A Selection of Seaside Garden Plants
To recreate a coastal garden in the heart of the West Midlands, think gravel, sparse planting, focus points of found objects while beachcombing – driftwood, weathered wooden posts etc. Emphasis on silver or glaucous foliage, sea hollies, achillea, artemisia.
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ACHILLEA filipendula 'Gold Plate'
Large, flat golden flowerheads. An old favourite. Full sun, drought tolerant.
AGM 1.20m £5.00
VERBENA officinalis var. grandiflora 'Bampton'
Shimmering cloud of narrow, dark purple stems and tiny pink flowers. Sun.
60cm £5.00
PERSICARIA affinis 'Darjeeling Red'
A mat-forming evergreen perennial, with pink flowers midsummer that turn red as they mature. Sun to part shade.
AGM 30cm £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
MOLINIA caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Fontane'
My favourite molinia - arching purple flower stems, yellow foliage in autumn.
1.80m £5.00
AGAPANTHUS 'Castle of Mey'
Lovely mid blue-violet flowers with a darker midrib, July-August. Floriferous, and hardy.
75cm £6.50
CYNARA scolymus 'Gros Camus de Bretagne'
Large silvery leaves, long stems carry edible buds in summer, then big purple thistle flowers which dry well. Good soil in sun.
1.00m £6.00
EUPHORBIA epithymoides
Syn. E. polychroma. Mounds of bright yellow flowerheads all spring.
AGM 40cm £5.00
EUPHORBIA x pasteuri 'Phrampton Phatty'
From Pan Global Plants. Forms a wide evergreen dome with dense foliage. Fragrant yellow-green flowers in summer. Broader and lower than other E. x pasteuri. Up to 200cm wide! Sun.
AGM 1.30m £5.00
EUPHORBIA 'Abbey Dore'
A tidy mound of grey-green foliage topped with yellow-green flowers over a long period May-October. Sun.
50cm £5.00
NEPETA nuda
Narrow upright habit, with attractive rich violet-blue flowers in summer. Sun.
75cm £5.00
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