Butterfly Garden
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Eupatorium maculatum atropurpureum
Spotted Joe Pye weed
Eutrochium purpureum subsp. maculatum€2.70Eupatorium maculatum atropurpureum is handsome in all of its parts. Invaluable for the late-summer border, the mid-green leaves and stems are suffused with a dusky purple. From July they are crowned with large domed panicles of pinkish-purple nectar-rich flowers. -
Evening Primrose, Oenothera biennis, Organic
Evening Primrose, Herb Primrose, King's cure-all
Wildflower of Europe€2.45Oenothera biennis provides a wonderful splash of summer colour in the garden. Flowering begins in June and plants continue growing throughout the season so there is a constant succession until about September. In early summer the sweetly scented, bright yellow flowers open towards evening and are faintly phosphorescent. -
Fragrant Flower Garden Mix
Exceptionally fragrant annual flowersStarting at: €3.75
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You can't see it or touch it. But it's so integral a part of the garden experience that it penetrates the very soul. It's fragrance. And none of our other four senses has the power to trigger emotions as strong or memories as sweet as scent does. Practice your own individual form of 'aromatherapy' in the garden.
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Galega officinalis, Goat's Rue
Goat's Rue€2.00Galega officinalis is an ancient ornamental plant that produces a delightful natural effect in the garden. The plants have handsome foliage and they errupt in spring to produce countless sprays of fragrant lavender-blue flower spikes, each with mini-sweet pea shaped flowers.
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Gaura lindheimeri ‘Sparkle White’
Lindheimer's Bee Blossom€3.95Gaura lindheimeri 'Sparkle White' is a stunning hardy perennial. A Winner of the Fleuroselect Gold Medal, this bushy, clump forming variety has a neat, compact habit and produces a flurry of dazzling white, starry blooms on graceful slender stems from early summer right through to autumn.
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Gaura lindheimeri ‘Summer Breeze’
Lindheimer's Bee Blossom€2.95Out of stock
Introduced in 2008, Gaura lindheimeri 'Summer Breeze' has now been made available in seed form. A hardier, more robust variety, long blooming and floriferous, it produces open, willowy, vase-shaped plants, with long graceful stems that suspend numerous little, dainty, butterfly shaped flowers at their tips.
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Gaura lindheimeri ‘The Bride’
Lindheimer's Bee Blossom€2.65In the last decade, Gaura ‘The Bride’ has skyrocketed to popularity among gardeners.A graceful, hazy plant with airy spikes of white, star-shaped flowers with long anthers like daddy long-legs, held on slender stems from May to September. RHS AGM -
Geranium pratense
Meadow Cranesbill, Hardy Geranium
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland€2.70The beautiful, soft violet-blue flowers make the meadow crane’s bill one of our most distinctive wildflowers. Perfect for a meadow, it is often planted in gardens as it flowers for a long time, it must be one of our loveliest wild flowers and worthy of a place in any border.
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Godetia grandiflora 'Duchess of Albany'
Clarkia, Farewell to Spring€1.50Out of stock
Godetia grandiflora 'Duchess of Albany' Godetia grandiflora produces pure white, cup-shaped blooms that cluster atop 45cm (18in) stems. The petals appear very delicate, they are sheer and almost translucent with a remarkable silky softness yet are quite durable and hardy.
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Helenium autumnale 'Helena'
Helens's Flower, Autumn Helenium€2.95If there's one plant that can inject a little razzle-dazzle into the border during gloomy late summers it is Helenium. From late July 'Helena' blooms with masses of vibrant blooms in a spectrum of rich colours from gold to mahogany red. Perfect for the back of the border and wonderful for cutting.
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Helenium hoopesii
Mountain helenium, Owls-Claws€2.65Out of stock
Helenium hoopesii is considered by some to be the most valuable of the species. It blooms with bright golden yellow disk florets that each form a kind of rounded knob that transforms the flower from your typical two-dimensional daisy into something much more interesting and sculptural.
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Helianthus annuus 'Autumn Beauty'
Branching Sunflower.€1.95Sunflower ‘Autumn Beauty’ produces numerous long-stemmed flowers from summer to late autumn in a variety of solid and bi-colour bright warm colours - golden yellow, bronze, brown and burgundy. The long stems are excellent for cut flowers and look absolutely stunning in a vase on their own.
