Long flowering moody blues mini-border collection

Long flowering moody blues mini-border collection

Long flowering moody blues mini-border collection

Long flowering moody blues mini-border collection

Long flowering moody blues mini-border collection

Long flowering moody blues mini-border collection

Long flowering moody blues mini-border collection

Long flowering moody blues mini-border collection

Long flowering moody blues mini-border collection

Long flowering moody blues mini-border collection

Long flowering moody blues mini-border collection

Crocus plant collection

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This moody blue-themed collection blends rich purples, cool blues, and soft silvery tones for a sophisticated, long-flowering display. With a...

6 × 9cm plants

£63.99 £10.67 each

Delivered mid-April

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Plant description

This moody blue-themed collection blends rich purples, cool blues, and soft silvery tones for a sophisticated, long-flowering display. With a mix of airy blooms and textural foliage, it brings depth and movement to borders throughout the season.

Carefully curated to deliver on style and performance, and grown to order on the Crocus nursery, our mini-border plant collections create beautiful displays that come back year after year. Comprising six, 9cm plants, the collections will typically be dispatched from late March to mid-April - perfectly timed for spring planting and robust growth.

Each collection is suited to fill a 1m sq space, and has been designed to enable you to either place them on their own, intersperse them with other plants, or weave them in multiples through your borders to create a cohesive, considered look to your garden.

What's included:

Each collection contains the following plants:

1 x Agastache rugosa 'Little Adder': ‘Litte Adder’ is great for adding height to a border, with whorls of long-lasting, tiny lavender-blue flowers arranged like a bottlebrush and pointed, aniseed-scented, fresh green leaves that are attractive to butterflies. Try it as part of a Mediterranean scheme or in a sunny, well-drained border among ornamental grasses. Hyssops often need replacing every few years, especially after a cold or wet winter but can be easily propagated by cuttings. Grows to 45cm.
2 x Festuca glauca Sunrise ('Miedzianobrody') (PBR): A wonderfully eye-catching perennial grass with fine, blue-green leaves and tips igniting to coppery-red in autumn. Flame-tinted stems erupt with feathery flowers of fiery tones in summer. Plant in bold swathes for a fabulous late-season show. Grows to 70cm.
2 x Verbena bonariensis: Often referred to as purpletop vervain or tall verbena, Verbena bonariensis is a striking architectural perennial. It enjoys a well-deserved prominence in contemporary and traditional border garden design. One of the most captivating features of Verbena bonariensis is its exceptionally long flowering period. Typically lasting from June to September and often extending into October in milder parts of the UK. Grows to 2m.
1 x Geranium Rozanne ('Gerwat') (PBR): An award-winning perennial celebrated for its long blooming period and stunning lavender-blue flowers with a white eye and purple veining. Fully hardy and easy to grow, it’s also wildlife-friendly, attracting bees and butterflies, making it a valuable addition to borders, rock gardens, Grows to 60cm.

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

Borderline hardy (will need protection in winter in colder areas)

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:

The plants in this collection will die right back in autumn, then fresh new growth will appear again in spring.

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