Hebe 'Red Edge'
shrubby veronica
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: poor or moderately fertile, moist, well-drained neutral to slightly alkaline soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: June and July
- Hardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection in cold areas)
Lilac-blue summer flowers appear on short spikes, fading to white, among grey-green leaves with narrow red margins and veining when young. This small, spreading, evergreen shrub makes an attractive low, informal hedge or edging plant for a mixed border. In an urban or coastal site, it needs protection from cold, drying winds. - Garden care: Needs minimal pruning. Remove misplaced or frost damaged branches in late spring.
Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum'
brook thistle
Deep crimson thistle-like flowers
Hemerocallis 'American Revolution'
daylily
Large, deep blood-red flowers in summer
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smoke bush
Magnificent smoke-like plumes
Lavandula stoechas subsp. stoechas f.rosea 'Kew Red'
French lavender
Bright cerise, butterly-like flowers in early summer
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Fleshy grey-green leaves primly edged in red - particularly splendid in winter light - and lilac-mauve flowers aplenty in summer
Val Bourne - Garden Writer