A Selection of Prairie Garden Plants
A garden of height, transparency and texture – tall plants among short. Walk through a summer meadow of ornamental grasses, asters and perennial sunflowers. They provide structure and drama through the cold winter months, touched by frost in the morning sun.
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DIERAMA 'Mandarin'
Much awaited, a few plants are now available from the beautiful specimen in our garden. Luscious deep pink flowers on long arching stems. Sun.
75cm £6.50
SANGUISORBA tenuifolia 'Big Pink'
Smothered with bright pink drooping catkins in August and September.
1.50m £5.00
MOLINIA caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Fontane'
My favourite molinia - arching purple flower stems, yellow foliage in autumn.
1.80m £5.00
CENTAUREA 'Jordy'
Deep maroon cornflowers contrast perfectly with grey-green foliage. My current favourite!
35cm £5.00
CIRSIUM heterophyllum
'Melancholy Thistle'. Smart maroon flowers on woolly stems, leaves are white-felted underneath. Much remarked upon in the garden.
75cm £5.00
AMMI majus
Indispensable hardy annual, a brilliant filler plant for mid to late summer, as seen this year at Great Dixter! Lacy white cow-parsley flowers and delicate ferny foliage. Well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.
AGM 1.80m £3.00
SANGUISORBA 'Pink Tanna'
Light pink bobble flowers from June-August, above a clump of slender branching stems. Prefers moist soil in a sunny spot.
80cm £5.00
ASTER 'Newstars Fantasy'
A compact variety, smothered with dusky pink-mauve daisies August-October. Sun or part shade.
NEW 40cm £5.00
SERRATULA bulgarica
Glossy, architectural foliage, and when established, sends up long, upright stems topped with white thistle-flowers, loved by bees, and visitors, July-October. Sun.
2.00m £5.00
ASTER 'Chilly Fingers'
Named by us! Sprays of pale blue daisies with long, thin, curled petals, similar to, but more curled than 'Lutetia', and taller too.
90cm £5.00
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