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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PERSICARIA amplexicaulis 'Ample Pink'
Rose-pink flowers on branching slim stems, July-October. Sun to part shade.
1.00m £5.00
EUPATORIUM maculatum Atropurpureum Group 'Orchard Dene'
Good form of Joe Pye Weed. Very tall stems bear strong purple flowerheads in summer. Bees and butterflies love Eupatoriums!
AGM 1.80m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Andenken an Alma Potschke'
Deep rose-pink daisies with slightly curling petals from September.
AGM 90cm £5.00
ERYNGIUM pandanifolium 'Physic Purple'
Rarely offered variety. Rosette of sword-shaped leaves to 85cm, branched heads of small maroon flowers October-December. Very architectural!
1.60m £8.50
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Helen Picton'
Large, rich violet-purple flowers on a compact plant. From Paul Picton, National Collection Holder of Asters.
1.00m £5.00
SANGUISORBA 'Miss Elly'
From Coen Jansen, a seeding from S. 'Lum', but flowers later for us. Red flowers.
1.00m £5.00
SANGUISORBA tenuifolia 'Big Pink'
Smothered with bright pink drooping catkins in August and September.
1.50m £5.00
CROCOSMIA 'Spitfire'
Upward-facing scarlet-red flowers. Eye-catching in our display garden.
75cm £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
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