A Selection of Back of Border Plants
These are self-supporting tall plants, topped with flowers. They can be used for screening or hiding unsightly features. Choose plants of differing heights to vary the gradient of the border.
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ASTER 'Diamond Jubilee'
Sn. Tagetes erecta 'Jubilee Diamond'! Sprays of small white daisies late summer. Sun.
90cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Prairie Purple'
A lovely tall aster with masses of purple daisies on dark stems. Stunning!
NEW 1.80m £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 £6.00
CYNARA scolymus 'Gros Camus de Bretagne'
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
LIGULARIA 'The Rocket'
Long black stems and dramatic toothed foliage. Slender racemes of yellow flowers July-August. Moist soil in sun.
AGM 1.80m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM laeve 'Orpheus'
Stunning plant, has dark stems and leaves, then in late summer beautiful blue daisies. Tall and rangey.
1.50m £5.00
SOLIDAGO 'Dennis Strange'
Named by John Williams as a tribute to his late friend Dennis, a long-time member of Warks Plant Heritage. A hybrid which appeared in John's garden, has a majestic habit, with open panicles of golden-yellow flowers on arching, thick dark stems.
2.10m £6.50
ACONITUM carmichaelii (Arendsii Group) 'Cloudy'
Large, hooded, ivory flowers smudged with violet, August-October. Worth a try!
PBR 80cm £5.00
POLYGONATUM verticillatum 'Himalayan Giant'
A robust form, with whorls of narrow leaves along tall stems, emerging purple-brown then green. Small pendulous purple-speckled white flowers, then red berries in autumn.
1.20m £5.00
CYNARA cardunculus
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
ASTRANTIA major ssp. involucrata 'Jumble Hole'
Large white and green flowers over a long season to November!
90cm £5.00
ACONITUM 'Blue Opal'
Rarely available! Large blue monkshood flowers on dark upright stems, August-September. All Aconitums need deep soil in sun or part shade.
1.50m £6.00
MOLINIA caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Bergfreund'
Short pale brown panicles on green upright stems. Shorter foliage. Deciduous.
2.00m £5.00
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