Perennials

Acanthus hungaricus
HUNGARIAN BEAR'S BREECHES
  • AKA Acanthus balcanus
  • Hardier species than Acanthus mollis
  • Dark green spiny leaves look similar to a thistle

HEIGHT: 75-100 cm  ·  SPREAD: 50-75 cm

Acanthus mollis
BEAR'S BREECHES
  • Pink to white blooms with purple hooded bracts
  • Deeply cut glossy leaves
  • Makes an excellent cut flower

HEIGHT: 75-125 cm  ·  SPREAD: 60-80 cm

Achillea millefolium
COMMON YARROW
  • Flat-topped clusters of white flowers
  • Seeds ripen July to September
  • Foliage is mid-green and fine-textured

HEIGHT: 45-60 cm  ·  SPREAD: 50-60 cm

Achillea millefolium Cerise Queen ('Kirschkonigin')
YARROW
  • A cultivar with masses of flat-topped clusters of cherry-red flowers
  • Drought and heat tolerant and likes a well-drained soil
  • Good for cut flowers, dried or fresh

HEIGHT: 50-75 cm  ·  SPREAD: 50-60 cm

Achillea millefolium 'Paprika'
YARROW
  • Flat-topped clusters of red flowers, centred with yellow
  • Flowers fade to light pink and creamy-yellow
  • Drought and heat tolerant and likes a well-drained soil

HEIGHT: 50-70 cm  ·  SPREAD: 45-60 cm

Achillea millefolium 'Saucy Seduction' (PP20782)
YARROW
  • Fuchsia-pink clusters of flowers, centred with white eyes
  • Flowers fade to a medium-pink tone
  • Excellent cut flower, dried or fresh

HEIGHT: 45-50 cm  ·  SPREAD: 45-60 cm

Achillea millefolium 'Strawberry Seduction' (PP18401, COPF)
YARROW
  • Strawberry-red clusters of flowers, centred with yellow eyes
  • Flowers dry to shades of yellow
  • Excellent cut flower, dried or fresh

HEIGHT: 45-50 cm  ·  SPREAD: 45-60 cm

Achillea millefolium 'Summer Pastels'
YARROW
  • Each plant produces flat-topped clusters of flowers in a wide range of pastel shades
  • Fragrant fern-like foliage
  • Bloom Time: Early summer until frost

HEIGHT: 50-75 cm  ·  SPREAD: 50-60 cm

Achillea millefolium 'Sunny Seduction' (PP20808, COPF)
YARROW
  • Intense yellow flowers held in clusters
  • Flowers lighten to pastel yellow with age
  • Excellent cut flower, dried or fresh

HEIGHT: 45-50 cm  ·  SPREAD: 45-60 cm

Achillea millefolium 'Terracotta'
YARROW
  • Excellent perennial for dry, hot, sunny gardens
  • Salmon-pink flowers turn terracotta-orange with age
  • Fragrant silver-green fine foliage

HEIGHT: 75-90 cm  ·  SPREAD: 50-60 cm

Achillea ptarmica 'Peter Cottontail' (PP31756)
SNEEZEWORT
  • Low mounding habit
  • Large ivory-white flowers
  • Lance-shaped dark green leaves with fine-toothed margins

HEIGHT: 50-60 cm  ·  SPREAD: 60-70 cm

Achillea ptarmica 'The Pearl'
SNEEZEWORT
  • Quick spreading rhizomatous perennial
  • Tight button-like double white flowers
  • Lance-shaped dark green leaves with fine-toothed margins

HEIGHT: 50-60 cm  ·  SPREAD: 50-60 cm

Achillea tomentosa 'Aurea'
YARROW
  • Dwarf, carpet-forming cultivar of yarrow, suitable for rock gardens
  • Compact fuzzy grey-green foliage
  • Yellow flowers

HEIGHT: 15-20 cm  ·  SPREAD: 20-30 cm

Achillea x 'Moonshine'
YARROW
  • Fragrant silver-gray foliage
  • Flat-topped clusters of small yellow flowers
  • Excellent cut flower, fresh or dried

HEIGHT: 50-65 cm  ·  SPREAD: 30-60 cm

Achillea x 'Sassy Summer Sunset' (PP31412)
YARROW
  • Large flower heads of dark orange blooms that mature to yellow
  • Durable and sturdy stems on such a large cultivar
  • Long blooming well into fall

HEIGHT: 80-90 cm  ·  SPREAD: 75-80 cm

Aconitum cammarum 'Eleanora'
MONKSHOOD
  • A newer hybrid of monkshood
  • White flowers edged with blue
  • Dark green, deeply cut foliage

HEIGHT: 75-100 cm  ·  SPREAD: 45-60 cm

Aconitum carmichaelii 'Arendsii'
MONKSHOOD
  • Upright perennial with long, leathery leaves
  • Dark green glossy leaves on strong stems
  • Deep blue hooded flowers

HEIGHT: 100-125 cm  ·  SPREAD: 40-60 cm

Aconitum lamarkii
MONKSHOOD
  • Spikes of sulphur-yellow flowers midsummer
  • Deeply lobed green leaves
  • Easy care perennial

HEIGHT: 75-100 cm  ·  SPREAD: 45-60 cm

Aconitum napellus 'Album'
WHITE MONKSHOOD
  • Creamy-white, bold spikes of hooded blooms
  • Finely divided, dark green foliage
  • Upright, towering form for a vertical accent in the perennial garden

HEIGHT: 75-90 cm  ·  SPREAD: 60-70 cm

Aconitum x cammarum 'Bicolor'
MONKSHOOD
  • Tall spikes of flowers are violet-blue and white in combination
  • Glossy deeply-lobed dark green leaves
  • Makes an excellent cut flower

HEIGHT: 90-125 cm  ·  SPREAD: 45-60 cm

Actaea pachypoda
WHITE BANEBERRY
  • Jagged green leaves on strong reddish stems
  • Clusters of fragrant white flowers
  • After flowering, tiny white berries appear

HEIGHT: 60-90 cm  ·  SPREAD: 60-90 cm

Actaea pachypoda 'Misty Blue'
DOLL'S EYES
  • Sport of Actaea pachypoda
  • White flowers produce white berries
  • Mounds of bluish-green leaves on reddish stems

HEIGHT: 60-90 cm  ·  SPREAD: 60-90 cm

Actaea rubra
RED BANEBERRY
  • Lightly scented delicate white flowers
  • Fine-textured foliage with an airy habit
  • After flowering, red berry clusters appear

HEIGHT: 60-90 cm  ·  SPREAD: 50-60 cm

Adenophora x 'Gaudi Violet'
LADYBELLS
  • Elegant soft violet drooping bell-shaped flowers
  • These fragrant flowers are held upright well above the foliage
  • Tight clumping habit

HEIGHT: 50-60 cm  ·  SPREAD: 50-60 cm