Spindly, much-dividing branches produce relatively insignificant starry lilac flowers in spring. But after the leaves have fallen in autumn the extremely attractive stunning bunches of bright violet-pink berries persist through into winter, and these are almost certainly the most beautiful of any autumn berry. ... Learn More

This spectacular, and unexpectedly hardy shrub, bears dense spikes of flamboyant red bottle-brush flowers that appear in late spring and early summer. Narrow, sharply pointed leaves adorn this dazzling shrub that is possibly the hardiest of all bottle brushes. ... Learn More

This exceptionally hardy shrub produces large furry greenish-yellow "bottlebrush" flowers in profusion in spring. An outstanding new colour in the more usually red "bottlebrush" range. ... Learn More

Another superb Chinese Aster, with huge, fragrant, double flowered discs in all colours from white to deepest purple, which are held on 2 foot stems. These fabulous flowers which are easy and fast to grow are quite irresistible to butterflies and bees. ... Learn More

A compact form of Chinese Aster with frilly double petalled flowers in a range of colours. Great for a quick and colourful summer display. Prefers moist, well drained soil and full sun. ... Learn More

Fragrant flowers in pink, red coral/apricot, light blue and creamy-white bloom from mid summer to early autumn. Plant should be watered regularly, although over watering should be avoided. These plants self-sow freely and you will need to deadhead if you do not want self-sown seedlings next season. ... Learn More

This is the very rare, white flowered form of our normally yellow native marsh marigold, which luxuriates in damp boggy soil or even as a marginal plant in a pond, but will also do well in ordinary, moist garden soil. Its golden-eyed, ivory-white blooms open in spring just before the glossy leaves are fully unfurled. A second flush of bloom is very often produced in early autumn. ... Learn More

In spring the pale green flower stems hold more than a hundred or so star-shaped flowers, which open from the bottom upwards, in a dense raceme. Each large pale china blue flower has slightly recurved petals and very prominent golden stamens. Clumps of long, linear, wavy-margined, ridged leaves, which are mid-green on the outside and glaucous within, begin to develop at the end of winter, and are well-established at flowering time. ... Learn More

Imagine an enormous, strong-stemmed, fragrant bluebell with dense, erect spikes of six-petalled, star-shaped violet flowers. This large, bone-hardy, reliably perennial lily relative, flowers in early summer with the very occasional plant giving pure white, green-eyed flowers. ... Learn More

The pure white form of the more commonly seen blue one resembles an absolutely giant, fragrant bluebell. A large, bone-hardy, reliably perennial lily relative, it has dense, erect spikes of six-petalled, star-shaped white flowers. An easy and valuable hardy treasure. ... Learn More

This is a cream form of the more commonly seen blue one. Resembling an absolutely giant, fragrant bluebell, it has dense, erect spikes of six-petalled, star-shaped cream flowers. A large, bone-hardy, reliably perennial lily relative. ... Learn More

Sacajawea is a variegated-leaf-edged form of C.leichlinii alba, the name honouring a native American Indian woman who acted as an interpreter to the explorers Lewis and Clark. Their expedition crossed America east to west (and back, for the first time) in 1805. They found "quamash " bulbs to eat once they had crossed the Rocky Mountains, but we positively DO NOT recommend doing this now. These seeds may produce variable seedlings. ... Learn More

In early spring this bulbous perennial pushes up narrow leaves, glaucous above, and tall, strong, bare stems carrying spires of creamy starry flowers which take up little space among other rounded plants or shrubs. It seeds freely making glorious swathes in time. ... Learn More

This superb variety produces sizeable clumps of narrow strap-like leaves from which arise imposing, many-flowered spikes of star-shaped, rich violet-blue blooms. In rich, well-drained soil these valuable plants will slowly self-seed making huge drifts of flowers to impress all who see them. ... Learn More

Tall bold flowers, vivid blue will naturalise in grass and are even happy in moist ground. One of the most tolerant and long-lived bulbs you can grow, Quamash refers to the plant's bulbs which were harvested and pit-roasted or boiled by women of the Nez Perce, Cree, and Blackfoot tribes. It also provided a valuable food source for the members of the Lewis and Clark expedition. ... Learn More