Informal / Cottage
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Achillea filipendulina 'Cloth of Gold'
Fernleaf Yarrow€2.45Achillea filipendulina ‘Cloth of Gold’ is an easy to grow plant which tolerates a fair amount of neglect which makes it a very versatile plant for use in many situations. It does require full sun for best flower production, but this is little to ask for such a grand reward. -
Achillea millefolium 'Cerise Queen'
Yarrow, Milfoil€2.25Achillea ‘Cerise Queen’ is a carefree and generously blooming perennial which requires little maintenance to create an explosion of late summer colour. The large, flat-topped clusters of vibrant, pink flowers with tiny white centers are irresistible to butterflies, and also make excellent cut flowers.
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Achillea millefolium 'F2 Summer Berries'
Yarrow, Milfoil€2.75Achilleas are traditional border flowers valued for their feathery foliage and striking flat, circular heads of flowers ‘F2 Summer Berries’ is a compact variety growing to only 60cm tall at maturity. This beautiful improved mixture includes the richer tones of red, cerise and pink in addition to many pastel shades.
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Achillea ptarmica 'The Pearl'
Sneezewort€2.00A favourite of garden designer Gertrude Jekyll. The 'Pearl' is excellent for the middle of a sunny, well-drained border, especially when planted as a large drift. A unique, easy and reliable plant to add to any border. -
Achillea sibirica var. camtschatica 'Love Parade'
Siberian Yarrow, Kamchatka Yarrow€2.85Achillea sibirica var. camtschatica 'Love Parade' is an upright, tufted, perennial yarrow that is native to Siberia. Very different from the common yarrow, with dense clusters of large flat-topped soft pink flowers and glossy, dark green, fern-like leaves, they remain attractive throughout the growing season.
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Agastache aurantiaca ‘Apache Sunset’
Aka Navajo Sunset. The Sunset Hyssop€2.65Agastache are very seductive. You start with one, and the next thing you know, you’ve got ten different plants in the flowerbed and are wondering where you can find space to sneak another one in. ‘Apache Sunset’ is one of the best and most durable - coral-peach blooms with rose and violet buds. Just gorgeous and, of course, extremely tempting.
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Agastache cana 'Heather Queen'
Mosquito Plant, Hummingbird Mint.€2.65Agastache cana 'Heather Queen' is a dynamic landscape plant and a particularly beautiful form. Dark pink tubular flowers on tall stiff stems from mid-summer until late autumn. Pollinators are drawn to its fragrance, the intense coloration and their sweet nectar.
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Agastache hybrida 'Arizona Sandstone'
The Arizona Agastache Collection€2.95The Arizona Agastache Collection has been specially bred for their compact habit, extensive flowering time and strong heat tolerance. In three fabulous colours, 'Arizona Sandstone' produces delicate golden yellow flowers. The elegant spires and delicate foliage create a haze of colour all summer and into autumn.
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Agastache hybrida 'Arizona Sun'
The Arizona Agastache Collection€2.95The Arizona Agastache Collection has been specially bred for their compact habit, extensive flowering time and strong heat tolerance. 'Arizona Sun' produces elegant spires of golden yellow. Pick a sprig or two and bring indoors to enjoy in a vase. The flowers are also edible, and will colour a salad beautifully.
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Agastache hybrida 'Arizona Sunset'
The Arizona Agastache Collection.€2.95The Arizona Agastache Collection has been specially bred for their compact habit, extensive flowering time and strong heat tolerance. 'Arizona Sunset' produces delicate blooms in sunset colours of pink, lavender and peach. The elegant spires are ideal for providing long lasting colour and act like magnets to bees and butterflies.
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€3.25
Agastache 'Astello Indigo' is just about the most exciting breakthrough yet and it's got the award to prove it - Europe's coveted Fleuroselect Gold Medal. Compact and quick growing, they flower in the first year from seed with fabulous, upright spikes that are fully covered with deep indigo-blue flowers. The masses of fragrant blooms throughout the summer are ideal for cutting. They produce copious amounts of nectar for bees and butterflies to feast upon.
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Agastache pallidiflora subsp neomexicana
Rose Mint, New Mexico Giant Hyssop€2.70Agastache pallidiflora produces a continual mass of lavender-rose, scented flowers from June to September. The soft, touchable flower spikes must be one of the prettiest flowers of all this pretty family. Exceptionally long-flowering, they will flower in the same year given an early sowing and can be used as an annual.
