Shire Plants Blog

Our blog features interesting plants we've noticed recently at the nursery, news and other information. For further inspiration, we recommend looking at our Caught Our Eye page, which lists many plants that have caught our attention recently.
Drought-tolerant Eryngiums

Drought-tolerant Eryngiums

Eryngium 'Miss Marble' is a striking architectural hardy perennial with green foliage which is marbled with silver. Blue and silver spiky flowers rise above during the summer. It's often used for cut flower displays and it adds winter interest t...
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Gold Dust

Gold Dust

Dianthus 'Gold Dust' is a lovely alpine 'Pink' with 15cm flower stems. Lots of delightfully-scented, burgundy flowers over summer which develop a sprinkling of gold flecks. An excellent perennial for border edges, rockeries, paving or in containers.
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The Butterfly Flower

The Butterfly Flower

Asclepias tuberosa has the common name of the Butterfly Flower because it is loved by butterflies. It makes an excellent border plant, suitable for cottage or informal gardens, where it flowers from June to September.From North America, the tough roo...
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Apple Pie and Sailor's Tabacco

Apple Pie and Sailor's Tabacco

Mugwort is a native wildflower steeped in folklore. For hundreds of years it was made into garlands and hung over doors to deter evil spirits. It has also been used in place of hops for beer, as a moth repellent, herbally to cure nervousness in women...
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3 for 2 on selected Wildflowers

3 for 2 on selected Wildflowers

For a limited time we have a selection of our British native wildflowers on a 3 for the price of 2 offer:British native plants are excellent for our native pollinators and other wildlife. They are also usually very drought tolerant and capable of cop...
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Greater Knapweed

Greater Knapweed

Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) is a British native wildflower which grows in many different environments, including dry chalky grasslands, roadsides, hedgerows and cliffs throughout the UK. Like most wildflowers, it is very drought-tolerant an...
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Drought-tolerant Teucrium

Drought-tolerant Teucrium

Teucrium 'Purple Tails' is a very drought tolerant plant and it's often one of the last plants standing in the border during very dry summers. Bold spires of purple flowers rise above bushy, green aromatic foliage. An attractive, vigorous perenn...
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Gran's Favourite 'Pink'

Gran's Favourite 'Pink'

We have some lovely Dianthus Gran's Favourite plants at the nursery at the moment and I've taken the opportunity to pick a bunch for the office. They smell heavenly. There is something timeless of the scent of 'Pinks'.Gran's Favourite is a strong per...
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Banana Mint

Banana Mint

This is Banana Mint, one of several intersting mints we sell (others include Chocolate, Ginger, Basil and Lime). The foliage of this variety has the unmistakable smell of banana overlaying the scent of mint. Mauve flowers in summer are loved by bees....
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