"This sun-loving trouper deserves a long service medal - the mauve flower spikes comes out with the tulips (or earlier) and are still going strong in September"
Very healthy plants on arrival and they haven't disappointed - planted last spring, it's now January and they are still flowering! You can't go wrong with these in the right setting. Highly recommended.
The Urban Plotter
Kent
One of my favourites for the mixed border. It flowers from spring through to the first frosts. It keeps most of its bulk during the winter so no bare patch with die back and lasts a few years before getting too leggy and needing replacing.
Burygardener
Midlothian
Planted in a raised bed, along with some more mature plants. It soon bulked up and looked beautiful. Looking forward to seeing its progress next year.
Sky Blue girl
Coventry
This plant is doing well. Havng moved it from a medium pot to a larger one, I plan to put it in a flower bed next spring.
Silver Fay
London
Great furlong lasting co;our. Doesn't get leggy or grow too large
Jim
Cheltenham
Planted in late winter, survived flourished, spread beautifully flowers vivid gorgeous colour. Easy to propogate easy to remove.
Gower Show
Wales
I planted these in a front border interspersed with mini daffodils. So far very successful.The plants have bushed out and after the first flowering and a trim, they are now flowering again. They give a nice splash of late summer colour.
Mamab
Hampshire
Yes. Bowles Mauve is a great plant. Flowers and flowers all summer and still going. Needs cutting back to renew. It struggled a bit in the heat this year.
June
Oxfordshire.
I brought three plants and they looked beautiful for most of the season, I was really pleased how they grew and how they looked, then suddenly they all started dying from the inside of the plant. We cut that out hoping that would stop them dying but it didn't. For some strange reason none of them lasted although all the plants around them did. I'm thinking of trying again as when they were beautiful, they really were! Not sure if I'd recommend to a friend or not!!
Fun gardening
Hampshire
This is an excellent, long flowering, drought tolerant standby for a sunny position. I use it in a narrow, west facing border by the house. Provided you keep dead-heading, it has a very long flowering season and provides dense, evergreen foliage too. Bees enjoy it.
ACC
Oxfordshire
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tinker bell
Hello, It is possible to take softwood cuttings in late spring to midsummer.
Helen
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