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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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- New addition to this year's catalogue.
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15cm. Forms a cushion of aromatic leaves, with masses of red-violet flowers in summer. Well-drained soil in full sun.
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15-20cm. Evergreen or semi-evergreen sub-shrub, bearing masses of heads of small pink flowers in late spring-early summer. Drought tolerant once established.
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12cm. Rounded heads of rich pink flowers over glaucous foliage. Well-drained soil in full sun. Good in a trough.
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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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20cm. Sub-shrub, forming a mound of small silvery foliage, with heads of pink flowers in early summer. Needs well-drained soil in a sunny position. Drought tolerant.
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5-8cm. Spreading rosettes form a mat, with heads of dainty pink flowers in late spring. Well-drained soil in sun. Good in a trough or scree.
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10cm. Forms a low mat of silvered foliage, with small round heads of pink-red flowers in late spring. For a sunny, well-drained position.
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10-15cm. Creamy flowers in late spring-early summer. Attracts bees. Well-drained soil in sun.
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10cm. Forms an evergreen mat of grey-green rosettes, with long-lasting double white flowers in late spring. Very well drained soil in full sun.
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2-5 x 30cm. Evergreen, mat-forming perennial, becoming smothered in pure white flowers in early summer, with further spasmodic flowers through the summer. For well-drained soil in full sun.
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8cm. Makes a slow growing, compact mound of needle-like foliage, with heads of stemless white flowers nestling on the dome in spring. Well-drained soil in a sunny position. Good for a trough.
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8cm. Forms a tight mound of needle-like foliage, with heads of pink flowers on short stems, in spring. Slow-growing. Well-drained soil in sun. Good in a trough.
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25cm. Soft brick-red thrift flowers from late spring into summer. Well-drained, poor to moderately fertile soil in sun. Happy on chalk, and attractive to bees and butterflies.
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15cm. Neat mat of evergreen foliage, with masses of bright rose-pink flowers in late spring-early summer. Well-drained, poor to moderately fertile soil in sun. Attracts bees, etc.
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12cm. Deep pink thrift flowers over dark red-tinted, evergreen foliage. Well-drained soil in sun.
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Long-lasting, semi-double, rose pink flowers through spring, over a mat of low foliage. Well-drained soil in sun. At it's best trailing over a wall or edge of a trough.
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10cm. Forms an evergreen mat, smothered in large carmine-red flowers in spring. Well-drained soil in sun. Cut back after flowering to maintain a compact plant.Â
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30cm. Lemon yellow flowers in late spring- early summer. Well-drained soil in a sunny position.
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10-15cm. Lax stems bearing profuse, deep purple bell flowers in mid to late summer. Well-drained soil in sun.
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10 x 30cm. Masses of small mauve-blue thimble-flowers in summer. Thrives in crevices, screes, paving, etc. The creeping rhizomes can be a nuisance in the wrong spot! Grows happily and in a well-behaved manner in poor gritty soil in sun.
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Similar to above, with white flowers
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20cm. Compact, dark green foliage, with stems of relatively large, outward-facing, white flowers in summer. Sun or part shade, in reasonably well-drained soil.
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25 x 60cm. Dense mat of deeply divided leaves, under silvery rose-pink cornflowers. Well-drained soil in full sun.
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10-15cm. Tiny, pale purple snapdragon-flowers in summer, over a low mound of small leaves. Well-drained soil in full sun.
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10-15cm. Masses of small lilac flowers, veined violet, through summer into autumn.Well-drained soil in sun.
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7-10cm. These flower in late winter-early spring, and are best in full sun and well-drained soil.
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8-10cm. Inner petals violet, outer pale lavender. Can be grown in sun or under deciduous trees. Naturalise well.
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5cm. Creeping. Can be invasive. Rounded, shiny green leaves, with masses of lilac and white flowers, spring to autumn. Sun or part shade. Attracts bees and butterflies.
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25cm. An old pink dating from 1720. Deep carmine pink flowers, heavily fringed, with a deeper pink eye.Fragrant. Forms a good clump and flowers well.
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15cm. Fragrant white flowers with a dark maroon central zone, produced over a long period in summer. One of my favourites.
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15cm. Dating from pre 1955, this dianthus forms a mat of evergreen foliage, with bright rose-red, semi-double, fragrant flowers in summer.
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15cm. Masses of delightfully-scented, burgundy flowers which develop a gold fleck. Very attractive.
It now appears that this plant should probably be known as Gold Dust.
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5cm. Forms a tight mound of blue-grey leaves, with single, fringed, bright pink flowers in early summer. Good in a trough or raised bed.
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5-10cm. Small semi-double, rose-pink, fringed flowers, with a remarkably strong scent!
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12cm. Deeply fringed white flowers with a maroon eye. Fragrant flowers from late spring to mid summer.
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10cm. Deep pink fragrant flowers in summer. Good in a trough.
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15cm. Forms a compact, dense cushion of blue-green foliage, with pure white, fragrant, fringed flowers from July to September.
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10cm. Cushions of fine grey foliage, with rose-pink, fragrant flowers in May-June.
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20cm. A compact form, with heads of bright pink flowers emerging from dark buds. Long flowering, and attractive to butterflies.
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5-8cm. Grassy foliage, with masses of singly pink flowers with buff reverse, in June.
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30cm. Evergreen, with whorls of purple-blue flowers in summer. Well-drained soil in sun.
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20cm. Deep blue, hooded flowers in summer. Well-drained soil in sun.
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8 x 10cm. Semi-evergreen perennial. Sprays of tiny pink, purple or white flowers in late spring to summer. Well-drained soil in full sun or part-shade. Suitable for a rockery or cracks in paving. Can be short-lived.
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20-25cm. Attractive foliage, producing sprays of pink flowers, with darker blotches and veining, throughout summer. Well-drained soil in sun..
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15cm. Pink-mauve upper petals, paler lower petals. Flowers in summer over a mat of feathery foliage. Well-drained soil in sun.
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15cm. Forms a mat of silvery divided foliage. The pale flowers are veined pink, the upper petals bearing two dark blotches.
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10cm. Low sprawling shrub, with masses of yellow flowers in early summer. Very attractive to bees. Well-drained soil in sun. I believe it's a British Native.
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10-15cm. Mound of light pink flowers over a long period in summer. Well-drained soil in sun. Attracts bees.
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30cm. Peachy-apricot flowers in summer, attractive to bees. Well-drained soil in sun.
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20-30cm. Slow-growing, compact evergreen, with spikes of lavender-blue flowers in summer. Attracts bees, etc. Well-drained soil in sun.
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15cm. Mat-forming perennial, with pretty double white flowers over a long period in summer. Well-drained soil in sun.
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