Classic cottage alba amethyst combination

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Blending soft white Digitalis, gentle shades of purple-pink Salvia, apricot Geum and chartreuse yellow Alchemilla the Classic Cottage –...

4 plants | 1 of each

£39.96 £9.99 each

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12 plants | 3 of each

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Plant description

Blending soft white Digitalis, gentle shades of purple-pink Salvia, apricot Geum and chartreuse yellow Alchemilla the Classic Cottage – Alba Amethyst collection creates a beautifully refined yet effortlessly natural look.

This selection of perennials offers a timeless cottage garden feel, combining delicate blooms and graceful textures to provide interest throughout the seasons. Perfect for adding a touch of romance to borders, enhancing enhancing wildlife-friendly spaces, or complementing existing plantings, this collection brings a sense of elegance and tranquillity to any garden.

What's included:

Each combination contains the following plants. They are all supplied in 9cm nursery pots:

Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora: This elegant foxglove produces stately spires of of white, tubular flowers in June and July held above rosettes of large, hairy, dark green leaves. Perfect for lighting up a shady border or for dotting through a mixed border among evergreen shrubs. Although it is a short-lived plant, given favourable conditions it will self-seed freely. Grows to 1.8m.
Geum 'Prinses Juliana': A stunning variety of avens with fiery orange flowers from June to September, held on wiry stems above pretty hummocks of puckered foliage. This easy-to-grow geum looks at its best among other 'hot' coloured flowers towards the front of a well-drained border in sun or partial shade. Grows to 60cm.
Salvia nemorosa 'Amethyst': Providing colour for several months from midsummer, the slender upright spires of this sage are clothed in purple-pink buds, which open from the base upwards to lilac-purple, hooded flowers. Plant it towards the front of a sunny, well-drained border, or create drifts through a prairie-style garden where the bees and butterflies will flock to the flowers. Grows 1m.
Alchemilla mollis: No garden should be without this beautiful and useful perennial. It has attractively scalloped, bright green leaves, which catch water droplets (that look like quicksilver), and from June to September, it produces a frothy haze of tiny, chartreuse yellow flowers. Alchemilla mollis looks wonderful when planted en-masse for weed-smothering groundcover - or when used to line pathways of border edges. Tough and tolerant of a wide range of conditions, once established it can also cope with drought - which makes it the perfect addition to low-maintenance/high impact planting schemes. Grows to 50cm.

Flowering period

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Plant features

Position

Full sun / light shade

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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