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- 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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- New addition to this year's catalogue.
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60-90cm. Bright pink flowers, June to August, pollinated by butterflies. Annual. Self seeds.
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10cm. Mat-forming, with deeply lobed, rounded leaves, and sprays of tiny yellow-green flowers in summer. Moist but well-drained soil, sun or part shade. British Native.
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10-15cm. Creeping perennial, with white flowers in spring. Woodland conditions. British native.
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12-30cm. Dainty bells in varying shades of blue, and white. Can be naturalised in short turf. British native
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45-90 x 30cm. British native. Spikes of blue-mauve flowers, mid to late summer. Tolerant of drier soils in part shade.
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As above, with white flowers.
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30-90cm. Cornflower. Deep blue flowers in summer. Good cut flower. Hardy annual. Self seeds. British native.
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100 x 60cm. Bright blue flowers mid to late summer. Fertile, well-drained soil in full sun. British native.
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Pink-flowered chicory.
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20cm. Creeping perennial, bearing sprays of strongly-scented small white bells in late spring. Fertile, humus-rich moist soil in full or part-shade. British native.
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1.5m Thistle-like, lilac-mauve flowerheads which remain ornamental when dried. Particularly attractive to goldfinches. Any moderately fertile soil in sun or part-shade. Biennial. Self seeds. British native.
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60-90 x 30cm. Many stems bear masses of blue flowers in summer. Highly attractive to bees. Biennial. Self seeds. Well-drained soil in full sun. British native.
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30cm. Pendent flowers in purple, with chequered markings, or occasionally white, in spring. Will grow in fertile, well-drained soil or damp meadow conditions, in sun or part-shade. Ideal for naturalising in grass. British native.
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60-90cm. Clump-forming. Mauve-blue flowers, early to mid-summer. Sun or part-shade, not too dry. Self-seeds. Cut back after flowering. British native.
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20-30 x 30cm Deep pink flowers all summer. Sun or part-shade. Foliage colours well in autumn. British native.
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70 x 45cm. White flowers in early summer. Best grown in humus-rich soil, in sun or part-shade. Not too dry. British native.
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100cm. Clump-forming, with blue-lilac flowers, mid-summer to autumn. Fertile, preferably alkaline soil in full sun. British native.
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2m. Perennial Pea. Pinkish flowers in summer. British native.
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45-60cm. Strap-shaped, glossy dark green leaves, with stems bearing several white bells, tipped green, in spring.Moist, humus-rich soil in sun or part shade. British native.
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20-30cm. Toadflax. Pale yellow flowers. Spreads. British native.
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30cm. Yellow poppy flowers all summer. Will grow in almost any conditions, except very dry soils. Good in shade. Self seeds. British native.
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Similar to above, but with pale orange flowers.
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vulgare *** 50cm. Mauve-purple flowers in summer. Good culinary herb.
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75cm. 75cm. Arching sprays of pendent white bells in spring. Cool fertile soil in shade.
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25cm. Umbels of fragrant, deep yellow flowers in spring. Moist but well-drained, humus-rich soil in sun or part shade. Self seeds.
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20cm. Evergreen rosettes, with pale yellow flowers in spring. Humus-rich soil in part shade. Self seeds.
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60-110cm. Clump-forming, with pale violet, globular, scabious-like flowers from mid-summer to autumn. Very attractive to bees and butterflies, and to seed-eating birds. Prefers a rich, moist soil in sun, but will adapt to quite dry conditions in part shade. Can be naturalised in grass.
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20cm. Rhizomatous, slowly spreading perennial with attractive dainty foliage, and small, fairly insignificant flowers. Part shade in well-drained soil. British native.
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40cm. Large, pale yellow clover flowers from June to August. Prefers a sunny position, and is happy on chalk. Attracts bees.
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rupestris rosea *** 10cm. Teesdale Violet. Pink flowers in spring and early summer. Evergreen. Self seeds. British native.
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15cm. Purple, lavender and yellow flowers all summer (deadhead). Evergreen. Short-lived but self-seeds. Flowers can be used in salads. British native.
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