A Selection of Plants that like the Sun
The majority of perennials and grasses need sun for most of the day! There are plenty to choose from here.
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ASTER peduncularis
Syn. Aster asperulus. Unusual foliage for an aster. Attractive, large violet-blue daisies from August. Everyone loves it on sight in our garden!
30cm £5.00
LUNARIA annua 'Corfu Blue'
Annual/perennial blue-flowered Honesty! Everyone loves this plant in our garden. Electric-blue flowers from April continue all season, then silver coin seedheads appear, and drop to produce more plants next year. Sun to part shade.
90cm £3.50
CROCOSMIA x crocosmiiflora 'Fire Jumper'
Golden-yellow flowers with an orange stripe down the centre of each petal.
75cm £5.00
ERYNGIUM yuccifolium
Evergreen, with strap-shaped leaves and, in midsummer, tall branching spikes of creamy-green flower clusters. Adds interest over the winter months.
1.80m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Nineteen'
Sprays of small lilac daisies September-November, on maroon stems and dark foliage. Sun.
NEW 1.20m £5.00
STIPA ichu
Fine textured clump with showy flowerheads in spring just above the foliage. Better than S. tenuissima. Full sun.
60cm £5.00
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Zwerg Elefant'
Unique dark pinky-red crimped flowers burst out of their bulbous sheaths late summer! Wide foliage. A current favourite.
1.80m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM ericoides f. prostratus 'Snow Flurry'
Low spreading branches carry sprays of small white daisies. Lovely over edge of wall or under roses.
AGM 15cm £5.00
DELPHINIUM 'Finsteraarhorn'
Much admired in our garden. Vivid blue flowers with a dark brown bee.
1.50m £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
VERBENA rigida
A neat, low-growing verbena produces clusters of purple or magenta flowers June-September. Lovely with silver-leafed plants in a sunny spot.
AGM 60cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA 'Miss Elly'
From Coen Jansen, a seeding from S. 'Lum', but flowers later for us. Red flowers.
NEW 1.00m £5.00
SANTOLINA pinnata ssp. neapolitana 'Edward Bowles'
Compact bushy plant with grey-green foliage and creamy-yellow button flowers May-August. Sun.
45cm £5.00
CROCOSMIA 'Ellenbank Firecrest'
Flowers are buttercup-yellow inside, fringed and backed with red. Compact and floriferous. Very eye-catching!
60cm £5.00
PEROVSKIA 'Blue Spire'
'Russian Sage'. A tall airy plant with lavender-blue flower spikes in late summer, and aromatic grey divided foliage.
AGM 1.00m £5.00
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