This compact pale pink astilbe looks lovely planted in drifts in a damp bog garden or humus-rich border.
This fast-growing, evergreen perennial is great groundcover for damp, shady places in between deciduous shrubs or trees.
This spectacular foxtail lily is perfect for creating a bold statement in a sunny, well-drained border.
Fringe cups make excellent semi-evergreen groundcover for a damp, shady shrub border or woodland garden.
The leaves of this fuchsia is delicately edged with grey-green and white and makes a striking plant in a pot.
This spherical perennial with strap-like, grey-green foliage is definitely one to be admired as the flower spikes can reach up to 1.
This graceful, long-flowering perennial is equally suitable for an informal cottage-style garden or new perennial border.
This striking perennial is perfect for the middle of a sunny border where the attractive bottle-brush flowers open from the top downwards.
This geranium is a sterile hybrid of Geranium psilostemon and has an exceptionally long flowering period.
The flowers are produced from mid to late summer above rosettes of scalloped, fresh green foliage.
This rosette-forming perennial is great for the front or middle of a sunny, well-drained border.
A mass planting of this lovely giant cowslip in a bog garden or shady woodland is certain to create a real impact.
Gladiolus (G. communis byzantinus)
It looks amazing planted in clusters among shrubs where it will spread freely by cormlets.
These, cheery buttercup-like flowers are perfect for the middle of a damp border or for planting at the margins of a pond or stream.
This gorgeous goatsbeard makes an impressive specimen plant for a waterside or woodland edge.
This gorgeous, golden marguerite is an excellent, long-flowering choice for the middle of a sunny, well-drained border.
A favourite plant of Edwardian garden designer Gertrude Jeykll, giant sea kale looks magnificent at the back of a sunny border.
Long lasting blue flowers and excellent red fall leaves Clusters of light to mid-blue flowers from August to October and purple-margined, mid to dark-green foliage.
This is an attractive wide range which is perfect as a ground cover for places of dappled shade under deciduous trees and shrubs.
This amazing hellebore hybrid combines the positive qualities of three different types of Helleborus.
This elusive Himalayan blue poppy looks lovely growing in a shady woodland setting.
This tall hollyhock is perfect for providing vertical interest in a sunny, well-drained border.
This beautiful white-flowered ice plant is a valuable late source of nectar for butterflies and bees.
This cool translucence of this intermediate beared iris is sure to make you wish for a glass of its namesake with perhaps something nice from the deli counter! Grow in a sunny spot as most irises need a long, hot summer to thrive and flower well.
This is an erect perennial which associates well with most late-flowering plants, especially if it is allowed to spread gently among perennials and shrubs.
The pink-tinged flowerheads are borne in late summer toautumn and make good cut or dried flowers.
This majestic perennial is ideal for providing vertical interest in a damp border, wildlife or bog garden.
This light pink kaffir lily is excellent for the middle of a sheltered sunny, damp but well-drained border.
This bold plant is ideal for providing vertical interest in a sunny, well-drained herbaceous border.
