A Selection of Back of Border Plants
These are self-supporting tall plants, topped with flowers. They can be used for screening or hiding unsightly features. Choose plants of differing heights to vary the gradient of the border.
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SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Betel Nut'
Vibrant pink flowers with a golden eye. A tall variety, from Great Dixter.
1.80m £5.00
SANGUISORBA tenuifolia 'Pieters'
Masses of red bobble flowers on slender stems through summer. Sun.
1.20m £5.00
PHLOX paniculata 'All in One'
Eyecatching lilac flowers with white margins in summer. Sun to part shade.
1.00m £5.00
PHLOX paniculata 'Ending Blue'
Lilac-pink flowers in daylight, but change to soft purple-violet in the evening. Fragrant too!
1.00m £5.00
HELIANTHUS x kellermanii
Tuberous perennial sunflower, can grow up to 3 metres in one season! Single yellow sunflowers from late September. Doesn't run.
2.50m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM laeve 'Les Moutiers'
Also known as A. 'Vasterival'. Mauve flowers September-November on wiry purple-black stems. Very delicate, much admired in the display garden.
1.50m £5.00
HELENIUM 'Ragamuffin'
Golden yellow flowers marked with orange, reverse is red. Good name!
1.20m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Little Carlow'
Erect stems with large clusters of small blue flowers.
AGM 0.90m - 1.20m £5.00
SANGUISORBA 'Autumn Red'
Latest to flower, with deep red short fingers on erect fine stems from September-November. Sun.
1.80m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Helen Picton'
Large, rich violet-purple flowers on a compact plant. From Paul Picton, National Collection Holder of Asters.
1.00m £5.00
SANGUISORBA tenuifolia 'Bordeaux'
Deep wine-red lambstails on tall upright stems through summer. Sun.
1.50m £5.00
ACANTHUS mollis (Latifolius Group) 'Sjaak'
Large, glossy leaves and tall spires of purple and white hooded flowers late spring and summer.
2.00m £5.00
SANGUISORBA 'Scapino'
From Sarastro Nursery in Germany, this has deep red catkins on tall open stems, which move gently in the breeze, July-September.
2.00m £5.00
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