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Agastache rugosa alba, ‘Liquorice White’
Korean Mint, Huo Xiang€2.00Agastache ‘Liquorice White’ has tall spikes of white lipped flowers and like all Agastache produces copious amounts of nectar for bees and butterflies to feast upon. Flowering late in the season, it is a boon for building up bees’ honey reserves before winter and will produce a honey surplus where drifts are grown.
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Agastache rugosa, ‘Liquorice Blue’
Korean Mint,€2.00Agastache 'Liquorice Blue' has tall spikes of lavender to rich purpley blue lipped flowers, above toothed dark green arrow shaped foliage. When brushed past or crushed, the foliage emits a sweet liquorice perfume. A wonderful plant for attracting bees and butterflies to the garden.
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Agastache rugosa, ‘Liquorice Blue’ Organic
Korean Mint,€2.80Agastache 'Liquorice Blue' has tall spikes of lavender to rich purpley blue lipped flowers, above toothed dark green arrow shaped foliage. When brushed past or crushed, the foliage emits a sweet liquorice perfume. A wonderful plant for attracting bees and butterflies to the garden. Organic seeds. -
Ajuga reptans
Bugle. Thunder and Lightning,€2.65For 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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Alcea ficifolia 'Happy Lights'
The Antwerp or Fig-leaved Hollyhock€2.40Alcea ficifolia is reliably perennial and unlike the biennial forms which produce a single spire, they produce many upright stems, resulting in a bushy form. ‘Happy Lights’ is a beautiful strain, a bold blend of white, pink, purple, red, and yellow blooms. If sown early they will bloom in their first year.
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Alcea rosea 'Chater's Double Rose'
Hollyhock€2.65Alcea rosea ‘Chater's Rose’ is a dramatic, upright plant, with a spike-like inflorescence that is covered with large buds that open, in a staggered manner, from June to September, from the bottom to the top. Fully double and almost pom-pom in appearance, the fine crepe texture of the petals is so delicate that it allows light to pass through.
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Alcea rosea 'Chater's Double White'
Hollyhock€2.65Alcea rosea ‘Chater's White’ is a dramatic, upright plant, with a spike-like inflorescence that is covered with large buds that open, in a staggered manner, from June to September, from the bottom to the top. Fully double and almost pom-pom in appearance, the fine crepe texture of the petals is so delicate that it allows light to pass through.
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Alcea rosea 'Queeny Mix'
Althaea rosa, Hollyhock€2.65This gorgeous award winning Hollyhock has the distinction of being the shortest in the Alcea rosea family. 'Queeny' is a dwarf Hollyhock that reaches only 60cm in height with fully double blooms. Unlike the tall varieties, it is a perennial that can also be used as an annual as it will bloom in its first year.
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Alcea rosea var. 'Nigra'
Althaea rosa, Black HollyhockStarting at: €2.10
Hollyhocks are a mysterious and prolific flower with a long and rich history. Traditionally associated with cottage-style borders, the dramatic, near-black flowers of Nigra work equally well in a contemporary, minimalist garden. This unique variety creates an impressive impact against most backgrounds.
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Alchemilla mollis 'Lady's Mantle'
'Thriller', 'Irish Silk', Lady’s Mantle€1.75The unpretentious lady's mantle is extremely useful for both its foliage and its flowers. The foliage has the additional virtue of looking especially beautiful after a rain, when it holds water droplets in the pleats of its surface like many pearls of liquid mercury. -
Amaranthus caudatus 'Love Lies Bleeding' Red
Weeping Red Amaranth€1.75This ever-popular annual is perhaps more versatile than you might imagine – good in the border, most effective as a cut flower in arrangements, a good pot-plant and, not often appreciated – if carefully dried, the colour of the spikes remains unchanged for a considerable time.
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Amaranthus caudatus viridis
Weeping Green Amaranth, Emerald Tassels€1.75Amaranthus caudatus viridis is the green form of the popular drooping amaranthus. The lime green flowers, which slowly fade to cream as they age, form dramatic tassel-like panicles which can grow to 60cm long and seem to drip from the branches in profusion throughout summer and early autumn.