Summer Flowering

Calceolaria 'Sunset Orange' is a tender, compact, bushy biennial, often grown as an annual container or bedding plant with ovate, mid-green leaves and, over a long period in summer, clusters of orange-red flowers, often with yellow markings.

Characteristics:

• Type: Biennial Evergreen Perennial
• Colour: Orange-Red
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.3m x S-0.3m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Delphinium 'Black Knight' 'Black Knight' is a tall perennial with dense flower spikes of semi-double, dark purple flowers with black 'eyes' in summer.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Perennial
• Colour: Dark Purple
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1.7m x S-0.75m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

One of the most popular of all the alliums with a striking silhouette which makes them particulary well suited to gravel or prairie-style planting schemes, but also look atractive in pots or mixed borders.

Their heavy packed umbels of deep, star-shaped flowers appear in early summer above star-shaped grey-green leaves (which will have started to die off by the time blooms form). Plant with herbaceous geraniums or ornamental grasses to help mask the leaves as they die off.

Characteristics:

• Type: Perennial
• Colour: Lilac
• Height & Spread: 1.2m x 0.2m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: June
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Astilbe 'Red' is a captivating perennial plant that adds a bold and vibrant splash of color to gardens and landscapes. With its striking red plumes of flowers and lush foliage, it creates a dramatic and eye-catching focal point.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Red Astilbe
• Colour: Red
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.6m x S-0.45m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: Late June to Early August
• Position: Partial Shade or Full Shade
• Pot Size: 5 Litre Red Pot

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: 2 Litre

Allium lusitanicum 'Summer Beauty' is an upright, clump-forming, bulbous perennial with strongly aromatic, linear, mid-green leaves and sturdy, hollow stems bearing dense, rounded umbels of purple-pink to pale pink flowers in summer.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Perennial
• Colour: Purple-Pink to Pale Pink
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.4m x S-0.3m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Campanula persicifolia 'coerulea' produces large showy clusters of a rich purple flowers for the whole summer. These make terrific cutflowers.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Peach-Leaved Bellflower
• Type: Summer Flowering Perennial
• Colour: Lilac-Blue
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1m x S-0.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Early and Mid Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Dianthus 'Colores Red' is a summer flowering perennial with beautiful, double red flowers.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Perennial
• Colour: Red
• Height & Spread: Height - 15-20cm , Spread - 20-30cm
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Bloom Time: All Summer
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Geranium 'Dreamland' is a compact, mound-forming, herbaceous perennial with rounded, deeply-lobed, dark green leaves and erect, branching stems bearing single, cup-shaped, veined, pale pink flowers from late spring to early autumn.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Cranesbill, Bremdream
• Type: Deciduous Perennial
• Colour: Pale Pink
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.4m x S-0.4m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer and Autumn
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Award winning Nepeta racemosa 'Walkers Low', commonly known as 'Catmint' is a herbaceous perennial noted for its massive lavender-blue blooms on short spikes stop aromatic, grey-green foilage in early summer, continuing through autumn if spent flowers are regularly removed.

Characteristics:

• Type: Herbaceous Perennial
• Colour: Blue
• Height & Spread: H-0.6m x S-0.5m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: June to September
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Crocosmia 'George Davidson' is a tall clump-forming perennial with erect, sword-shaped leaves and branched stems carrying several light orange-yellow flowers opening from orange buds.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Perennial
• Colour: Yellow
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1m x S-0.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Partial Shade

Dianthus deltoides 'Flashing Light' is a low, mat-forming evergreen perennial with tufts of linear, dark green foliage. In summer, it is covered with flat, deep red flowers.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Perennial
• Colour: Deep Red
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.15m x S-0.3m
• Flowers: Summer
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

'Memories' is a brilliant white perennial with a creamy tinge to the centre of the flower and produces a bushy, prolific perpetually flowering plant with amazing fragrant flowers. They are ideal for patio pots, containers or positioned at the front of the border.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Bushy Perennial
• Colour: White, Grey
• Height & Spread: H 0.5m x S 0.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Campanula glomerata 'Alba' is a vigorous, clump-forming perennial with erect stems bearing dark green leaves and terminal racemes of white flowers in summer.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: White Clustered Bellflower
• Type: Deciduous Perennial
• Colour: White
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.5m x S-1m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Hosta 'Patriot' is a popular perennial that is prized for its striking foliage and ease of care. The plant features large, heart-shaped leaves that are dark green with wide, creamy-white margins. The leaves have a smooth, glossy texture and are slightly cupped, giving them a distinctive appearance.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Plantain Lily
• Type: Deciduous, Summer Flowering Perennial
• Colour: Green, Cream White
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.6m x S-0.9m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Position: Full or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Leucanthemum 'Lacreme' is celebrated for its exquisite white petals that exude an aura of purity and elegance. The daisy-like flowers bloom abundantly, creating a stunning display that brightens up gardens, borders, and flower beds alike.

This perennial is characterized by its compact and well-branched growth, making it an excellent choice for both smaller and larger garden areas.

Characteristics:

• Type: Semi-Evergreen Perennial
• Colour: White, Light Yellow
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.3m x S-0.3m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: June into Autumn
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' is a stunning and popular perennial plant that is prized for its attractive heart-shaped foliage and delicate blue flowers. The standout feature of 'Jack Frost' is its silvery-green leaves, which are heavily veined with frosty white.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Siberian Bugloss
• Type: Summer Flowering Perennial
• Colour: Silver Foliage, Blue Flowers
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.45m x S-0.6m.
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Spring and Summer
• Position: Full or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Rhodanthemum 'Casablanca' is a woody based, compact evergreen perennial with softly hairy, finely divided, grey-green leaves and, from early spring into autumn, erect stems bearing white, daisy-like flowers with orange-brown central discs.

Cut back in late Summer to get a second heavy autumn flowering. Suitable for patio pots or borders and beds. Doesn't like wet soils, so add gravel to help with drainage.

Characteristics:

• Colour: White Flowers
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.3m x S-0.3m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: May to October
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 1 Litre