A Selection of Purples
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GERANIUM 'Stephanie'
Graceful, pale violet-blue upturned flowers in spring, held well above the foliage. Sun or part shade.
40cm £5.00
GERANIUM 'Tinpenny Mauve'
From Elaine Horton of Tinpenny Plants. A G. clarkei cross, similar in habit to 'Kashmir Pink, but with large lilac-mauve flowers.
45cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA hakusanensis 'Lilac Squirrel'
Blue-grey foliage, long lilac to cerise-pink squirrel tails on outstretched stems, July-September. Everyone's favourite!
1.00m £5.00
EURYBIA x herveyi
Syn. Aster macrophyllus 'Twilight'. Gently creeping plant with lavender daisies. Brightens up a shady spot!
60cm £5.00
STEMMACANTHA centauroides
Syn. Centaurea pulchra 'Major'. Purple-red flowers in summer attract bees and butterflies. Drought tolerant when established. Hard to propagate so rarely available.
75cm £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
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
ASARUM europaeum
Wild Ginger. Robust groundcover plant, has glossy rounded leaves and red hooded flowers in spring. Moist soil in cool shade.
AGM 15cm £5.00
NEPETA 'Hill Grounds'
Grey-green foliage topped with intense violet flowers June-August. Full sun.
40cm £5.00
GERANIUM phaeum 'Joseph Green'
Kindly given to us by Lynne Edwards, named after her father. This has unique, double, deep rose-purple flowers, with a green-tipped inner ring. Very rare, and very beautiful!
60cm £6.50
ASTER ‘Black Ice’
Icy lilac-blue small daisies in tidy sprays. A laevis type, but is fairly compact, upright and non-running. Contrasting black stems and dark green smoky leaves. Impending storm clouds! A very useful mixer in the border.
1.50m £6.50
ACANTHUS spinosus
Glossy, spiky leaves. Purple-hooded, white-lipped flowers. Very architectural!
AGM 90cm £6.00
LAVANDULA angustifolia 'Hidcote'
A neat compact lavender with deep violet-blue flowers.
AGM 45cm £5.00
ANEMONE nemorosa 'Bowles Purple'
Purple flowers, darker than 'Robinsoniana', with darker backs.
15cm £5.00
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