Erect flowering spikes. More compact ornamental foliage making an ideal cut flower.

Free flowering, indispensible border plant, with flat, platelike 4-6in mustard yellow flower heads of easy culture and ideal for mixed borders or cutting. The flat flower heads can also be dried and used as "everlastings". Flowers mid to late summer. Height: 5ft.

Many stems with masses of attractive, intense cherry red flowers, over a very long period. A first year flowering perennial, making an excellent border filler and cut flower.

An easy to grow, first year flowering perennial, ideal for adding a sumptuous mixture of fruity colours to borders.

Makes an excellent cut or dried flower, as well as attracting bees and butterflies to your garden.

Height: 60-75cm (24-30in).

A completely new concept in hardy perennials. Easy to grow, flowering in just 4 months from sowing and producing lots of flowers from spring to first frosts. The colour range is too wide to describe but includes cream, butter, lemon, all imaginable shades of salmon, orange, red, plus mustard, ochre, bronze, grey and beige, in fact, almost the complete spectrum of pastels. Suitable for border, … click for more

An imposing long flowering, long lived perennial with pyramids of beautiful 2 inch flowers. A excellent border plant easily grown from seed. Rich blue flower spikes add a unique colour to the garden, held aloft delphinium-like foliage. Spikes also last as a cut flower.

Vigorous and ornamental, ideal supported on a sunny wall. Heart shaped leaves and charming clusters of moderately fragrant 1½ inch flowers. Grow 3 to 4 plants close together to produce Kiwi Fruit.

Large, pendulous amethyst-blue, skirt-like flowers, packed in symmetry on many tall, erect stems. A gorgeous unusual colour for Adenophora.

Large strap-like, deep green leaves and crowded umbels of deep blue blooms. Bold, attractive bulbous plants for sheltered borders, tubs, containers etc. Elegant strap shaped leaves and bunches of blue flowers on 2-3ft long stems. The dried seed head can be used for winter decoration. There is considerable evidence that these hybrids are really hardy in many parts of the British Isles, … click for more

Free flowering with large round heads of true blue flowers growing into a thick established clump. Truly hardy. Bold, attractive bulbous plants for sheltered borders, tubs, containers etc. Elegant strap shaped leaves and bunches of blue flowers on 2-3ft long sterns. The dried seed head can be used for winter decoration. There is considerable evidence that these hybrids are really hardy in many … click for more

Attractive, golden-green foliage with a distinct aniseed fragrance, making a vibrant contrast to the compact lavender-blue flower spikes. Adds interest to borders and containers, as well as attracts wildlife to your garden. Fragrant and excellent in borders or containers.

New 2008

A classic cottage Hollyhock. Spectacular, large, crystal white, fully double, powder-puff blooms grace tall strong stems from mid summer until autumn. Adds height and a touch of style to the back of perennial or cottage garden borders. Especially effective when planted in groups.

Height 1.5-1.8m (5-6ft)

A favourite with flower arrangers. Large and prolific grey/green foilage topped by huge spreading heads of tiny star-like straw textured yellow flowers in multiple clusters. Hardy, easy to grow and ideal for ground cover too, thriving in sun or part shade and in moist soils. Flowers early summer. Height: 60cm (24in).

Invaluable long-lived border plants in numerous shades of pink, orange and scarlet with distinctive, contrasting stripe. One of the worlds' most popular cut flowers.

One of the loveliest hardy perennials. Once established, the plants multiply to become a strikingly beautiful colony with vividly coloured blooms which are excellent for cutting. Flowers early-mid summer.

Carmines, flame, yellow and pink, all whiskered, veined or mottled in darker colours in lily-like fashion. Less inclined to sprawl and a little earlier than Ligtu Hybrids.