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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EURYBIA schreberi
Large starry white flowers from June-September. Gently spreading. Good for dry shade.
30cm £5.00
MOLINIA caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Skyracer'
Very tall, branching stems, good autumn colour.
2.00m £5.00
SANGUISORBA 'Pink September'
Bigger and better flowers than 'Big Pink'. Lots of stems closely grouped. Stands well. New in 2013 from us.
2.00m £5.00
MISCANTHUS nepalensis
My favourite Miscanthus - pale green foliage on a shorter plant, with long arching stems and silky buff flowers. Very different from other Miscanthus, and good for a small garden.
1.20m £5.00
CHRYSANTHEMUM 'Helen Harrison'
Named and given to us by the legendary lady we meet at Plant Hunters Fair Dorothy Clive event! Lovely big, rich pink, yellow-centred flowers in autumn. Thank you Helen!
1.00m £5.00
HELIANTHUS 'Dorian Roxburgh'
Much requested in our garden. Two rows of creamy-yellow petals with a yellow and black centre, flowers August-October. Doesn't run. Sunny position.
1.80m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novi-belgii 'Farncombe Lilac'
Double lilac-pink flowers August-October. HPS Conservation Scheme plant, well worth trying!
75cm £5.00
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Hercules'
Broad leaves with a white midrib. Strong thick stems, flowers above foliage from September-October.
2.15m - 2.40m £5.00
CROCOSMIA 'Spitfire'
Upward-facing scarlet-red flowers. Eye-catching in our display garden.
75cm £5.00
PANICUM virgatum 'Squaw'
Red-flushed leaves turn purple-maroon in autumn, panicles of pinkish flowers from late summer.
1.00m £5.00
ECHINOPS ritro 'Veitch's Blue'
A shorter variety. Deep violet-blue globe thistle flowers from July-September. Good as a cut flower. Any soil in sun.
1.00m £5.00
SALVIA 'African Sky'
Masses of mauve-blue flowers May-November, on a bushy plant. Sunny, sheltered spot.
80cm £5.00
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