Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail'
red bistort
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: any moist soil
- Rate of growth: fast-growing
- Flowering period: July to October
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Long, slender spikes clustered with tiny, fluffy, crimson-red flowers rise from mid summer to early autumn above semi-evergreen, lance-shaped, mid-green leaves. This clump-forming, vigorous perennial has handsome foliage and quickly makes dense groundcover in sun or partial shade. Plant it in bold swathes to add vertical interest in the border right through till mid autumn and give it plenty of space. Persicaria does not like dry soil, so performs best in a bog garden or beside a pond. Bees and other insects love it too! - Garden care: Lift and divide congested colonies in spring or autumn.
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination'
culver's root
Elegant spires of bluey-mauve blooms
£7.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Pamina'
windflower
A profusion of reddish-pink, double flowers
£7.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Astrantia 'Roma' (PBR)
masterwort
A stunning long flowering variety
£11.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Campanula portenschlagiana
dalmatian bellflower
Vigorous and low-growing
£4.99
8cm pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Phlox paniculata 'Blue Paradise'
border phlox
Fragrant violet flowers all summer
£7.99
2 litre pot
available to order from summer 2013
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Tall substantial shade-tolerant perennial with heart-shaped dark-green leaves sheathed round flower stalks - topped with crimson tapers that keep their colour until late autumn
Val Bourne - Garden Writer