A Selection of Seaside Garden Plants
To recreate a coastal garden in the heart of the West Midlands, think gravel, sparse planting, focus points of found objects while beachcombing – driftwood, weathered wooden posts etc. Emphasis on silver or glaucous foliage, sea hollies, achillea, artemisia.
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EUPHORBIA epithymoides
Syn. E. polychroma. Mounds of bright yellow flowerheads all spring.
AGM 40cm £5.00
PENNISETUM thunbergii 'Red Buttons'
Mound of green foliage and pretty red flowerheads. Must-have on sight! Sun.
90cm £5.00
AGAPANTHUS 'Jodie'
Rich blue flowerheads from purple buds late summer on very tall stems. Sparse flowerheads but a real looker! Hardy.
1.20m £6.50
KNIPHOFIA 'Bee's Jubilee'
Purplish buds open to narrow apricot flowers on dark stems. Sun.
1.20m £5.00
SALVIA 'Amistad'
Large, deep mauve flowers May-October on tall, branching stems. If grown in a container, bring in for the winter. Cover with a large pot if grown in the border. Dramatic plant in a sunny spot.
PBR 1.00m £5.00
NEPETA nuda
Narrow upright habit, with attractive rich violet-blue flowers in summer. Sun.
75cm £5.00
EUPHORBIA deflexa
Very compact form for front of border, with fine silver-grey leaves, looks good all year.
30cm £5.00
KNIPHOFIA 'Rich Echoes'
Apricot-yellow flowers from dusky orange buds on bronze stems June-July then again September-October. Sun.
AGM 80cm £5.00
RHODIOLA rosea
'Roseroot Stonecrop'. Dense clusters of yellow flowers in May over succulent grey leaves. Sunny spot.
20cm £5.00
NEPETA 'Hill Grounds'
Grey-green foliage topped with intense violet flowers June-August. Full sun.
40cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA obtusa 'Chatto'
A compact grower, forms a low mound of silver leaves and spikes of white bottlebrush flowers in summer.
45cm £5.00
EUPHORBIA characias 'Black Pearl'
Evergreen, with clusters of lime-green flowers with black centres all summer. Not too tall, shapely plant. Full sun.
75cm £5.00
STIPA ichu
Fine textured clump with showy flowerheads in spring just above the foliage. Better than S. tenuissima. Full sun.
60cm £6.00
IRIS 'Agnes James'
Very early-flowering Californian Hybrid, has masses of white flowers with a gold flash, April-May. Well-drained soil in sun.
45cm £5.00
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