantha 'Rosea' £3.00 Pink flowers. 50cm. Stipa arundinacea £3.00 Magnificent grass with bronzed leaves. Airy flower sprays in autumn. 50 cm. Stipa tenuissima £3.00 Fine leaved grass. Very graceful looking. 30 cm. Strobilanthes attenuata £3.00 Salvia-like, dark violet-blue flowers. 150 cm.
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