Veronicastrum virginicum 'Album'
culver's root
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: July to August
- Flower colour: white
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Slender spires of white flowers from July to August above whorls of deep green leaves. This elegant perennial has self-supporting flowers making it ideal for adding height to sunny or partially shady border. It looks fabulous when planted with prairie plants or for adding vertical interest to white borders. Best grown in fertile, moist, well-drained soil. - Garden care: Divide plants in spring. Apply a generous 5-7cm mulch of well-rotted garden compost or manure around the base of the plant in spring.
Gaura lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink'
gaura
Long-lasting pink flowers. Copes wth drought
Astrantia 'Roma' (PBR)
masterwort
A stunning long flowering variety
Deschampsia cespitosa 'Goldtau'
tufted hair grass (syn. Golden Dew)
Feathery grass for sun or shade
Echinacea purpurea
coneflower
Long lasting, rosy purple flowers.
Prairie
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The ultimate late-summer and autumn vertical accent among daisies,phloxes and grasses with stiff stems of whorled foliage topped by branching white tapers
Val Bourne - Garden Writer