This was bought from Beth Chatto’s nursery in March 2011. I love the deeply dissected leaves. It should grow into a wonderful tall mass of luscious foliage topped with deep blue flower spikes in summer. I am hoping it will contrast beautifully with the Miscanthus sinensis 'Kleine Fontäne' alongside, replacing the Veronicastrum that I had…
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Phlox stolonifera or creeping phlox is an evergreen ground cover plant with small glossy green leaves and pale violet blue flowers in late spring. I discovered it through Carolyn@Carolyns Shade Gardens and ordered 3 from Beth Chatto’s nursery as part of my birthday present. I have planted it along the edge of the decking in…
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This combines really well with Kanutia macedonica and Stipa tenuissima. The young growth looks like chives or baby leeks, providing great vertical accents even before the flower heads appear. When they do, they start to blush purple from the top down, eventually turning in to beautiful deep magenta drumsticks that look great with other perennials….
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I first grew this beautiful plant from seed in 2010. Iit flowered prolifically from late Spring until the first frosts, and was a favoruite for the hoverflies. It looks particularly good with Stipa tenuissima and Allium sphaerocephelon.
A wonderfully structural plant as it forms a quite tight vase-like shape with gracefully cascading narrow strap-like leaves. The flowers are held rather more stiffly than on Miscanthus sinensis ‘China’, so it holds its shape very well, even under snow, but is perhaps a little less “pretty”. Planted at the back of the pond border….
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