Summer Flowering

This stylish perennial is perfect for a sheltered, sunny, well-drained area. Its transparent shape makes it stand out at the front or middle of the border. Clusters of lilac-purple flowers on tall, stiff branching stems from June to September.

Verbena bonariensis in cold conditions can suffer dieback if cut back in autumn, leave the plant until spring and cut back the old growth when you see new shoots emerging at the base. Mulch around the base of the plant with a deep, dry mulch in winter to help protect the plant.

Characteristics:

• Type: Perennial
• Colour: Blue
• Max. Height & Spread: H-2m x S-0.45m
• Hardiness: Borderline Hardy (Protect in Winter)
• Flowers: June to September
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2-3 Litre

These daisies enjoy universal appeal as a garden plant and cutflower. They are easy perennials that perform best in a sunny border. Lemon-yellow petals surround a yellow button eye, the petals ageing to soft butter then finally ivory.

Characteristics:

• Type: Perennial
• Colour: Yellow
• Height & Spread: H-0.45m x S-0.3m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: June to September
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Dianthus 'Cosmos White' is a compact, upright, bushy, evergreen perennial with flattened, narrowly lance-shaped, dark green leaves and, in summer, stiff stems bearing strongly fragrant, double, white flowers with fringed petal margins.

Characteristics:

• Type: Summer Perennial
• Colour: White
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.15m x S-0.2m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Bloom Time: Summer
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 1 Litre

Boasting a prestigious Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticulture Society, the Allium 'Christophii' is an elegant ornamental onion with star-shaped silvery purple flowers forming a wide globe-shaped cluster atop narrow and hairy leaves.

Blooming in late spring to early summer, this Allium enjoys long-lasting blooms and remains ornamental in the garden well into summer. Ideally used in beds, borders, gravel gardens or cottage gardens.

Characteristics:

• Type: Perennial
• Colour: Pink, White, Purple
• Height & Spread: Height - 15-60cm , Spread - 15-20cm
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Bloom Time: Mid-May - June
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

'Royal Bumble' is a bushy plant to 75cm high, evergreen if not cut back by frost, with aromatic, glossy, deep-green leaves. Large, rich glowing-red flowers with purple-black calyces and stems, appear over a long period from late spring to autumn.

Characteristics:

• Soil: Moist but well drained
• Position: Full Sun (with shade from hot sun)
• Flowering Period: July to October
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Rate of Growth: Average
• Height & Spread: H-60cm x S-40cm
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Campanula muralis is a low-growing perennial quickly forming an evergreen mat of small, rounded leaves. Bell-shaped violet-blue flowers 2cm in length borne freely on branching stems to 20cm in height, in summer.

Characteristics:

• Type: Semi-Evergreen Perennial
• Colour: Purple
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.15m x S-0.5m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: July to August
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre
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'Papaya Popsicle' is a compact, clump-forming, evergreen perennial with arching, linear, dark green leaves and, from early summer into autumn, sturdy, erect, stems bearing spikes of tubular, bright orange flowers turning yellow with age.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Perennial
• Colour: Orange
• Height & Spread: H-0.45m x S-0.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Early Summer into Autumn
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

'Purrsian Blue' is a compact perennial. Greyish-green, toothed, aromatic leaves clothe the stems and densely-packed blue flowers with dark purple calyces are borne on upright spikes in summer and autumn.

Characteristics:

• Type: Catmint Perennial
• Colour: Blue
• Height & Spread: H-5m x S-6m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: May to September
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Paeonia itoh. 'Bartzella' is an upright, bushy, herbaceous perennial with dark green leaves divided into nine elliptic or lance-shaped leaflets and, from late spring into summer, strong, erect stems bearing large, lightly fragrant, semi-double to double, yellow flowers with orange-red centres.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous, Summer Flowering Perennial
• Colour: Yellow
• Height & Spread: H-0.8m x S-0.9m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Late Spring and Early Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 4 Litre

Calceolaria are beautiful and showy summer flowering perennials that come in a range of colours. This particular variety boasts large, brightly colored yellow flowers. The vibrant blooms are borne in large clusters and are shaped like pouches that are soft to the touch.

Characteristics:

• Type: Summer Flowering Perennial
• Colour: Yellow
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.5m x S-0.5m
• Hardiness: Half-Hardy
• Flowers: Spring and Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Heuchera 'Blackberry Jam' is a clump-forming, mounded, semi-evergreen to evergreen perennial with rounded, lobed, silvery, dark purple and maroon leaves with darker veins and slender, wiry, dark purple stems bearing open panicles of small, cream flowers from late spring into summer.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Coral Flower, Coral Bells, Alum Root
• Type: Evergreen Perennial
• Colour: Dark Purple, Cream White
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.45 x S-0.4m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun, Full Shade or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

'Capitan Colon' is a vibrant dark pink type variety with shades of white and light pink around the edges as the flower heads age. A nicely scented little dianthus, typically growing to 30cm in height with a spread of x 30cm also. Great in pots as well as in the border.

Characteristics:

• Type: Perennial
• Colour: Red & Pink
• Max. Height & Spread: H-30cm x S-30cm
• Hardiness: Semi-Vigorous
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

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This amazing Lupin certainly has the wow factor, being smothered in bi-colour, pastel-yellow and vivid purple flowers, right to the top of their stems. The tall, stately spires of lupins are a real summer garden classic, and this Hardy Lupin 'Manhattan Light' will make you the envy of your gardening friends and neighbours.

Characteristics

• Soil: Moist but free draining soil
• Position: Full Sun or Light Shade
• Flowering Period: June-July
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Rate of Growth: Average
• Height & Spread: 90cm x 30cm

Crocosmia 'Emberglow' is a cormous perennial to 75cm tall, with narrow leaves and branched spikes of curved, funnel-shaped deep red flowers to 8cm long in summer.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Perennial
• Colour: Red
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1m x S-0.1m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

This perennial lupin has a delicious peppery scent is perfect for the middle of the border. Spires of cerise flowers with white hoods are produced in late spring. Remember to deadhead after flowering and protect against frost-damage by covering the crown of the plant.

Characteristics:

• Type: Perennial
• Colour: Pink/White
• Height & Spread: H-1m x S-0.5m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: May
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Vivid magenta, saucer-shaped flowers, each with a near-black eye and veining, appear in profusion on the long, scrambling stems from midsummer to mid-autumn. The foliage, which emerges yellowish-green, darkens as it matures, forming an attractive contrast.

Characteristics:

• Type: Summer Flowering Perennial
• Colour: Magenta
• Height & Spread: H-0.6m x S-1m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: July to October
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

This tall perennial will form a dense mound that looks wonderful in the middle of a sunny border alongside other blue or silver-leaved plants. Fresh or dried, the leaves make a refreshing and therapeutic tea which is high in vitamin C and has traditionally been used to treat such conditions as nervousness, insomnia, hyperactivity, colds and fevers.

The flowers are highly attractive to bees, and of course, the foliage to cats, who will go mad for it. To prevent them from completely flattening it, insert several twiggy sticks into the centre of the plant.

Characteristics:

• Type: Perennial
• Colour: Blue
• Height & Spread: H-0.9m x S-0.6m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: June to July
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Verbena bonariensis 'Lollipop' is a free-flowering perennial with dense clusters of small, lavender to violet flowers over a long season blooming for two weeks from early summer until frost. A superior necrat plant, it will be sure to attract hummingbirds, butterflies and bes to your garden.

Characteristics:

• Colour: Lavender
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.6m x S-0.6m
• Hardiness: May need Winter Protection
• Flowers: June to September
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 3 Litre