A style to evoke memories of holidays in the sun – lots of terracotta pots and paths, easy-care sun-loving hardy plants in well-drained soil. Focal points of dramatic colour and foliage, Raised beds with softer, fragrant planting.
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Large, flat golden flowerheads. An old favourite. Full sun, drought tolerant.
AGM 1.20m £5.00
Deep maroon cornflowers contrast perfectly with grey-green foliage. My current favourite!
35cm £5.00
Large silvery leaves, long stems carry edible buds in summer, then big purple thistle flowers which dry well. Good soil in sun.
1.00m £6.00
Dramatic, large red outward-facing flowers well above the foliage, on dark purple stems. Vigorous, and definitely one of the best!
1.20m £5.00
Eye-catching flag iris, with broad sword-shaped grey-green leaves and slightly fragrant flax-blue flowers in May and June. Always remarked upon in our garden!
AGM 90cm £5.00
Rich red flowers on dark stems from early summer to October. Sun.
AGM 60cm £5.00
Very robust, floriferous variety! Long, pointed arrow-shaped leaves, and big white trumpets late spring and summer. Moist soil in sun.
1.00m £6.50
Cardoon. Forms an epic, architectural mound of silver-grey foliage up to 1 metre long. Large, purple, thistle-like flowerheads tower above in late summer and autumn. Loves the sun.
AGM 2.50m £5.00
Big heads of grey-white flowers touched with lilac, on very upright stems. Much admired in the display garden, very atmospheric.
1.20m £9.00
Lovely large white flowers flushed pale blue at the tips. Very desirable, majestic, but slow-growing.
1.00m £9.50
Light pink bobble flowers from June-August, above a clump of slender branching stems. Prefers moist soil in a sunny spot.
80cm £5.00
Silvery-blue flowerheads, bowl-shaped and very feathered, June-September.
75cm £7.00
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Gary Leaver t/as Avondale Nursery, at Russell's Nursery, Mill Hill, Baginton, Coventry CV8 3AG.
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