A large, non-spreading clump-forming plant displays long-stemmed sprays of large creamy yellow "pincushion scabious" flowers over an extended period in the summer. This is an exceptional specimen plant either on its own or at the back of the border. ... Learn More

A very low and slow-growing alpine plant, forming a carpet of fuzzy silver-grey leaves with short stems of starry white flowers, which appear in late spring and early summer. It does best in the rock garden or in a gravel scree or alpine trough garden where it does best in a hanging position. ... Learn More

This charming relative of the snapdragon is a spreading perennial that produces masses of blue flowers with delicate yellow throats. It makes a lovely display all summer long and is quick growing. Try it dotted around your rockery, or as underplanting in your borders. ... Learn More

Robust sprays of fragrant, creamy white flowers open above compact stems, bearing leathery, slightly hairy, little-divided leaves, an unusual feature within this group of plants. A new, rare and extremely garden-worthy plant from the windy Azores Islands, it will puzzle even the most knowledgeable plant enthusiast! ... Learn More

Bright pink heads on short stems, with ferny feathery foliage, make this exceptionally compact umbellifer a must for the front of a choice border. It is very slow to spread and certainly not invasive, as well as being bone hardy. As a bonus, the entire plant smells of apples! "To be sought, few herbaceous plants can hold a candle to it in early May." (Graham Stuart Thomas) ... Learn More

Large numbers of heavily doubled cup-shaped tiny yellow "poppies" are massed in branching sprays. Finely divided leaves make a substantial sprawling mass during spring and summer on this unusual member of the poppy family. ... Learn More

A dainty, and nowadays very rare, curiosity. Deeply-divided, finely-cut, fern-like foliage, displays numerous bright yellow flowers consisting of frilly, almost feather-like petals. Also sometimes called Chelidonium 'Bowles Variety'. ... Learn More

Forming a clump of stiff, leafy stems, this valuable late-season plant bears heads of curiously-shaped rich pink flowers resembling gaping mouths, hence the common name "Turtle Head". This lovely flower makes a very useful addition to every garden, flowering from late summer when most others have finished, and right into autumn. ... Learn More

A are and quite superb rockery or wall gem which produces arching stems carrying sprays of yellow 'lambs tail' flowers, sprouting from hardy evergreen succulent rosettes. A very long lived, tough and hardy, high value plant. Seed is absolutely tiny and best results may be produced by gently pushing seeds into cracks in the wall or rockery. Makes a gorgeous display even in the hottest spot on a wall or rockery. ... Learn More

An abundance of tall stems carry swathes of giant white petalled, yellow eyed, daisy flowers thoughout late summer. Clumps will gradually spread and will return reliably each season. ... Learn More

Purplish stems carrying arching spires of fragrant white flowers in mid-autumn, from September into October, rise above shiny divided leaves. One of the treasures of the autumn garden, this is a magnificent and very valuable mid or back of border plant. ... Learn More

This rare plant, native to much of the western United States, from Washington to Nebraska, has hairy stems reaching up to about half a metre tall, and many hairy, fern-like leaves divided into lance-shaped lobes. The flowers are made up of urn-shaped cups of deep silvery-purple-blue petal-like sepals, which are fuzzy with pointed or rounded tips, rarely white or pinkish sepals, and finally a feathery swirl of seed pods appears, that always attracts as much attention as the flower, this fabulous plant being both unmistakeable and unbeatable. Very few viable seeds collected. ... Learn More

One of the herbaceous, non-climbing clematis, this is ideal for the border with its numerous upright stems bearing countless sweetly-perfumed yellow-eyed white flowers, in loose panicles in June and July. Finally, attractive seed heads produce large orange seeds, each with a whispy tail! ... Learn More

This rarely offered form of this spectacular border perennial has purple-bronze foliage on strong arching stems. Strongly perfumed heads of starry white flowers from May to July give this plant exceptional value. This is not a climber like its relatives but is a 'shrub-like' clematis variety, a clump-forming herbaceous perennial, which is perfect for a mixed bed or border and can be pruned down to the ground each spring. ... Learn More

A rare, beautiful and sweetly-fragrant species that is native to China and Korea. A most unusual sub-shrubby species, it nether clings nor climbs, and produces toothed leaves and tubular, hyacinth-like, perfumed blue flowers on erect stems from late summer to mid autumn. It makes a spectacular display in sun to part shade in any well-drained garden soil that is kept moist in summer. ... Learn More