ASTER
Requires sun and well drained soil.
Monch has lavender blue flowers, a very long flowering period from July to October.
Grows to a height of 75 cm
Varieties in stock - monch, AUDREY & SOMOA
ASTRANTIA
Forms dense clumps in moisture retentive soils, happy in sun or part shade.
This variety has deep crimson flowers from May to July.
Grows to a height of 75 cm
gill richardson in stock
AGASTACHE
Adored by bees & butterflies, also known as Giant Hyssop.
Grown in full sun and well drained soil, it reaches a height of 45 cm. A long flowering time from late spring to early autumn. Adds colour to borders, rock gardens or containers.
RUGOSA in stock
GEUM
These wonderful bright perennials are suitable for a sunny, moist but well drained soil.
Varieties in stock - Prinses Juliana, Savanna Sunset, Mrs Bradshaw, Totally Tangerine, Borisii COOKY, BLAZING SUNSET & the Cocktail Series.
HELENIUM
Helenium - Rich coloured free flowering for a sunny border, they are a magnet for bees.
moerheim beauty in stock
Lythrum
Lythrum - Easy and reliable for any soil, sun or part shade that does not dry out.
Flowers June to September
lythrum virgatum ‘dropmore purple’ in stock
Oenothera
Evening Primrose. Flowers may be short lived but it more than makes up with the number produced. Plant in sun in moist soil. Flowers June to September
oenothera speciosa ‘siskiyou’ in stock
Nepeta
Lovely hardy perennial, ideal complimentary plant with Roses, Achilleas & Geraniums, loves the sunshine in a well drained site. Adored by bees & butterflies. Flowers from May until August.
walkers low, six hills giant, purrSIAN BLUE IN STOCK
LUPIN
Wonderful stately hardy perennial, happy in a sunny site, prefer a dry site. clump forming
blue, pink, white, yellow and red shades, flowering throughout the summer if dead headed regularly. good for cut flowers too.
Poppy
Spectacular early summer colour, best on well drained soil in full sun. White, scarlet red, or plum coloured, bees go crazy for their abundant nectar.
Flowers May to July.
ALPINE POPPY, ROYAL WEDDING, BRILLIANT, BEAUTY OF LIVERMERE IN STOCK
PHLOX
Many varieties providing colour from early spring until mid summer, many are fragrant. Easy to grow on moist, well drained soil.
rembrandt & emerald cushion in stock.
Polemonium
Polemonium - Jacobs Ladder. Derbyshire’s flower symbol. Lovely spring flowers, prefer semi shade and a moist but well drained soil.
Flowering months May to July.
BRESSINGHAM PURPLE, ALBA and the native wild flower polemonium
POTENTILLA
Wonderful hardy perennials flowering from May to August. Happy in sun and a well drained soil. Many colours - orange, red, scarlet, crimson & yellow.
‘arc en ciel’, monarch’s velvet, scarlet starlit in stock
Rudbeckia
Fabulous for their stunning sunny colours - golden yellow, deep yellow, bronze, orange and deep green. Flower June to September, loved by bees & butterflies.
goldsturm in stock
Salvia
No garden should be without these stunning plants, sun loving, drought resistant and a magnet for bees. Flower June to September
east friesland, caradonna, blackcurrant sage, and later towards mid june ‘joy’ ‘love & wishes’ ‘hot lips’ ‘embers wish’ ‘wendys wish’
Scabious
Long flowering plants for the sunny border, preferring chalky, well drained soil. Magnet for bees and butterflies.
Flowering May to September
field scabious & butterfly blue in stock
Sedum
Wonderful plant for the sunny dry border, bees & butterflies adore this nectar rich hardy perennial.
Flowers July to October.
Thalictrum
Hardy perennials for a moist, well drained soil in sun or part shade.
‘Hewitt’s Double’ sprays of tiny double lilac flowers, flowers July - September.
VERBENA
Verbena bonariensis - tall rigid stems up to 200 cm, tiny flower clusters from June to October, a magnet for bees & butterflies. Not reliably hardy but left unpruned they usually come through all but the coldest of winters
veronicastrum
Tall, elegant, hardy perennial for the back of the border, flowering July to late summer, loved by bees & butterflies.
CIMICIFUGA
Renamed to Actaea, common name is bugbane. Stunning purplish-bronze folage, fragrant pale pink flowers late summer in to autumn.
LEUCANTHEMUM
Shasta Daisy. Full sun or partial shade, lovely daisy like flowers from early summer to autumn, loved by pollinating insects.
MONADA
Also known as bergamot & bee balm. it is a magnet to pollinating insects.
Varieties in stock - red native, balmy purple, balmy pink, balmy rose & balmy lilac.
campanula
bellflower - some species are small alpines, some are tall woodland and meadow plants, easy to grow in either sunny or shady borders, not at all fussy. taller plants flower freely during the summer.
varieties - medium blue, octopus, glomerata, persicifolia
penstemon
