
You have found: 6 Plant Families and 11 plants
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30-60 cm. Attractive grey-green felty leaves with small pink flowers early summer. Well-drained soil in full sun. Moderately hardy. Prefers poor and limey soil.
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Begonia |
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30 x 30cm. Tuberous begonia, reasonably hardy in the South. Red reverse to leaves. Pink flowers in summer. Fertile humus-rich soil, in full or part-shade.
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Similar to above, with white flowers.
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30-45cm. (trailing). Tuberous. Trailing stems bear light orange flowers all summer. Good in hanging container. Winter dormant. Keep frost free.
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Bergenia |
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30-45 x 45-60cm. Pure white flowers in mid-late spring. Evergreen. Moist but well-drained soil in sun or part shade. |
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30cm. Large rounded leaves, and pale pink flowers with pink calyces produced in spring. Humus-rich, well-drained soil, best in part shade. Reasonably hardy.
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Berkjeya |
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40-70 x 40-70cm. An unusual plant, forming rosettes of spiny leaves, white-woolly on underside. Large, purple, daisy-like flowers in mid-summer. Fertile, well-drained soil in full sun in a sheltered position. Protect from winter wet. |
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Borago |
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60 x 40cm. Annual. Self seeds. Bright blue flowers all summer. Attracts bees. Culinary herb. Also used in pot pourri. Well-drained soil in full sun.
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60 x 40cm. White flowered form of the above.
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Buddleja |
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Up to 3m. Enormous panicles of reddish-purple flowers, summer to autumn. Fertile, well-drained soil in sun. Attracts bees and butterflies.
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2m x 2m. Arching branches bear slender panicles of narrow, violet flowers in late summer. Best against a warm wall.
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