If you're looking for ground cover for a dry, shady spot, the Knotted Cranesbill is a perfect choice. This lovely Hardy Geranium is equally happy in sun or shade. Small lilac-pink flowers are produced continuously from May to September above a m...

Eastern Blue Star is a beautiful perennial deserves to be more widely grown. It flowers reliably year after year, is not pushy or invasive, is not fussy about soil or situation and is fully hardy. Our photograph is the plant growing in the Oxfor...

Regular listeners of The Archers may remember that Lady's Bedstraw was voted the County Flower of Borsetshire following a poll by Plantlife in 2002!A British native wildflower found in meadows across the country, but now sadly much less commonly than...

Dragonhead (Dracocephalum) is so named due to the shape of the flowers. Rosemary-like green foliage turns a lovely red in autumn and the plants are covered in tubular flowers of either blue or white, depending on the variety, which are excellent sour...

The Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia elata), is a lovely foxglove-like perennial, with prolific flowers which are long lasting. Additionally it will repeat flower and bloom over 4-5 months.Rosettes of broad, soft-haired leaves give rise to very handsome s...

This Osteospermum is new to us this year but 'Orange Orbit' has quickly become one of our favourites. Lovely bronze-orange blooms cover the plant and will do until early autumn. The open flowers are a magnet for our pollinators.Osteospermums are perf...

I love the flowers of this hardy Geranium 'Mrs Kendal Clark'. It's one of the tallest and most vigorous of the hardy geraniums, which is ideal for a sunny border. It's also happy with a fairly shady spot. Interesting pearl-grey, saucer-shaped flowers...

Sedums are hardy succulent evergreen perennials which are very drought tolerant and grow happily in poor and thin soil. They are generally covered in flowers in summer, which are loved by bees and butterflies.The smaller ones are perfect for rockerie...

Mugwort is a native wildflower steeped in folklore and tradition. 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 and as a moth repellent. It was also used to ...

The Foam Flower is tough, but delicate looking, plant with many spires of tiny, white or very pale pink frothy flowers over a long period in summer.It was brought over from Tennessee in 1939 and has since been awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit. I...