This diminutive European alpine, very rare in Britain, has dense terminal clusters of twenty or more tufted, dark rosy purple flowers in late spring, held on short sticky stems which arise above compact tufts of grass like foliage. (Click for more details)

This little beauty is one of the traditional cottage garden plants, and it carries congested heads of brilliant scarlet Maltese-Cross-like flowers right into late summer. (Click for more details)

This is the albino form of the famous "Maltese Cross" flower, having congested heads of ivory-white blooms. Very long-lived and hardy, it can make a truly dazzling splash of light in the mid-border, and especially in any dark area needi... (Click for more details)

The palest pink form of this popular, normally deepest red, cottage garden plant can make an impressive statement in the herbaceous border. (Click for more details)

Large flowers of deepest rose-crimson are carried on branching stems bearing attractive grey woolly leaves. A must-have plant for the classic cottage garden. (Click for more details)

The unusual albino form of the traditional cottage garden plants which has massed heads of pure white flowers on grey stems above clumps of grey woolly hairy leaves. (Click for more details)

The pink-eyed white-flowered form of the woolly, grey-leaved Lychnis coronaria comes quite true from seed but the pink eye varies quite bizarrely with the season and weather conditions. A lovely long-lived cottage garden plant. (Click for more details)

Also known as "Ragged Robin" and "Cuckoo Flower". This graceful plant carries jagged, deeply cleft red flowers on slender stems in early summer. This plant, nowadays quite rare, reputedly flowers as the cuckoo arrives. Cuckoo... (Click for more details)

The delicate pure white form of the pink "Cuckoo Flower" has deeply-cut, ragged flowers, which appear in early spring on thin pale green, pigment-less stems. A lovely plant for a shady corner or a damp place which will never become a nu... (Click for more details)

This is the rarely-seen form of the "Ragged Robin" or "Cuckoo Flower". This graceful plant carries jagged, deeply cleft red flowers on short, slender stems in early summer. Nowadays quite rare, it reputedly flowers as the cuc... (Click for more details)

This excellent herbaceous perennial bears clumps of grey-green, hairy, lance-shaped leaves which in early summer push up stems bearing terminal clusters of deep pink, salver-shaped flowers. (Click for more details)

The scarce dwarf form of this lovely garden plant has woolly leaves and stems, and generous heads of crimson flowers in early summer. (Click for more details)

The delightful variegated form of Lychnis coronaria alba. Grey woolly leaves with cream splashes and pure white flowers. Not all plants will be variegated so select the best variegated seedlings. (Click for more details)

This very rare British native is both soundly perennial and beautiful. In midsummer, massed panicles of purple-red flowers are held atop strong thin stems, which are, indeed, sticky enough to trap the odd small fly (to no obvious advantage unless ... (Click for more details)

This is the even scarcer pure white version of the very rare British native, which is both soundly perennial and beautiful. In midsummer, massed panicles of ivory-white flowers are held atop strong thin stems, which are, indeed, sticky enough to t... (Click for more details)