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Dipsacus fullonum
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ca$ 3.15 |
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| These 1.5-2m(4-6ft) tall biennials are a good choice for informal plantings. The architectural form may be used to best advantage in modern gardens. The dried flower heads, although prickly, are superb for dried flower arrangements. |
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Myosotis sylvatica
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ca$ 3.15 |
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| This is the Forget-Me-Not of old fashioned gardens everywhere. A treat and a treasure that is easy to grow. These biennials or short-lived perennials will self-seed where happy, which is in most gardens. Height to 6 inches. |
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Digitalis purpurea 'mixed'
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ca$ 3.25 |
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| Mixed colours. This is one of the truly grand old-fashioned flowers of that almost mythical English Cottage Garden, which so many people strive to recreate. This biennial produces attractive rosettes of large leaves in the first year, with tall spikes of flowers up to 2m(6ft) or more in height the... |
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Digitalis purpurea 'Pink'
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ca$ 3.35 |
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| This is one of the truly grand old-fashioned flowers of that almost mythical English Cottage Garden, which so many people strive to recreate. This biennial produces attractive rosettes of large leaves in the first year, with tall spikes of flowers up to 2m(6ft) or more in height the second year. |
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Catananche caerulea
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ca$ 3.75 |
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| Short-lived, cornflower-like perennial with clumps of linear, grass-like hairy leaves up to 12 inches long. In mid-summer to autumn, bears blue to lilac-blue flowerheads 2 inches across, with darker centers. Combines well with echinacea, grasses and hemerocallis. |
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Silybum marianum
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ca$ 3.75 |
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| This rosette-forming biennial has spiny white-veined and marbled, glossy dark green leaves. In the second year after sowing, the plant produces thistle-like purplish-pink flowerheads from summer to fall. Height to 5 feet. Suits a mixed or herbaceous border or a gravel garden. |
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Borago officinalis
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ca$ 3.95 |
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| Annual herb with a bushy and freely growing habit to 60-80cm. Has hairy leaves on hollow stems with pendant sprays of azure blue star-shaped flowers with five petals. It flowers freely all summer and early fall. Can be cut back to encourage more flowers and to control sprawl. |
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Chelidonium majus
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ca$ 3.95 |
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| This delightful little poppy relative is a clump-forming perennial with blue-green leaves that highlight the bright golden yellow flowers to great effect. Suited to almost any soil conditions and settings, these plants do their very best in light woodland situations. Resistant to slugs and snails,... |
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Digitalis grandiflora
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ca$ 3.95 |
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| Pale yellow flowers are produced on spikes that rarely exceed a meter (3ft.) in height on this clump-forming biennial or perennial. Height to 3 feet. |
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Eryngium giganteum
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ca$ 3.95 |
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| You can look at this plant as either a short lived perennial or a very long lived biennial, but however you wish to describe it, it is a beautiful plant for the mixed border or the cutting garden. The flowers dry superbly. This rosette-forming taprooted plant has heart-shaped basal leaves and bears... |
