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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ASTER trifoliatus ssp. ageratoides 'Ashvi'
Makes a beautiful, tidy mound, like a topiary sheep, smothered with small white daisies from late July-November. Easy even in dry shade!
90cm £5.00
SALVIA x jamensis 'Javier'
Masses of mauve-purple flowers from black buds, May-November, contrast with lime-green foliage.
NEW 65cm £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
EUPHORBIA 'Blue Haze'
Powder-blue foliage and soft yellow flowers in summer. Vigorous but compact.
30cm £5.00
STIPA gigantea
Dense base clump of narrow leaves and many tall stems with heads of oat-like flowers which shimmer in the sun. A feature plant throughout the summer. Moist soil in sun.
AGM 2.00m £5.00
DIERAMA pulcherrimum 'Blackbird'
Cascades of claret-purple bells. Needs deep, well-drained soil in full sun.
1.00m £5.00
ARMERIA 'Brutus'
'Mega-thrift' from Desirable Plants, with white flowers above a dome of glaucous broad leaves. Flowers for months.
40cm £5.00
AGASTACHE rugosa 'Golden Jubilee'
Stunning golden-yellow foliage contrasts well with purple-blue flower spikes from July-September.
60cm £5.00
ERYNGIUM pandanifolium 'Physic Purple'
Rarely offered variety. Rosette of sword-shaped leaves to 85cm, branched heads of small maroon flowers October-December. Very architectural!
1.60m £8.50
CIRSIUM heterophyllum
'Melancholy Thistle'. Smart maroon flowers on woolly stems, leaves are white-felted underneath. Much remarked upon in the garden.
75cm £5.00
SALVIA microphylla 'Wild Watermelon'
Magenta-pink flowers with a white throat, May-November. Sun.
75cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA officinalis 'Lemon Splash'
Serrated foliage is spotted with lemon yellow. Maroon flowers August-November.
75cm £5.00
ERYNGIUM 'Indigo Star'
New variety from Elizabeth MacGregor. Free-flowering rich indigo-blue flowers over summer. Sun.
70cm £7.50
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