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Dusky violet shade mini-border collection

Dusky violet shade mini-border collection

Dusky violet shade mini-border collection

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Soft violet tones and dark foliage bring a calm, woodland feel to this easy-going shade planting combination. The Dusky Violet...

6 × 9cm plants

£54.99 £9.17 each

available to order from summer

with large zinc dolly pot Ø46 × H40cm

~~£127.98~~ £117.03

available to order from summer

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~~£144.98~~ £131.48

available to order from summer

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Plant description

Soft violet tones and dark foliage bring a calm, woodland feel to this easy-going shade planting combination. The Dusky Violet Shade Mini-border Collection is ideal for brightening those trickier parts of the garden where sun-loving plants struggle, adding layers of texture and long-lasting interest from spring into early summer.

Deep plum foliage from Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing' creates a soft, airy framework, topped with delicate dusky pink flower umbels that move beautifully in a breeze. It pairs naturally with the rich violet-blue blooms and dark-flushed leaves of Polemonium 'Violet Heart' ('Tuipol'), which adds a more upright shape and finely divided foliage that keeps the display feeling light rather than heavy.

Threaded throughout the planting, Geranium phaeum produces nodding purple flowers above mounds of gently spreading foliage, helping to knit the collection together naturally. Beneath it all, Vinca minor forms a neat evergreen carpet with glossy leaves and violet-blue flowers, helping to suppress weeds and soften the front of the border.

This shade garden collection works particularly well in woodland-style borders, beneath deciduous trees with adequate soil depth, or along north- and east-facing fences where moisture-retentive soil allows plants to settle well. Once established, the combination is low maintenance and reliable, returning each year with very little fuss.

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. The collections comprise six, 9cm plants.

Each collection is suited to fill a 1m² space in the border, and has been designed to enable you to either place them on their own, intersperse them with other plants, or weave them in multiples to create a cohesive, considered look to your planting scheme.

What's included:

Each collection contains the following plants:

2 x Vinca minor: This mat-forming evergreen shrub is ideal for ground cover, producing trailing shoots with glossy, lance-shaped, dark green leaves. From mid-spring to late summer, violet-blue flowers appear, adding colour to sunny or partially shaded spots. Less vigorous than Vinca major, it’s suitable for smaller gardens and thrives in well-drained soil. Grows to 20cm.
1 x Anthriscus sylvestris ‘Ravenswing’: An elegant purple form of common cow parsley, this has pretty clusters of tiny, creamy-white flowers in late spring and early summer, highlighted by the lacy, deeply cut dark purple foliage. Grows to 1m.
2 x Geranium phaeum: Valuable groundcover, this clump-forming perennial has handsome foliage, which may have purple-brown blotches and in late spring and early summer, maroon or near black flowers with white centres. Grows to 1m.
1 x Polemonium Violet Heart ('tuipol') (PBR): A Crocus exclusive, this upright, clump-forming perennial is easy to grow and ideal for borders, wildlife gardens, or cottage-style planting schemes. Bringing colour and structure from late spring into early summer and attracting pollinators, this unique Jacob's ladder produces delicate white flowers with a striking violet-purple eye and contrasting deep-toned sepals that give added interest before the buds even open. Grows to 40cm.

Flowering period

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

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:

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

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