A perfect plant for a cool planting scheme or for adding to a mixed border where it will add vibrancy.
Sage (Salvia x sylvestris Blue Queen)
This vibrant mid-border salvia is perfect for introducing a splash of a colour in a damp but well-drained border.
This reliable perennial is ideal for the middle of a damp, well-drained herbaceous border.
It's a great plant for a herbaceous or mixed border, or even in a gravel garden though it will need winter shelter with a thick, dry mulch.
Sea Holly (Eryngium planum Blue Dwarf)
This small sea holly produces masses of intense blue, teasel-like flowers on branched stems from July to September above clumps of toothed, dark green foliage.
This charming shasta daisy looks great planted in bold drifts towards the front of a sunny mixed or herbaceous border.
Mid-green, heart-shaped foliage edged cream and sprays of tiny, bright blue flowers from mid to late spring.
A amazing sneezeweed that provides endless intrigue in the summer with its ever-changing bicoloured flowers.
A favourite of Edwardian garden designer Gertrude Jeykll, this white sneezewort is excellent for the middle of a sunny, well-drained border.
These diminutive cyclamen are perfect for naturalising around the base of deciduous trees and shrubs.
This marvellous speedwell is certain to create an impact at the front of a mixed or herbaceous border.
This marvellous, deep pink speedwell is certain to create an impact at the front of a mixed or herbaceous border.
Nodding, bell-shaped, often sweetly-scented, purple-margined light green flowers from January to April above clumps of deeply divided dark green foliage.
An attactive sedum that looks lovely planted in bold drifts in the middle of a sunny, well-drained border.
Stonecrop (syn. Sedum Autumn Joy)
This versatile perennial is an ideal filler plant for a sunny, well-drained spot.
This tall form of evening primrose looks great planted at the back of a sunny, well-drained border.
These radiant sunflowers are ideal for providing a splash of colour towards the back of a sunny border.
As long as it's deadheaded regularly it produces a succession of slender-stemmed, single, daisy-like flowers with orange-yellow centres throughout the summer.
A good plant for vertical interest in a mixed border though it will look as equally at home in a gravel garden.
Eye-catching heads of sweetly scented, clean white, trumpet-shaped flowers on towering stems from July to September above rosettes of dark green foliage.
This beautiful, white tree poppy makes an excellent specimen plant for a sunny mixed border.
It produces delightful clumps of attractive leaves and is best grown at the front of a sunny, well-drained border.
An stylish bulb that is ideal for growing on rockeries or pots on the patio, thriving in dry soil in a sunny spot.
These showy perennials are perfect for providing vertical interest in the late-summer border or bog garden.
