This excellent, popular dwarf fuchsia produces a succession of striking pink-red and purple flowers from June throughout summer, with a compact, mound-forming habit. Fuchsia 'Tom Thumb' is fully hardy and ideal for planting out in a border, but copes just as well in pots and rockeries. Good tolerance to shade but grows best in a sunny spot in the garden and can even be trained as a low hedge. Height and spread: 30cm (12).
Goniolimon collinum 'Sea Spray' bears miniature white blooms above clumps of silvery foliage, producing a continuous display throughout July and August, with the flowers drying slowly on the plant. This drought resistant and rabbit-proof Bulgarian Statice is a tough plant which is ideal for harsh locations such as exposed and coastal gardens. Height and Spread 45cm (18).
Erigeron glaucus 'Sea Breeze' lives up to its name by flourishing on the sea air and sunshine around the coasts of southern Britain. It is the perfect choice for those tricky, exposed areas and will self-seed into the most unexpected crevices and corners, even over the top of stone walls. This low-growing perennial bears stunning, purple-pink, daisy-like flowers above blue-green foliage and will bloom all summer long. Finally, the flowers of Erigeron 'Sea Breeze' will die back, leaving you with a splendid mat of evergreen foliage. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 45cm (18).
Native to North America and part of the Sunflower family of plants, Echinacea purpurea 'Rubinstern' has bold, pink giant daisy type flowers that look fantastic planted in mixed garden borders or priarie style meadow areas. Coneflowers are also great at attracting bees and butterflies to gardens. They flower in August, at the height of summer and are best grown in full sun, in well drained soil. Height: 90cm (36). Spread 50cm (20).
Spiraea japonica 'Sparkling Champagne' is guaranteed to bring a dazzling splash of colour to your garden. Colourful foliage emerges a lovely rose-red shade in spring, which matures to lime-green during summer. From early to late summer, this hardy, decidu
Digitalis purpurea is a dainty, delicate Foxglove with peach-coloured flowers, which give it the alternative name 'Dalmatian Peach'. These blooms appear on characteristic, upright stems, which add structure and architecture to borders in cottage gardens, woodland gardens and cut flower gardens alike. The hardy biennial is equally deserving of a place in wildlife areas, for bees love its nectar-rich florets. These insects will 'buzz off' when the flowers die after midsummer, but are sure to be back the next year if you allow the plant to seed around. Height: 50cm (1'8). Spread: 40cm (1'4).
Amelanchier lamarkii makes its first impact in spring with a magnificent display of snow white blossom which seems to take on a pink hue when seen beside the bronze-coloured young leaves. This lovely tree takes centre stage again in autumn when its leaves turn to vivid shades of red and orange, the colours even more enhanced if it is grown in a sunny border. Snowy Mespilus is an excellent specimen tree with an attractive open habit. It grows best on slightly acid soil. Height: up to 12m (39?). Spread: 4m (13?).
Coreopsis grandiflora 'Sunray' is a little ray of sunshine to brighten up your garden in spring and summer with its glorious blooms. These semi-double flowers are bright yellow and attract bees with their rich nectar, making them well-suited to wildlife gardens. Alternatively, Tickseed is a great addition to perennial borders, annual beds, patio containers and even cut flower displays. With its neat, compact habit and ability to flourish even in partially shady areas, there's nothing this hardy perennial can't do! Height: 45cm (1'6). Spread: 45cm (1'6).
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This hardy perennial is truly the essence of an english cottage garden. Rose coloured flowers are flecked in white and burgundy and will bloom all around the stems, year after year, from late spring to mid-summer. Ideal for traditional borders as well as modern planting displays. Height 1.2m, spread 50cm. Supplied in 3 litre pots.
Ideal for a sheltered corner outdoors, Callistemon viminalis 'Hot Pink' produces fascinating bottle-brush-like flowers in early summer in an eye-catching shade of bright pink. Brilliant as a specimen plant on the patio, this small evergreen shrub also makes a striking feature grown against a sheltered sunny wall, where it is hardy to -5°C (23°F). Once established, Callistemon viminalis requires little maintenance. Height: 1.5m (5'). Spread: 1m (3'). Supplied in a 9cm pot.
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Garden Pinks are evergreen and will last for many years in the garden. Plants are tough, resilient and weatherproof, and love a position in sun, and can cope with neglect. Dianthus are particuarly useful in difficult areas such as slopes or dry gardens. Pinks produce an endless supply of fragrant blooms over a long summer period; make sure you enjoy them indoors as cut flowers too. Dianthus 'Diane' is known for its rosy-pink, double flowers, with a rich clove scent. Height and Spread: 50cm (20). Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible.
Crocosmia ?Hot Spot is one of the Crocosmia Firestar Series, that have been bred for their fiery coloured flowers and compact growing habit. The flowers grow on arching stems, with bright yellow petals, with central rings of cherry red blotches.
Create a stunning display of architectural fronds in your home with this superb showcase plant. Dryopteris affinis, or the Golden Shield Fern, can grow its fronds up to 1m (39) tall, each on a bright yellow-green when they are young, maturing to a deeper, rich green.
This vigorous hosta is one of the most striking cultivars with its white-margined foliage. Throughout mid-summer spikes of trumpet-like lavender-coloured flowers appear. Ideally suited to lightly-shaded locations around the garden and moist soil, it makes useful ground cover, however protect from slugs to maintain a good-looking plant. Ht. 60cm, spread 1m. Supplied as a mature plant in a 2 litre pot.
Lupin are a firm favourite for lovers of the traditional cottage garden display. Lupin 'Russell Hybrids Mixed' comes in a wonderful mix of rainbow colours, which complement each other to form a perfect border or woodland display. In May, June and July, the plants' upright stems produce tightly packed blooms in many shades of red, white, pink, purple, yellow. Lupin 'Russell Hybrids Mixed' is a particularly great choice if there's a space at the back of a sunny border you need to fill, for the flowers are sure to flourish here. Height: 90cm (3'). Spread: 75cm (2'6).
Bright eyed, uniquely coloured, Dutch iris, with a supreme combination of purple and maroon petals, dashed with yellow accents. These hardy, low maintenance bulbs make an elegant splash of colour to late spring borders for a dramatic effect.
Stiff spikes of tightly packed buds open from the top of the stem downwards to reveal columns of fluffy mauve blooms. Liatris spicata makes a colourful display in late summer which attracts clouds of bees and butterflies to its nectar rich flowers.