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AGM
Award of Garden Merit (RHS Award) indicating a plant that is rated excellent for garden use, of good constitution, and not requiring specialist conditions to grow well.
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Fully hardy
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Hardy to -5°C
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Unlikely to withstand a frost
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Tender
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New addition to this year's catalogue.

You have found: 6 Plant Families and 11 plants

Ballota

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

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.
Tender.

Bergenia

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

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

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

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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