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Create a relaxed, hazy look in your borders with this airy ornamental carrot, Daucus carota 'Dara?. Blooming in a mixture of shades ranging from burgundy to pink and white, the delicate umbels of these elegant plants create a beautiful frothy effect in a mixed planting scheme as well as attracting bees and other pollinators.
This versatile Sweet William is generally grown as a biennial or short-lived perennial to create a carpet of summer flowers in the following year. However, it can be grown as an annual from an early sowing, producing flowers in just 10 weeks! Dianthus barbatus 'Indian Carpet' is a low growing, well branched variety which is sweetly fragrant, with a fabulous colour mix.
Brighten up your rockery with the vivid pink blooms of Silene caroliniana 'Hot Pink'! Known as Sticky Catchfly or Wild Pink in its native home of North America, where this low, clump-forming perennial thrives on the well-drained soils of rocky outcrops. The nectar rich flowers are borne in profusion in late spring and early summer, offering a feast for pollinating insects.
Tulip and Muscari 'Purple Rain Mix' brings an opulent, professional display to your spring garden. Plant them en masse and enjoy the sight of purple and mauve Tulips peeping through a carpet of blue Muscari. Perfect for filling beds and containers with a colour coordinated display.
This easy to grow Coleus Canina keeps cats, dogs, rabbits and foxes away from your garden, also known as the ?Scaredy Cat? Plant. It produces an odour that cats in particular find offensive. It will be at its most effective when planted in a sunny spot, because the odour gets stronger the hotter leaves become ? fortunately the odour is barely obvious to humans! Coleus Caninai is easy to grow and will thrive on neglect as it is a naturally drought tolerant plant. It even produces attractive blue flowers during the summer months and early autumn. Height: 45cm (18).
Purple Loosestrife can be the mainstay of summer planting as it offers height and colour towards the end of the summer season when you are craving something new. Lythrum salicaria ?Robin' can be very long-flowering and with those towering spikes of beautiful pinky-purple flowers, it will provide interest when other plants are starting to fade. It's the perfect plant for gardening beginners because all they require is a position in a moist, sunny border and they will delight year after year. Height: 90cm (36). Spread: 45cm (18).
The arching, strap-like variegated foliage of Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance' is particularly eye-catching, and this elegant sedge also produces small, white flower spikes in late spring. Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance' is a hardy perennial grass with a clumping habit, making it a perfect choice for the front of border, rockeries and patio containers. It needs very little maintenance to keep it looking fantastic, is evergreen, and thrives in rich and fertile soil. Happy in light shade, it makes a very useful and charming addition to the garden. Height: 40cm (14). Spread: 60cm (24).
Known for its glossy dark-green foliage and late summer deep-blue flowers, Caryopteris ?Petit Bleu? is a low-mounding, deciduous shrub with an elegant free-branching habit. Not only does the foliage and flower colour contrast well, providing the garden with a late summer splash of colour, this shrub is extremely attractive to butterflies and other beneficial insects, due to its nectar-rich blooms. What?s more impressive is that wherever you choose to site this superior cultivar, it will continue to produce a dramatic and eye-catching feature, especially when planted in a sunny spot. Height: 60cm (2?). Spread: 90cm (3?).