This splendid mixture of seeds collected from all colours and sizes of our agapanthus will produce a unique spectrum of plants which will steadily improve in size over the years. They will also look very attractive as container plants on the patio. ... Learn More

Seedlings from the cultivar 'Summer Days', produce pale blue globular heads on stout stems above strap-shaped leaves. This lovely hardy variety forms thick established clumps which improve over the years and impress all who visit our gardens here. ... Learn More

Tall, vigorous and dazzlingly architectural, this clump-forming perennial produces massive flower heads up to 30cm/12" across of dark-veined cobalt blue flowers from mid summer. These form above the strap-shaped glossy green leaves on top of sturdy upright stems and can last for several weeks before they start to fade. This tall variety makes a big impact when planted in bold swathes or potted up into substantial pots. They will thrive in fertile, well-drained soil with plenty of sun, and are a stunning long-flowering edition to a summer border display. ... Learn More

Pure white trumpets open on short stems above sprays of green strap-like leaves. Whether grown in a pot or the open ground this dwarf gem performs beautifully. It is long-lived and surprisingly hardy having been frozen solid numerous times in our hilltop gardens in Devon and many garden visitors are often doubt that this tiny plant is in fact an African lily. ... Learn More

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 white flowers are held on stout stems of fragrant leaves which are magnets for bees and butterflies. This plant is very hardy in a well-drained spot and makes a fabulous sight 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. ... 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

This fragrant aniseed-perfumed perennial from the Korean mountains displays six inch swollen spikes of blue-mauve flowers throughout summer and autumn. ... Learn More

Countless small fuzzy, shaving-brush flower heads open in flat clusters at the end of branching stems bearing coarse-teethed leaves. This flower is most valuable on account of its remarkably late flowering in September and October when most other flowers are long-gone. Finally the flower heads transform to black seeds with silken parachutes attached to carry them away. ... Learn More

Narrow spikes of small but numerous, fragrant, five-petalled yellow flowers appear on long stems above basal, potentilla-like leaves. Later, the unusual spiky seed heads appear. Also known as hairy agrimony, this unusual plant is distributed primarily over the Korean Peninsula, Japan, China, Siberia, and Eastern Europe. ... Learn More

Large purple-red flowers on tall branching stems adorn this ancient cottage garden plant which was once a welcome sight in cornfields, but is now very rare in the wild. Allow it to naturalise in your garden for a never-ending display year after year. ... Learn More

This superb, newly discovered grass is a quite incredible foliage specimen and also a wonderful cut flower. (It is NOT the grass sold as a pot and house plant with the same name). If you need an ethereal, delicate, mist-like plant, that drifts like smoke across you garden, this is the one you have been looking for! Absolutely stunning! ... Learn More

This rarely-seen, small to medium-sized, multi-stemmed clustering palm is native to the under storey of seasonally dry forests on the Pacific coast in Ecuador. It produces yellow, male, unisex flowers, with both the fruit and seeds being edible, with one seed per red fruit. The multiple stems of slim trunks, and foliage are divided into wedge-shaped, feathered leaflets that are attractively clustered in small groups. ... Learn More