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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MOLINIA caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Skyracer'
Very tall, branching stems, good autumn colour.
2.00m £5.00
SALVIA 'Tutti Frutti'
Same parents as 'Dyson's Joy', and very floriferous! Deep pink flowers May-November. Sun.
60cm £5.00
GERANIUM sanguineum 'Vision Violet'
Robust groundcover with masses of rosy-purple flowers from late spring.
40cm £5.00
NEPETA 'Chettle Blue'
New variety. Same bushy habit as other grandiflora's, but with more intense glowing blue flowers. Insect heaven! Sunny, well drained spot.
75cm £5.00
AGAPANTHUS 'Windlebrooke'
Deep indigo buds open to form beautiful heads of dark blue flowers with darker veining, over a tidy clump of narrow leaves.
60cm £6.50
EUPHORBIA deflexa
Very compact form for front of border, with fine silver-grey leaves, looks good all year. I love it!
30cm £5.00
ANTHEMIS 'Susannah Mitchell'
Grey-green foliage topped with creamy-white daisies all summer. Well-drained soil in sun.
60cm £5.00
SELINUM wallichianum
Architectural cow-parsley, with erect purplish branching stems bearing umbels of tiny white flowers mid-summer to autumn. Full sun to part shade.
AGM 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
SALVIA atrocyanea
Clear blue flowers from late summer on long stems. Looks good at the back of a sunny border.
1.50m £6.50
SEDUM spectabile 'Brilliant'
Grey-green leaves topped with large heads of cool pink-mauve flowers in summer. Sun.
AGM 45cm £5.00
SALVIA 'Love and Wishes'
Stunning new hybrid, has large, reddish-purple flowers with dark burgundy calyces and stems, June-November. Tidy habit, great for a container.
PBR 80cm £5.00
CHAEROPHYLLUM azoricum
Fresh green crimped, serrated and felted leaves, white umbels above. Quietly impressive!
60cm £5.00
ERYSIMUM 'Bowles' Mauve'
Evergreen perennial wallflower with masses of purple flowers all summer. Keep deadheading for more flowers.
AGM 1.00m £5.00
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