Discovered here in 1995 and finally given the 'All America Award'. This remarkable gem bears early spring crowns of purplish, crinkled leaves which transform into sweetly aromatic golden rosettes, with tubby terminal spikes of fluffy lavender flowers. Bone hardy with frost and long-lived in a well-drained spot. ... Learn More

Blue flower spikes, adored by bees and butterflies, arise in profusion above aromatic, aniseed and liquorice-scented leaves. In a well-drained and preferably sheltered spot this gorgeous plant is soundly perennial. ... Learn More

Stubby spikes of very long-flowering white flowers which are magnets for bees and butterflies, are held on stout stems of fragrant aniseed/liquorice scented leaves. These flower spikes remain attractive right into late summer and autumn. Very hardy and perennial in a well-drained spot, it makes a fabulous sight, even in a dark dry corner. ... Learn More

An enormous monster for the back of the border. Massive, chunky square section stems carry nine inch spikes of creamy yellow-green flowers much loved by bees and butterflies. ... Learn More

This fragrant aniseed-perfumed perennial from the Korean mountains displays 16cm swollen spikes of blue-mauve flowers throughout summer and autumn. An astoundingly under-rated plant which will reward you with endless flowers in mid-summer! ... Learn More

This quite spectacular, long-blooming perennial opens its bouquets of fragrant, lavender pink flower spikes from midsummer through to early autumn. Flowering in as little as three months from sowing the seed and continuing for a very long period, this new variety is beautifully fragrant producing very uniform, compact plants bearing many long spikes of pretty pink-coloured flowers above aniseed-perfumed leaves. ... Learn More