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Latin name: Dianthus
Common name: Pinks
Type of plant: Evergreen perennial
Soil preference: Very well drained
Hardiness: Hardy
Flower colour: Various shade of pink, mauve, white
Height and spread: 30cm x 30cm (12in x 12in)
Description: A great favourite, thanks to their clove-scented blooms.
Design tips: Good for raised beds, large containers or the front of very sunny beds. |  |
Latin name:Echinacea purpurea
Common name: Coneflower
Type of plant: Perennial
Soil preference: Well drained
Hardiness: Hardy
Flower colour: Mauve with a brown cone in centre
Height and spread: 1.5m x 60cm (4ft x 3ft)
Description: Creates interest from mid-summer through to autumn, thanks to its daisy-like flowers, which are followed by striking seed-heads.
Design tips: Use towards the back of a mixed, cottage flower border, or between shrubs. |  |
Latin name:Foeniculum vulgare ‘Purpureum’
Common name: Purple fennel
Type of plant: Short-lived perennial
Soil preference: Well drained
Hardiness: Hardy
Flower colour: Yellow
Height and spread: 1.8m x 60cm (6ft x 2ft)
Description: Grown for its feathery bronze foliage. Be careful as it self-seeds in profusion.
Design tips: Use as a foliage plant among a mixture of colourful perennials in a cottage style border. |  |
Latin name:Euphorbia characias subsp ‘Wulfenii’
Common name: Spurge
Type of plant: Evergreen perennial
Soil preference: Well drained
Hardiness: Hardy
Flower colour: Lime-green
Height and spread: 90cm x 90cm (3ft x 3ft)
Description: This dramatic perennial produces stunning, lime-green flowers in early summer.
Design tips: Good specimen plants that are invaluable for giving a cottage border a winter ‘backbone’. |  |
Latin name:Achillea ‘Coronation Gold’
Common name: Milfoil, yarrow
Type of plant: Evergreen perennial
Soil preference: Moist, but well drained
Hardiness: Hardy
Flower colour: Golden yellow
Height and spread: 90cm x 45cm (2ft x 1.5ft)
Description: The bright yellow flowers of this perennial are followed by beautiful seed-heads.
Design tips: Use towards the front of cottage-style borders. |  |
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