'A Selection of Front of Border Plants' available from Avondale Nursery

A Selection of Front of Border Plants

Down to the fine detail – choose plants which are long flowering, or need to be seen up close to fully appreciate.

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EURYBIA radula

Lavender starry flowers in August on a neat bushy plant with upright stems. Early.

45cm £5.00

ASTER 'Fingers and Thumbs'

A seedling found over the path from our 'Chilly Fingers', this has slightly wider fingers, and flowers are a deeper lilac, not so chilly! They look great together.

90cm £6.50

ACANTHUS hungaricus 'White Lips'

Dark green rosette of foliage, topped in late spring with purple-hooded, white-lipped flowers. A shorter variety for the smaller garden.

60cm £5.00

GERANIUM 'Chantilly'

Pale pink flowers, attractive felted leaves.

45cm £4.50

ANEMONE nemorosa 'Celestial'

Large sky blue flowers.

15cm £4.50

NEPETA 'Poseidon'

Upright spires of blue-purple flowers June-August. Sun.

60cm £5.00

SALVIA 'Dyson's Gem'

Clear purple flowers that darken with age, May-November. Sun.

70cm £5.00

CROCOSMIA 'Walberton Red'

Large tomato-red flowers on sturdy stems.

90cm £5.00

CARDAMINE trifolia

Forms a dense, leafy carpet of dark green foliage and white flowers.

30cm £4.50

TRICYRTIS formosana 'Dark Beauty'

Blue-pink flowers heavily spotted with dark purple, August-October.

80cm £5.00

CROCOSMIA 'Vulcan'

Soft red flowers.

50cm £5.00

CONVALLARIA majalis 'Golden Jubilee'

Rich golden yellow leaves and large, scented white flowers. Part shade but not too shady or too sunny for best foliage colour!

30cm £8.50

POLEMONIUM reptans 'Virginia White'

Pure white flowers in spring.

40cm £5.00

GALANTHUS 'Hippolyta'

Neat, double rounded blooms with concave outer segments.

10cm £8.50

CROCOSMIA 'Zambesi'

Large upward-facing orange flowers with darker orange markings at the centre.

PBR 1.15m £5.00

GERANIUM sanguineum var. striatum

Pretty pale pink flowers with darker pink veining. Lovely on the rockery or edge of border.

AGM 30cm £4.50