May include lilac, pink or white flowers. Large flowering varieties included. Height 75 cms to 90 cms. Good as cut flowers from late summer to autumn. Sun or light shade. Clump forming.
To 70cms when in flower. An unusual and captivating perennial bearing a lengthy display over the warmer months of deep crimson, pin-cushion style flowers. Particularly suited to informal drifts of 2-3 plants in mixed or wildflower gardens. Attractive to butterflies and useful as a cut flower for fresh floral arrangements. Sun. Winter dormant.
The odd plant has white flowers. Short-lived perennial, however it survives in my garden for a few years. Let it self-seed. 75 to 90 cms. Attractive large flowering spikes. Large white-pink bracts. Impressive and long flowering summer/autumn. Fragrant. Economic, culinary, medicinal and ornamental virtues. Sun and good drainage. Specimen plant.
(Bluebells of Scotland). Height to 25 cms. Graceful, nodding, mauve-purple bells in early summer. Ideal for edging, containers and rock gardens. Sun. Winter dormant.
To 45 cms. Beautiful, large lilac-purple flowers which have pale lilac-pink upper lips and white lower lips and throats, marked with purple lines. Sun/partial shade. Seldom available.