What makes flowers attractive? We've chosen plants for this group that exhibit wonderful colours, beautiful shapes, or masses of blooms. Oh yes and occasionally flowers that are just plain peculiar.
A strongly architectural herbaceous perennial with tall white and purple floxglove-like flowers above large glossy green leaves
- A bright pink, summer flowering Achillea thriving in sunny, dry gardens.
- Pinkish purple early summer flowering bulbous perenial with enormous long lasting architectural flower heads.
- A heavily fragrant, broad leaved wild Spring bulb which will quickly colonise damp woodland and river banks.
- Large stately ornamental onion with tiny deep purple flowers in a large 10cm spherical flower head produced during mid summer.
- A golden yellow to orange lily shaped perennial which enjoys full sun and well drained soil.
- Small shrubby tree grown for its simple white spring flowers and excellent autumn colours
A late summer herbaceous perennial with delicate papery white flowers.
- Large evergreen shrub with small darkgreen leaves and bright orange flowers in mid to late spring.
- large evergreen shrub with arching brances, linear leaves and deep yellow flowers in srping.
Useful grown cover perennial grown for its large leaves and winter flowers
- Mound forming shrub with silvery-grey foliage and bright yellow daisy-like flowers. Often mis-labelled as Scenecio greyi.
- A large deciduous shrub flowering mid to late summer and loved by bees and butterflies.
- A large semi evergreen shrub producing clusters of unusual yellow globes in early summer.
- A favourite early summer flowering bulb in shades of blue and white.
- Spring flowering shrub of variable size with long lasting flowers and autumn edible fruits. Commonly known as Quince
- A small early Spring flowering bulb with large, pink, star shaped flowers
- Scented evergreen climber with simple creamy white flowers usually appearing in April and early may.
- Vigourous woody climber producing masses of simple pink or white flowers in late spring and early summer.
- The Chilian lantern bush. A large evergreen shrub that prefers the shelter of a warm wall.