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Helianthus annuus 'Giant Single Yellow'
Uniflorus giganteus, Giant SunflowerStarting at: €1.65
Sunflower 'Giant Single Yellow' is a popular tall-growing variety. The blooms have dark centres and attractive bright golden petals, held on tall stems they are capable of growing several metres. Favourites with children, they make beautiful, long lasting cut flowers and are highly attractive to pollinators. -
Helianthus debilis 'Vanilla Ice'
Also marketed as 'Ice Cream'€1.65Helianthus ‘Vanilla Ice’ is one of the prettiest sunflowers varieties available. With clusters of delicate pale creamy-yellow flowers with dark chocolate centres this compact variety grows to just 120 to 150cm (4 to 5ft) tall is suitable for the border or can be left add a naturalised charm to a wildlife friendly garden.
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Helianthus maximiliani
Maximilian Sunflower, Perennial Sunflower€2.35Perennial sunflowers typically don’t grow quite as tall and large as their annual friends. However Helianthus maximiliani is a wonderful exception. It grows slowly through the summer months as a group of short stems, until late summer when the stems bolt and the flowers head for the sky.
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Helianthus mollis
Downy or Ashy Sunflower, Perennial Sunflower€2.10Most gardeners are familiar with the annual sunflower, however, it is the perennial varieties that coexist most happily with other garden plants. Helianthus mollis is a lovely perennial with butter-yellow flowers. It grows 120cm tall and requires little more attention than an annual cutting to the ground.
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Heliopsis helianthoides ssp. scabra ‘Summer Nights'
False Sunflower.€3.55Out of stock
Heliopsis ‘Summer Nights' is a special selection made by Dale Hendricks of North Creek Nurseries, USA. Introduced in 2004 it produces a profusion of single blooms in early to mid-summer, with rich, deep golden-yellow petals and deep mahogany centres. The foliage is red-tinted and the stems are tinted dark burgundy.
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Hesperis matronalis alba
White Sweet Rocket, Dames Violet, Summer Lilac.€1.85Gorgeously scented pure white flowers are held above rosettes of dark green leaves. Like all sweet rockets it is highly attractive to bees and other beneficial insects, the fragrant flowers perfume the air in late spring and early summer evenings. The night-scented stock is a close relative.
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Hesperis matronalis, Mixed Colours
Sweet Rocket, Dames Violet, Summer Lilac.€1.75Dames Rocket produce flowers varying in colour from deep rich purple, through all the paler lilac shades to white. Highly attractive to bees and other beneficial insects, the fragrant flowers perfume the air in late spring and early summer evenings.
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Hesperis matronalis, Purple-Violet.
Sweet Rocket, Dames Violet, Summer Lilac.€1.75Dames Rocket was the favorite flower of Marie Antoinette. The genus name Hesperis is Greek for evening, a reference to this plant's aroma becoming ever more conspicuous towards evening. The fragrance is as sweet as a violet's. The night-scented stock is a close relative.
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Hyssopus officinalis 'Alba' is a much less well known variety of hyssop. Also known as 'White Hyssop' the plants sport bright white flowers from July to October. Widely used as a 'taste enhancing' herb or wildlife plant, the plants are a dark, vibrant green with a spiky, upright habit and narrow tongue-like leaves which have a peppery scent when stroked.
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Hyssop, once recognised as a medicinal herb is enjoying a revival with home gardeners. An aromatic herb similar to rosemary or lavender, it makes an excellent low hedge and more unusual alternative to box. The plants are a dark, vibrant green with a spiky, upright habit and narrow tongue-like leaves. 'Pink' Hyssop sports vibrant, pink flowers.
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Hyssop, Hyssopus officinalis, Blue Hyssop
Blue Hyssop
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland€1.75Hyssop is a strong-flavoured aromatic herb which is enjoying a revival with home gardeners. An ideal plant for use in containers or as a low hedge or border within the herb garden. Highly attractive to bees, it makes excellent honey and is a must for any wildflower garden.
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Knautia arvensis 'Field Scabious'
Field Scabious
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland€2.45Out of stock
Knautia arvensis is an attractive native perennial herb of well drained grassland. It can be found throughout Europe in meadows, rough pasture, hedgerows and verges. Though it is by nature a perennial, it will flower and produce seed the first year if grown as an annual, either autumn or spring sown.