Geranium pratense 'Plenum Violaceum'
mayflower
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: fertile, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: fast-growing
- Flowering period: June to July
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Upright in habit, this meadow cranesbill forms a clump of attractively divided and lobed foliage, which in early summer is crowned with relatively small pompom-like flowers, each tightly packed with violet-blue petals that have a reddish purple base. - Garden care: In midsummer rejuvenate plants that are beginning to look jaded, by removing old flowered stems and leaves. Lift and divide large colonies in spring.
Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae
wood spurge
Great for a woodland setting
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2 litre pot
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Sanguisorba 'Tanna'
burnet
Elegant spires of red flowers
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2 litre pot
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Astrantia 'Hadspen Blood'
masterwort
Sultry, dark red flowers
£11.99
2 litre pot
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Centaurea 'Jordy'
knapweed
Intense, near-black flowers
£5.99
9cm pot
available to order from summer 2013
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