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A medium, evergreen shrub. Mid to light green, softly haired leaves are paired along erect stems. From early Summer through to Winter, tight clusters of small, star shaped, bright scarlet flowers are produced. Prune regularly and remove spent flower heads to promote flowering. The toughest Pentas in our conditions. Protect from frost. Attracts butterflies.
A winter deciduous perennial from the south eastern U.S. forming a shrubby mound of broadly lance shaped leaves cut from olivine velvet, each stamped boldly with a rusty chevron, and bearing filamentous wands of tiny magenta flowers followed by crimson seeds that last through autumn and pick beautifully.
Such lush foliage demands a modicum of summer irrigation and shelter but is otherwise quite heat loving and easily grown in well drained soil where it will self sow. Like most perennials it takes a couple of years to show its true potential.
Cut to ground level once the stems die back in early winter.
Makes a lovely pot plant if never allowed to dry out.
Large rounded leaves cut from silver velvet adorn this quick growing, soft stemmed, shrubby, evergreen perennial from Queensland. The ideal silver foil for shady gardens across the country, needing only protection from direct frost and a soil that's not too dry year round. During Autumn and Winter spikes of delicate, white flowers, are freely produced.
Trim regularly to maintain density.
The quintessential spring wildflower of much of Europe and a far cry from its ribald descendents the Polyanthus oft used as potted colour.
The mound of soft and soft green, crinkled, inversely lance shaped leaves is crowded with yellow centred, upward facing, bright primrose, five petalled, scolloped flowers for several weeks from mid winter. Charming and a joy to see when flowers are so scarce.
Easily grown if left alone in a cool position with moist well drained soil, resting here by late summer only to spring into vigorous growth with the cool season and then enjoying bright shade or morning sun. Sensitive to fertilizers and overly rich soil.
Soundly perennial, these are divisions of my best form that I have been transplanting from garden to garden for over twenty years.
A Buttercup on steroids from the laurel forest of the Canary Islands. Huge, coarsely haired, umbrella-like leaves emerge from a spidery tuberous rootstock, on stout fleshy stems. After a winter of exuberant growth a sturdy, much branched stem of gloss enamel, canary yellow, green centred, buttercup flowers is thrust skyward. The entire plant slowly shrivels with increasing summer temperatures, only to return the following winter bigger and badder than ever.
For winter moist, shady sites, preferably dryish over summer and when happy self seeding with desirable abandon. Also growable as a show winning potted specimen.
A Chinese perennial with flat rosettes of jagged, dark green, red backed, velvety leaves form a dense carpet from which arises slender stems, elegantly bearing large, very showy, nodding, trumpet shaped, yellow throated, pale pink flowers. Very romantic as the name suggests.
Easily grown in moist, well drained, preferably alkaline soil in a sheltered site and very vigorous when happy.
Winter dormant.