A Selection of Front of Border Plants
Down to the fine detail – choose plants which are long flowering, or need to be seen up close to fully appreciate.
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SYMPHYOTRICHUM ericoides f. prostratus 'Snow Flurry'
Low spreading branches carry sprays of small white daisies. Lovely over edge of wall or under roses.
AGM 15cm £5.00
CORYDALIS calycosa
Lovely true blue flowers in summer, much easier to keep than C. flexuosa. Sun to part shade.
30cm £5.00
IRIS 'Jane Phillips'
Eye-catching flag iris, with broad sword-shaped grey-green leaves and slightly fragrant flax-blue flowers in May and June. Always remarked upon in our garden!
AGM 90cm £5.00
NEPETA 'Hill Grounds'
Grey-green foliage topped with intense violet flowers June-August. Full sun.
40cm £5.00
CROCOSMIA 'Zambesi'
Large upward-facing orange flowers with darker orange markings at the centre.
PBR 1.15m £5.00
SANGUISORBA 'Prim and Proper'
Our introduction last year, a chance seedling found in our garden. A tidy, compact plant, upright red drumstick flowers on straight stems. Great for front of a sunny border!
60cm £6.50
GERANIUM nodosum 'Silverwood'
Hard-to-find variety with clean bright white flowers. Shade.
30cm £5.00
BRUNNERA macrophylla 'Alexander's Great'
Dramatically silvered leaves, much larger than B. 'Jack Frost', and makes a bigger plant. New variety, with blue forget-me-not flowers. Wow!
PBR 30cm £5.00
CERATOSTIGMA plumbaginoides
Mat-forming perennial with bright blue flowers late summer, then leaves turn red and purple in autumn.
AGM 30cm £5.00
CORNUS canadensis
A great ground-covering plant for shade, with white flowers in April followed by red berries later.
AGM 15cm £6.00
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