A Selection of Purples
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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
GERANIUM nodosum 'Blueberry Ice'
A stunning new selection, launched by Elworthy Plants and ourselves a few years ago. Dark purple-blue flowers frosted with white on the edges of the petals.
30cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Nineteen'
Sprays of small lilac daisies September-November, on maroon stems and dark foliage. Sun.
NEW 1.20m £5.00
SALVIA 'Blue Note'
One of a new series of winter-hardy salvias. We shall see! This has deep blue to mauve flowers from spring until frosts. Sun.
60cm £5.00
ASTER amellus 'Forncett Flourish'
Strong, upright grower with deep mauve daisies from early September.
NEW 60cm £5.00
GERANIUM 'Orkney Dawn'
Forms a mound of violet flowers with darker purple veins in summer.
30cm £4.50
VERONICASTRUM sibiricum 'Red Arrows'
Reddish stems with spikes of red buds opening to violet flowers, July-September. Sun.
1.20m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Red Cloud'
Pale purple-pink flowers September-October. One of my favourites!
1.50m £5.00
SUCCISA pratensis
Unusual perennial found in boggy grasslands. Low-growing rosette of leaves and small violet pincushion flowers midsummer. A good cottage garden plant.
30cm £5.00
SALVIA greggii 'Emperor'
Masses of wonderful maroon-purple flowers through summer and autumn. Hardy in a sunny, well-drained spot. Takes cuttings easily!
60cm £5.00
GERANIUM phaeum 'Sericourt'
Emerging foliage is golden-yellow in spring, then maroon flowers April-July. Lovely, even in dry shade!
NEW 50cm £4.50
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
CAMASSIA leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii 'Lady Eve Price'
We have a few of this rare, deep violet-blue flowered form, blooming May-June. Sun.
NEW 60cm £10.00
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