Aconitum 'Stainless Steel'
Monkshoods make a good show when you need vertical spires with blue flowers in summer and autumn. The heights range from 1m (like the blue and white A. x cammarum 'Bicolor') to just 60cm. This medium-high, extremely popular form has white-eyed ... [... more]
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Foxglove - 5 Plug Plants
 With tall spires and hanging tube-like flowers Foxgloves add a cottage garden feel to the garden. They come in a variety of colours many with beautiful speckles in the throat. Ideal for borders. Plant Type: Perennial Flowering P [... more]
£8.99
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Acanthus mollis
If you like bold plants and don't already grow acanthus you're in for a treat. At the back of a bed or border their big deeply toothed leaves and tall spires of mauve-tinted flowerheads are sensational - especially when planted in a group as we're offerin [... more]
£10.00
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Ornamental Spires
These impressive ornamental spires will have a striking impact in any garden. Made from welded strips of twisted metal with a varnished finish it will oxidise to a rich rusty orange over time. 125cm No delivery surcharge [... more]
£499.00
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Digitalis purpurea 'Albiflora'
Foxglove is a common favourite, and 'Albiflora' is no exception. This cultivar produces elegant spires of white tubular flowers in June, which are enjoyed by bees throughout the summer. For the best displays, it should be grown annually from ... [... more]
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Corylus avellana 'Fuscorubra'
More of a large, multi-stemmed shrub than a tree, its purple leaves are the big attraction. When grown as a background plant, the foliage makes a highly effective backdrop for white summer flowers or the golden/silvery spires and plumes of ... [... more]
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Cultivation
Tall spires of delphiniums add colour and drama to summer borders during their short flowering season. Colours range from traditional blues through to lilac, pink, yellow and white. They are a classic cottage garden plant and give a strong ... [... more]
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Veronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination'
This elegant, self-supporting perennial is loved by bees and florists alike. Tapering spires of mauve flowers appear in July-August, and associate particularly well with grasses in prairie-style plantings. Situate plants in fertile, moist soil ... [... more]
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Aconitum carmichaelii 'Arendsii'
Monkshood are tall, stately plants with densely filled spires of large hooded flowers, azure-blue in the variety 'Arendsii'. From a distance they are easily mistaken for delphiniums, except that they flower several months later and are perfectly ... [... more]
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Cimicifuga simplex var. simplex 'Brunette'
Find out how to grow Cimicifuga simplex var. simplex 'Brunette' Cimicifuga is a slightly unusual plant, with tall, elegant, upright spires of white flowers late in the season, long after the summer display is over. Plants revel in partial shade, ... [... more]
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Foxglove, Digitalis
Find out about the Foxglove, Digitalis with our plant profile Foxgloves add a free and easy cottage-garden touch with their tall spires and dangling tube-like flowers. They come in white, yellows, mauves, maroons and purples, many with beautiful ... [... more]
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Moluccella laevis
Find out how to grow Moluccella laevis Common Name: Bells of Ireland Time to plant seeds: March to June 'Bells of Ireland' are flowers to please anyone who loves flower arranging. But they also look good in flower borders. The long spires of ... [... more]
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