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Echium pininana
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ca$ 3.75 |
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| While superlatives are easily bandied about these days, this is nonetheless a plant that warrants the term magnificent. Growing up to 4m (12ft) in height this giant biennial commands attention. With thousands of small flowers in shades of sky blue to rose produced throughout the summer of its... |
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Echium russicum
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ca$ 3.75 |
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| This biennial starts with an attractive rosette of leaves in the first year and busts forth in the second year with flower spikes that range from pink to deep red, depending on the individual bloom’s age. |
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Echium vulgare
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ca$ 3.75 |
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| Averaging 1 to 1.5m(3-5ft) in height, this biennial will produce a succession of bright blue flowers 1-2cm(1/2 to 1in) in diameter on tall spires from late spring through to midsummer in its second year. Leaves are narrow lanceolate and can grow to 30cm (1ft) in length at the base of the stem, but... |
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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... |
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Isatis tinctoria
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ca$ 3.95 |
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| This taprooted, short-lived perennial produces basal rosettes of gray-green leaves and bears panicles of yellow flowers in early summer. Height 2-4 feet; spread 18 inches. The leaves can be used to produce a blue pigment. |
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Lunaria annua
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ca$ 3.65 |
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| This plant, usually an annual but occasionally biennial, is attractive enough in bloom, but the tall 1m (3ft) stems and seedpods, when dried and separated, look very much like wispy silver dollar trees. This delightful trait has given rise to many of the plant’s common names. An old fashioned... |
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Lunaria annua 'Variegata'
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ca$ 3.45 |
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| These striking variegated plants come relatively true from seed, and plain coloured seedlings may be weeded out early, if so desired. Bright magenta flowers are well highlighted by the generously cream splashed bright green foliage. The ripening seed pods are often entirely white, which can make a... |
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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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Onopordum acanthium
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ca$ 3.45 |
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| Large spiny silver leaves on stems that can reach up to 1.5m (4ft) or more in height are topped with large attractive artichoke-like blooms. |
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Silene armeria
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ca$ 3.95 |
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| Short annual with gray-green leaves that produces masses of carmine-pink flowers in mid to late summer. A treat for the eyes and easy to grow. Will re-seed itself where happy. Height 12 inches; spread 6 inches. |
