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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LEUCANTHEMUM x superbum 'Elworthy Sparkler'
Buttercream buds open to single white daisies. It really does sparkle!
75cm £5.00
PRIMULA vulgaris 'Avondale'
Strong grower, has white-edged pink flowers March-May, bronzy foliage.
15cm £4.50
SANGUISORBA tenuifolia 'Big Pink'
Smothered with bright pink drooping catkins in August and September.
1.50m £5.00
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
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Foxbrook Fairy'
From John Williams. Lots of pale mauve daisies on a later-flowering plant, from Sepember-October. An ericoides cross, but clump forming.
1.20m £5.00
GALEGA officinalis 'Alba'
Masses of white flowers June-July. Leaves can be variegated as they emerge.
AGM 1.50m £5.00
GERANIUM 'Stephanie'
Graceful, pale violet-blue upturned flowers in spring, held well above the foliage. Sun or part shade.
40cm £5.00
CIRSIUM rivulare 'Trevor's Felley Find’
Another great plant from Trevor Edwards, also called ‘Trevor’s Blue Wonder’, a fabulous tall ornamental thistle with rich blue-purple flowerheads on silver-purple stems mid-late summer. Full sun in rich soil.
PBR 1.20m £6.50
GERANIUM 'White Doves'
New from Dove Cottage Nursery. Glossy, evergreen foliage and white flowers all summer until frosts. Sun or part shade. Beautiful.
40cm £5.00
CAMASSIA leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii 'Electra'
Rich sky blue flower spikes, much bigger than other varieties, from May-June. Very rarely offered as it's so slow to propagate, but so beautiful!
90cm £7.50
PERSICARIA amplexicaulis 'Cottesbrooke Gold'
Hard to find perennial. Golden-yellow foliage and coral-red flowers above. Very striking plant in shade!
90cm £5.00
VERBASCUM 'Christo's Yellow Lightning'
From Great Dixter, this has densely-packed pale yellow flower spikes in summer above grey-green leaf rosettes. Very perennial!
AGM 2.00m £5.00
PERSICARIA virginiana var. filiformis 'Lance Corporal'
Bright green leaves with a dark chevron mark in the centre. Red flowers late summer to autumn. Compact and well behaved.
60cm £5.00
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