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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RUDBECKIA laciniata 'Hortensia'
Very tall stems bear double, bright golden-yellow flowers. Vigorous.
1.50m £5.00
GERANIUM 'Tiny Monster'
A sanguineum cross. Very large flowers on a vigorous sprawling plant.
30cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA obtusa good form
Lovely silver leaves, and bright pink bottlebrush flowers June-August. Sun.
50cm £5.00
SALVIA 'Tutti Frutti'
Same parents as 'Dyson's Joy', and very floriferous! Deep pink flowers May-November. Sun.
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
ERIGERON karvinskianus
Masses of daisies, emerging white then turning pink, May-October. Low-growing, lovely along a path or in cracks of walls. Cut back to flower again. Sunny spot.
AGM 30cm £5.00
SALVIA 'Joan'
Shrubby, taller salvia with rich purple-pink flowers in summer and autumn. Sun.
1.20m £5.00
AGAPANTHUS 'Arctic Star'
Large, solid heads of pure white flowers from July-September. Hardy. Well-drained good soil in sun.
AGM 60cm £9.00
SANGUISORBA obtusa 'Chatto'
A compact grower, forms a low mound of silver leaves and spikes of white bottlebrush flowers in summer.
45cm £5.00
EUPHORBIA epithymoides
Syn. E. polychroma. Mounds of bright yellow flowerheads all spring.
AGM 40cm £5.00
ERYNGIUM x oliverianum
Upright stems with large electric blue thistle flowers in late summer. A much-requested, hard-to-find plant.
AGM 60cm £7.50
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
ASTER amellus 'Grunder'
Large lilac-blue daisies. Tidy and mildew-free, as are all A.amellus.
75cm £5.50
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