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  • Hosta

    Hostaceae

  • Penstemon

    (Beardtongue)
    Plantaginaceae

    A North American genus consisting of mostly drought and heat tolerant clumping perennials or sub-shrubs with tubular flowers. There are many spectacular species and cultivars in a wide range of colours from white through pink, red, purple and a few yellows but most notably blues of a luminosity rarely found in other genera.

    Wild species tend to be more heat and drought tolerant than English hybrids developed for milder climates, though all demand ample sunlight and excellent drainage, preferably with poor soil.
    • palmeri   CAG01730
      Height1.2mWidth80cmFlowering SeasonSummerWaterLLightFull Sun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      I'll start by quoting Robert Nold in Penstemons "one of the glories of the plant kingdom"

      An evergreen clump forming perennial, adapted to life in the harsh conditions of the North American south west. Found in impoverished, dry, clay soils it should prove a winner in WA, it's deep roots effectively drought proofing it. During summer, highly fragrant, pink, balloon-like flowers crowd one side of the tall slender stems, the bases of which are clothed with large, toothed, silver-blue leaves.

      You need this in your garden.

  • Seseli
    • gummiferum   CAG01928

      (Moon carrot)
      Height60cmWidth35cmFlowering SeasonSummerWaterLLightFull Sun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      From Turkey and Eastern Europe comes this surreal, biennial member of the carrot family.

      Silvery-blue mounds of lacy foliage throw up fat, branching stems of creamy-white umbels followed by the unavoidable death of the plant but no loss, as providing there is good drainage and a sunny exposed position, a healthy crop of seedlings should appear the following Winter.

      Tolerant of dry, stony and poor soils this plant is astounding in scattered drifts with winter bulbs, Catmints, Lambs ears, Anthemis or any other tough low growing plants.

      It shouldn't need saying but just in case. Intolerant of shade and much summer moisture.

  • Sorghastrum
  • Thalictrum
    • flavum subsp. glaucum   CAG00632
      Height1.8mWidth80cmFlowering SeasonSummerWaterMLightLight Shade
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      The large mounds of steely blue, fern-like foliage, of this clump forming, winter dormant perennial, are an exceptional foil for bold flowers such as Hemerocallis, Canna and Kniphofia, and are the perfect companion for the purple leaves of Eucomis ‘Oakhurst‘ and Clematis recta ‘Purpurea’.
      Luscious, fat shoots of purple tinted new leaves in spring and explosions of sulphur yellow flowers in mid summer, make this North African native yet more garden worthy.

  • Xanthosoma

    (Yautias)
    Araceae

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