Campanula lactiflora 'Pritchard's Variety'

milky bellflower

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Soft powder-blue mop heads of upward-facing bellflowers in June and July -the best perennial among old-fashioned roses

Val Bourne - Garden Writer

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  • Position: full sun or partial shade
  • Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil
  • Rate of growth: average to fast-growing
  • Flowering period: June to September
  • Hardiness: fully hardy

    Tall, branching stems bearing clusters of violet-blue, open bell-shaped flowers appear from July to September among toothed, mid-green leaves. This tall bellflower is a cottage-garden classic and is perfect towards the back of a mixed or herbaceous border. It's a happy companion for old roses, self-seeds freely, and the flower colour is retained best in partial shade.

  • Garden care: Protect the tender foliage from slugs and deadhead regularly to prolong flowering. Apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted compost around the base of the plant in spring. Stake with bamboo canes or brushwood in spring before the flowers appear.
Gaura lindheimeri Siskiyou Pink

Gaura lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink'

gaura

Long-lasting pink flowers. Copes wth drought

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Salvia × sylvestris Rose Queen

Salvia × sylvestris 'Rose Queen'

sage

Stunning spikes of rose-pink flowers

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Sanguisorba officinalis Red Thunder

Sanguisorba officinalis 'Red Thunder'

burnet

Rich red bottle brush-like flowers

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Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii

Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii

spurge

Handsome tall evergreen with chartreuse flowers in spring

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Erigeron karvinskianus

Erigeron karvinskianus

Mexican fleabane

Daisy like flowers turn from white to pink

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