Santolina chamaecyparissus
cotton lavender
- Position: full sun
- Soil: poor to moderately-fertile, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: July and August
- Flower colour: bright yellow
- Other features: aromatic foliage
- Hardiness: frost hardy (will need protection in cold winters)
A compact rounded shrub with woolly young shoots and (when crushed) aromatic, grey-white, foliage. In mid to late summer small, yellow button-like flowers hover above on wiry stems. Perfect for a sheltered, sunny, well-drained border or gravel garden. - Garden care: Remove the faded flower-heads along with any straggly shoots in autumn. In early-spring cut back the flowered shoots to within 2.5cm (1in) of the old growth.
Achillea 'Walther Funcke'
yarrow
Bright, terracotta flowers with flat heads
£8.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Wallflower 'Fire King'
24 large wallflower plug plants
Creates a stunning display
£1.79
approx 500 seeds
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Agastache 'Blue Fortune'
Mexican giant hyssop
Spires of lilac flowers and aromatic leaves
£8.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
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bearded iris
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£9.99
2 litre pot
within 2 weeks
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masterwort
Sultry, dark red flowers
£11.99
2 litre pot
available to order from summer 2013
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