A Selection of Plants that like the Sun
The majority of perennials and grasses need sun for most of the day! There are plenty to choose from here.
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AGAPANTHUS 'African Moon'
Pale misty blue flowerheads on stout stems. Well drained soil in sun. Agapanthus prefer to be in front of the border.
AGM 90cm £6.50
LINARIA purpurea 'Poached Egg'
New, from Dave Knox. Fine spires of tiny white toadflax flowers with a yellow throat. Rabbits taught me to trim the leader stem to get a bushier plant! Sunny spot.
1.20m £5.00
LYCHNIS x walkeri 'Abbotswood Rose'
Hardy perennial, forms a compact clump of soft silvery leaves, and bright rose-pink flowers on angled stems, early to late summer. Sun.
AGM 40cm £5.00
CORYDALIS calycosa
Lovely true blue flowers in summer, much easier to keep than C. flexuosa. Sun to part shade.
30cm £5.00
ARMERIA 'Brutus'
'Mega-thrift' from Desirable Plants, with white flowers above a dome of glaucous broad leaves. Flowers for months.
40cm £5.00
GERANIUM 'Tiny Monster'
A sanguineum cross. Very large flowers on a vigorous sprawling plant.
30cm £4.50
SANTOLINA pinnata ssp. neapolitana 'Edward Bowles'
Compact bushy plant with grey-green foliage and creamy-yellow button flowers May-August. Sun.
45cm £5.00
PERSICARIA virginiana var. filiformis 'Lance Corporal'
Bright green leaves with a dark chevron mark in the centre. Red flowers late summer to autumn. Compact and well behaved.
60cm £5.00
SALVIA 'African Sky'
Masses of mauve-blue flowers May-November, on a bushy plant. Sunny, sheltered spot.
80cm £5.00
CROCOSMIA masoniorum 'Sherbert Orange'
Large, upward-facing warm orange flowers. Often requested in our garden, had no name until last year!
1.00m £5.00
SALVIA 'Dyson's Joy'
Lovely bicoloured hybrid from Silas Dyson. Compact habit, pale and rose-pink flowers May-November. Drought tolerant.
60cm £5.00
CROCOSMIA 'Limpopo'
Vigorous hybrid from Bob Brown, with dense heads of blowsy pink flowers with an apricot throat.
75cm £5.00
CAMPANULA 'Misty Dawn'
Pale blue flowers June-August. Spreading habit, does well in shade.
AGM 1.00m £5.00
GERANIUM sanguineum 'Vision Violet'
Robust groundcover with masses of rosy-purple flowers from late spring.
40cm £4.50
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