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The Agapanthus is one of the aristocrats of the late summer garden. 'Peter Pan Blue' is a fine dwarf hybrid with neat clumps of leaves and large clusters of light- blue flowerheads. The exotic combination of graceful foliage and stunning flowers is equally impressive in the border or container.

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Agastache foeniculum is a perennial herb that tastes as good as it looks. As popular in the border as they are in the herb garden, they are perhaps one of the most gratifying plants you can grow. Learn More

Agastache foeniculum is a perennial herb that tastes as good as it looks. As popular in the border as they are in the herb garden, they are perhaps one of the most gratifying plants you can grow. Organic Seed. Learn More

Ajuga genevensis is used throughout the world yet this relatively uncommon form is less well known. This very well behaved, evergreen groundcover has deep gentian blue flower spikes and is by far the showiest of the species. It is often the plant of choice for smaller areas or along edges and pathways.

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For most of the year Ajuga is a pleasant, quiet achiever, a very versatile low growing ground cover, with evergreen, rosette-like foliage that hugs the ground like an evergreen carpet but those weeks in spring when the blue flowers appear are simply quite magical.

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Japanese Anemones bloom with gently cupped flowers in white through pale pink into pinkish purple. Blooming from August to late October, they help push the show into autumn and provide colour when most gardens begin to fade. Learn More

On a sunny day at the end of winter, when the branches of the trees are still bare, the sight of shady banks and glades lit by the white stars of the Wood Anemone leave you in no doubt that spring is truly here. Learn More

Aquilegia atrata is native to the alpine meadows and forests of Switzerland and Northern Europe. With many branching stems of deepest coloured, almost black flowers it is an outstanding, highly sought species which would be a showstopper in any garden. Learn More

Native to Canada and the US in all states east of the Rockies, this superb variety is quite unlike the usual Aquilegia. Growing just twelve to eighteen inches tall, with dark-green foliage and eye-catching, scarlet and lemon-yellow flowers which hang like drifts of softly illuminated lanterns.

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