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A slowly spreading, semi-evergreen, rhizomatous perennial. Magenta, saucer shaped, (3cm), flowers are produced for a long period through spring to early summer and again in autumn. The stiff, slender stems clothed in finely dissected dark green leaves will form a dense clump or mix well with other plants, wandering between them.
Tough and easy.
Cut back hard if looking tired.
Permanent, excellent and occasionally self sowing.
A clumping evergreen perennial. Slender stalks are topped with large, tough, sharply toothed, grey-green, glossy, dissected leaves. In late Winter branching stems are produced bearing many single, pale green, rose-like flowers which persist for several weeks . Provide with an alkaline, well drained soil. Plant the crown below the soil level.
A clumping evergreen perennial. Dense clumps of hairy, mid-green, deeply toothed leaves. Slender branching stems arise during Spring,Summer and Autumn, bearing pincushion-like flowers of an unusual magenta-burgundy colour. A delightful little plant that is totally unique. Remove spent stems to promote flowering.
A clumping, rhizomatous, winter dormant perennial. Rosettes of dense linear dark green glossy leaves. At the end of Sumer tightly packed spikes of pink-purple feathery flowers rise from the centre of each rosette. Unusually the flowers open from the top down. Feed well and don't let them get crowded out when dormant.
(Bee balm. Wild bergamot) An evergreen perennial, quickly forming dense clumps of sturdy stems, clothed in softly textured, broadly lance shaped, refreshingly mint scented leaves, each topped in early Summer by a 10cm whorl of furry, lilac pink, tubular, lipped flowers.
Cut back to ground level in Autumn.
The over wintering mounds of smaller leaves often take on various grey and purple hues, which I find most attractive.
A mound forming, densely clumping, woody rootstocked, evergreen perennial, extremely tolerant of dry soils and exposure. Whorls of rich blue-mauve flowers, held along slender stems, are borne profusely throughout the warmer months. Cut to the ground anytime it is looking tatty and you will quickly be rewarded with a new crop of the heart shaped, toothed, grey green leaves.
A superior plant, of better colour and habit than the generic seed raised N. faassenii commonly encountered and which regrettably seem to have ruined the reputation of Catmints in this country.
A garden staple.
A sage from south eastern United States, most valued for its delicately showy spikes of azure flowers produced in the dog days of summer when others are gasping. The long, wandy, purplish stems, sparsely clothed in roughly textured, sage green, linear leaves, arise from a deeply rooted central stock in early spring and lengthen until flowering, then die off as they are being replaced with next seasons growth.
Beautiful, graceful and dependable, easily grown in any reasonably well drained soil where available summer moisture will dictate height and laxity.
Scatter through any garden area, perhaps with grasses and other summer flowering prairie perennials, for long lasting summer romance. More tasteful and satisfying than a trashy novel.
An exceptional grass from the American tall grass prairies where it is one of the main forage plants.
The tight clumps of glaucous blue leaves are tolerant of heat and drought and will grow in both acid and alkaline soils, so long as the drainage is good and there is plenty of sun. Additional height is gained from late summer from the non-descript flower stems. Winter dormant, the leaves turn varying shades of orange, red and purple during autumn and hold their shape throughout winter.
Cut down to ground level in late winter.