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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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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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Cerinthe major 'Kiwi Blue'
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ca$ 4.45 |
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| Blue green leaves develop a metallic tint near the small purple flowers on this hardy annual. |
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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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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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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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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. |