<i>Sarah's Chelsea</i> 'pink & silver combination'

<i>Sarah's Chelsea</i> 'pink & silver combination'

<i>Sarah's Chelsea</i> 'pink & silver combination'

<i>Sarah's Chelsea</i> 'pink & silver combination'

<i>Sarah's Chelsea</i> 'pink & silver combination'

<i>Sarah's Chelsea</i> 'pink & silver combination'

<i>Sarah's Chelsea</i> 'pink & silver combination'

<i>Sarah's Chelsea</i> 'pink & silver combination'

<i>Sarah's Chelsea</i> 'pink & silver combination'

<i>Sarah's Chelsea</i> 'pink & silver combination'

Sarah's Chelsea 'pink & silver combination'

Crocus border combinations by Sarah Price

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A sun-loving, low-maintenance collection perfect for gravel gardens, borders or containers. Silvery foliage, lavender-hued flowers, and crisp white blooms provide...

4 plants | 1 of each

£68.96 £17.24 each

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Plant description

A sun-loving, low-maintenance collection perfect for gravel gardens, borders or containers. Silvery foliage, lavender-hued flowers, and crisp white blooms provide long-lasting colour from late spring through summer.

Inspired by Sarah Price's award-winning 2023 Chelsea Flower Show garden, this combination is ideal for creating bold drifts, soft carpets, or cascading effects, and will bring year-round architectural interest with reduced upkeep once established.

Read more about the Nurture Landscape Garden here.

What's included:

Each combination contains the following plants. The Festuca and Erigeron will come in 9cm pots, while the Cistus and Convolvulus will be supplied in 2-litre nursery pots.

Festuca amethystina: A low-growing tufted decorative grass, which looks superb planted in bold drifts in a gravel garden or potted into a container. The narrow blue-green to grey-blue foliage adds interest all year round and, purple-flushed summer flower spikes, turning buff as they age make a wonderful combination. Prefers a sunny, well-drained spot over the winter where its low-maintenance architectural form can be appreciated. Grows 60cm.
Cistus × argenteus 'Silver Pink': Cistus originate from dry, rocky parts of the Mediterranean and Canary Islands, and so are drought-tolerant and low maintenance. They produce masses of flowers in midsummer, but each lasts only one day. 'Silver Pink' is particularly free flowering, and forms a neat mound, with a profusion of papery, silvery-pink flowers, fading to almost white in the centre, during June and July. Try it at the front of a sunny, well-drained border or in large patio container. Grows to 90cm.
Convolvulus cneorum: A wonderful, evergreen shrub with cup-shaped, white flowers with pale yellow centres from late spring to summer. This plant is an asset to the garden for its shiny, silvery foliage, as well as its flowers. It is happiest in a hot, sunny border where it contrasts well with blues and purples, and it also looks stunning cascading over a wall. In areas with cold, wet winters it is best grown in a container. Grows to 60cm.
Erigeron karvinskianus 'Lavender Lady': Incredibly long-flowering and prolific, this new cultivar is just as reliable as the much-loved species, but it has slightly larger, lavender coloured flowers. A must-have plant for a sunny spot with freely draining soils, it will soon form a spreading carpet of colour that will last from May to October - if not even longer! Grows to 30cm.

Flowering period

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Plant features

Position

Full sun

Rate of growth

Average

Soil

Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil

Hardiness

Fully hardy

Planting tips:

Prepare the bed well by digging in lots of composted organic matter before you plant. Where possible, plant in odd numbers, and cluster them together to give impact. Multiples of 3 work really well set out in irregular triangles for an organic feel, while larger numbers can be planted in mercurial clusters or drifts. In bigger gardens, try to repeat your clusters through the border to create a sense of rhythm and cohesion. Also, when setting your plants out, check their eventual spread and make sure they’ve enough space to fill out. After planting, keep plants well watered for their first year, particularly during warmer weather, and feed them with a good, general purpose fertiliser through the growing season.

Please note:

This perennial dies back to below ground level each year in autumn, then fresh new growth appears again in spring.

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