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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PHLOX paniculata 'Ending Blue'
Lilac-pink flowers in daylight, but change to soft purple-violet in the evening. Fragrant too!
1.00m £5.00
PHLOX paniculata 'Bosvigo Pink'
Large pink flowers with a white centre in summer. Good soil in sun or part shade.
1.20m £5.00
ANEMONE x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert'
Japanese Anemone with lovely pure white flowers. Best in part shade.
AGM 1.00m £5.00
ECHINOPS ritro 'Veitch's Blue'
A shorter variety. Deep violet-blue globe thistle flowers from July-September. Good as a cut flower. Any soil in sun.
1.00m £5.00
ACANTHUS spinosus 'Ferguson's Form'
White and purple flowers July-Oct. Dark, more divided leaves. National Collection Holder's favourite!
90cm £5.00
EUPHORBIA x pasteuri 'John Phillips'
Vigorous, evergreen selection. Long narrow leaves with a striking white midrib, and honey-scented brown flowers in summer. The best of the x pasteurii types. Full sun.
1.50m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Little Carlow'
Erect stems with large clusters of small blue flowers.
AGM 0.90m - 1.20m £5.00
EUPHORBIA donii
Long-lasting lime-green flowers on a bush of narrow silver-centred foliage. A striking plant.
1.20m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Prairie Purple'
A lovely tall aster with masses of purple daisies on dark stems. Stunning!
1.80m £5.00
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'China'
One of my favourites, with dark green foliage and stunning red flower plumes.
AGM 1.80m £5.00
SANGUISORBA 'Sangria'
One of the tallest Sanguisorba, this has maroon fingers on open branching stems July-August.
2.00m £5.00
POLYGONATUM verticillatum 'Himalayan Giant'
A robust form, with whorls of narrow leaves along tall stems, emerging purple-brown then green. Small pendulous purple-speckled white flowers, then red berries in autumn.
1.20m £5.00
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