Also known as the steeple bush, this is a vigorous shrub with soft, felt-like leaves and masses of fluffy pink flowers. Easy to grow and definitely a plant that can take a lot of neglect, the steeple bush is a plant that can be grown by virtually anyone! Especially suited to cottage gardens and informal plantings, it can be clipped back hard and will recover rapidly. Perfect for filling gaps in the garden, it will send up suckers that will soon form a dense thicket of leaves that becomes covered in its characteristic blooms through late spring and early summer. Supplied as an established plant in a 2L pot, ready to plant out.
This deciduous shrub produces attractive panicles of pink flowers from June. Ht. 2.5m. Supplied as bare root plants.
Easy-to-grow annual with a gentle fragrance. Low-growing and spreading plant with pretty bicoloured blooms all summer long. Ideal at the front of borders. Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 20cm (8).
Here's a good choice for the front of a sunny border, a rockery or patio container. Phlox douglasii 'Red Admiral' forms a low cushion of dense foliage which does an excellent job of supressing weeds, growing vigorously but staying compact. In spring it is smothered in pretty crimson-pink flowers from April to June. Moss Phlox holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit - always a sure sign of excellence in a garden plant. Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 30cm (12).
Although it's sometimes called a Phlox paniculata or Perennial Phlox, a Phlox 'Admiral' by any other name will smell as sweet! This plant's white trusses give off a delightful fragrance, which is particularly noticeable when it's planted at the front of borders or near a patio. From here, the scent can be enjoyed in comfort throughout July, August and September. The hardy perennial is particularly suited to sunny or partially shady cottage gardens, but also makes an excellent cut flower. The blooms can even be used in the kitchen, for their spicy taste adds an interesting flavour to fruit salads and makes an unusual, decorative cake topping. Height: 15cm (6).
The Fried Egg or Poached Egg plant will attract hoverflies to your garden to beat the aphids. Bees also love this low, spreading carpet of fragrant golden and white blooms that will grace the front of the border, rockery or path edging