'A Selection of Mediterranean Garden Plants' available from Avondale Nursery

A Selection of Mediterranean Garden Plants

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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SEDUM cauticola 'Lidakense'

Trailing stems bear reddish-pink star-shaped flowers summer and autumn. Full sun.

AGM 10cm £5.00

VERBENA bonariensis

Tall erect branching stems topped with flat clusters of small mauve scented flowers from late summer to autumn. Hot dry position.

AGM 1.50m £5.00

SALVIA 'Tutti Frutti'

Same parents as 'Dyson's Joy', and very floriferous! Deep pink flowers May-November. Sun.

60cm £5.00

KNIPHOFIA 'Gladness'

Dark bronze stems bear translucent apricot flowers June to July.

90cm £5.00

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

EUPHORBIA characias ssp. wulfenii 'Thelma's Giant'

A good form, one of the largest.

1.50m £5.00

EUPHORBIA characias ssp. wulfenii 'Thelma's Giant'

ROMNEYA coulteri

Tree Poppy. Beautiful papery-white poppy flowers July-Oct, handsome grey-green lobed leaves. Rich soil in a sheltered spot. Mulch in winter.

AGM 1.50m £8.50

SALVIA 'Silas Dyson'

Wine-purple buds open to rich crimson flowers, May-November. Sun.

90cm £5.00

STEMMACANTHA centauroides

Syn. Centaurea pulchra 'Major'. Purple-red flowers in summer attract bees and butterflies. Drought tolerant when established. Hard to propagate so rarely available.

75cm £5.00