Everyone stops to look at this one and we hear people speculate often that it's a pink Gypsophila. It's very floriferous and is so delicate but eye catching that it is extraordinary that it's not grown more widely. It grows to around 5' tall and about 3' to 4' wide and is light, airy and gorgeous. Plant in full sun or some shade and in moist, well drained soil. 2l pot (Yes, that is a dragonfly clinging to it) Available March to mid-June only because of rapid growth.

This hardy perennial grows to about 3' to 4' with us and is in a sunny, well drained raised bed. Its foliage starts to show early in spring and flower spikes shoot up quickly, eventually crowned with fluffy yellow flowers. The leaves are blue-green and very pretty. Shipped spring to early summer only because of rapid growth. 2l pot

A tall Thalictrum with blue-grey foliage and large, purple and cream flowers. Grow in moist soil in sun or light shade. H.8' S. 2'

Purplish blue flowers from during summer. Grey green strappy leaves. H&S 2'

Flowers July-October with pure white blooms. Grows to 24" and likes a sunny place in most types of soil. Hardy. 2 litre

An intense violet flower grows in clumps of just a few inches high. It's a wonderful colour. This likes full sun or part shade and does well in most soils, wet, dry, clay or sandy. Hardy. 2l pot.

Narrow, long leaves with clumps of lilac coloured summer flowers. Sun, or part shade, any type of reasonable soil. H. 18" Hardy 2l. pot

An arching habit with large flowers, freckled with lavender with a solid lavender rinig at the base of the foliage. This toad lily is particularly lovely with larger flowers than some types. Spreads slowly to form clumps in moist but well-drained growing conditions. Good in shady spot and look terrific grown with hardy ferns. H. 30". S. 2' Hardy.

Lemon yellow globe like flowers in May & June. Dark green cut leaves. This very attractive plant does well beside ponds in full sun or some shade. Prefers a moist or boggy soil. H. 30" S. 18"

Large orange-yellow flowers with deeper orange inner petals. Dark green foliage. H & S to about 18" These do well in ordinary or damp, boggy soil. Sun or some light shade.

This is a spectacular plant with heavily felted, silver-grey rosettes of large leaves. Tall, furry, silvery flower-spikes emerge in early summer, producing open, yellow flowers which continue into late summer. After flowering, the spikes still look attractive for months before starting to die off. These plants self-seed madly so leave them where they choose to be, if you can. They're drought tolerant but don't like being dug up and moved around. Full sun. Hardy. 2l pot

Tall spires of tightly set pure white flowers have purple filaments and bright orange anthers. The flat-faced blooms are borne above pearly green textured leaves.Flowering and giving colour all summer long, this perennial can be sited in drier garden areas. 2l pot

Growing to around 4', this award winning plant has stems covered with wine red florets above rosettes of dark green leaves. It prefers poor, well drained, alkaline soil. These are biennials and self-seed freely.

Ideal for adding height to your borders, Verbascums need full sun and well drained soil. They're tolerant of most soils but keep them well watered in hot weather to reduce the risk of mildew. This particular variety has yellow flowers with purple centres. H. 4'

Peachy pink flowers with touch of copper in them, on long spikes above silvery grey leaf rosettes. H' 15" - 20" One of the smaller varieties. Prefers full sun. Hardy. 2l pot

A lovely specimen of this beautiful and stately plant, Rosie has light pink flowers with red-purple centres. These mulleins tolerate poor soil and drought once well established.

3' tall stems of apricot flowers from June to August

This lovely, tall, graceful plant is now so well-known and so popular that it needs almost no description. Plant it in full sun in groups to get the best effect of its little purple flower heads. Seeds itself around enthusiastically and likes a well-drained soil. Depending on the climate you're in it could be an annual or a perennial. But thanks to its seeding habit, you won't lose it. 2l pot

This elegant and very attractive hardy perennial produces spires of white flowers on upright 3 foot stems in summer. Bees and butterflies love them and they are good for flower arranging. A very elegant plant. 2l pot

A sun loving, tall and stately plant, this grows to about 3'. It prefers moist soils and is perennial. 2l pot

This quite unusual, low-growing Veronica is an intense violet blue in colour and is perfect for edging beds and paths. It comes from Siberia, so I think we can consider it reliably hardy! The flowers are loved by butterflies. It needs really good drainage and full sun to a little shade. 2l pot.

Long, lilac blue racemes are tipped with bright green buds, curving most delicately. The long flowering spikes are held above dark green foliage. H. 3' S. 1'

Compact plants with many small flowers varying from velvety deep midnight blue to nearly black. This is a stupendously beautiful viola. Will self-seed and hybridise with others so keep it apart for purity of strain. Reliable from seed. H. 4" Hardy 2l pot.