'. Large mauve-crimson cone shaped daisy flowers. Mid- summer to autumn. Sun. Height 1.5m Spread 45cm

ECHINACEA purpurea 'White Swan'

Large white daisy flowers with orange-brown central cone. Mid- summer to autumn. Sun. Height 60cm Spread 45cm

Globe thistle. Spherical, bright blue flower-heads in July and August. Highly attractive to butterflies and bees. It is best planted in poor, well-drained soil in full sun. Height 1.2m Spread 60cm

Snow poppy. Handsome  foliage, and delicate papery white single poppy-like flowers with yellow anthers from late spring to midsummer. Part shade or sun and retentive soil  Height 30cm spread 91cm. Good ground-cover.

Bishop's Mitre. Robust, evergreen with attractive bronze leaves when young. Bright yellow flowers are produced in spring. Wonderfully well-behaved ground cover doing very well in shade. Height 40cm (16in) Spread 60cm (2ft)  Partial shade. 
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Crimson and yellow flowers appear in mid- to late spring. The leaves are flushed with red when young and turn reddish-brown in autumn, remaining throughout the winter. A great ground cover plant in the shade under trees and shrubs. Height and spread 30cm  
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Delicate sulphur yellow flowers are borne on wiry stems in spring. New leaves combine delicate shades of bronze and turn bronze again in the autumn before remaining all winter. Height 30cm spread 60cm. Shade or sun. 
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Pure-white flowers in mid to late spring on slender, red-tinted stems.   Excellent groundcover plant for shady areas under trees. The delicate young foliage is often bronze-flushed.
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'Fairy Foxglove'. Charming little plant suitable for a rock garden, a wall or gravel garden. Covered in pink flowers from late spring to summer. Height 8cm and spread 10cm. Sun. 
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Creamy-yellow flowers above finely dissected grey-green foliage in summer. Height 15cm Spread 40cm

Lilac-pink flowers above finely dissected grey-green leaves provide colour for weeks from summer well into autumn. Height 25cm (10in) Spread 30cm (12in) Sun and well drained soil.

Purple and white flowers above lovely ferny foliage. Height and spread 30cm Sun

Bright pink flowers all summer

'Sea holly'. Steel-blue thistle like flowers in mid to late summer. Good cut flower or for drying. Sun. Height 80cm Spread 45cm

'Miss Willmott's Ghost'. Decorative steel-blue cones surrounded by  prickly, silvery grey bracts appear throughout summer. Sun Height 90cm Spread 30cm
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ERYNGIUM planum

Masses of pale blue flowers from July to September. Height 90cm Spread 45cm Sun

'Sea holly'. Richly marbled leaves and heads of small metallic-blue spiky flowers in late summer. Good cut flower or for drying. Sun. Height 40cm Spread 25cm. 

A superb sea-holly with both flowers and stems becoming an intense metallic blue. Wonderful dried. Mid to late summer. Sun. Height 60cm Spread 45cm.
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ERYSIMUM 'Bowles` Mauve'

'Perennial wallflower'. Mauve flowers from spring to autumn. Height 75cm Spread 60cm. Sun. 
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Huge flat-domed heads of cinnamon-pink fluffy flowers are carried on tall stout stems from late summer to autumn. Sun or part shade. Retentive soil. Height 2.2m Spread 1m

Flat heads of fragrant white flowers contrast well with the  rich chocolate leaves on reddish stems.  Blooms mid-summer to early autumn. Sun or part shade.  Height 1.2m spread 60cm

A bushy evergreen perennial with grey-green leaves and yellow-green flowerheads from April to June. Height and spread 1m. Sun. Harmful if eaten/ Skin & eye irritant

Yellow flowerheads from late spring to mid-summer above feathery blueish green leaves. Good ground cover. Height 30cm (12in) Spread 1m (3ft). Harmful if eaten/ Skin & eye irritant

Orange flowerheads from late spring to mid-summer above feathery purple/green leaves. Good ground cover. Height 30cm (12in) Spread 1m (3ft). Harmful if eaten/ Skin & eye irritant

Erect red stems carry bright orange red flower heads in late spring to early summer. Very rich autumn colour. Height 75cm Spread 1m. Light or dappled shade. Harmful if eaten/ Skin & eye irritant

Orange red flower heads in spring  Height and spread 60cm  Light or dappled shade

EUPHORBIA x martini 

This compact evergreen plant gives a very long decorative season. Red stained leaves in spring, followed by heads of lime-green flowers. Height and spread 1m. Sun.  Harmful if eaten/ Skin & eye irritant
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