Cotoneaster horizontalis
Deciduous cotoneasters are fine plants with attractive flowers in late spring and early summer, but they are mainly grown for their brilliant displays of berries and bright leaf tints in autumn, when they become a major feature. C. horizontalis ... [... more]
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Persicaria bistorta 'Superba'
Soil type: Well-drained/light, Clay/heavy, Acidic, Moist, Boggy With a decent flowering period from late spring to midsummer, the vigorous Knotweed is an excellent choice for the damp garden. The bottlebrush-like, tiny mauve-pink flowers are ... [... more]
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Athyrium filix-femina
The lady fern is one of the prettiest of the deciduous hardy ferns, with delicate, lacy, ladder-like foliage which is a good fresh green colour it looks its best in late spring and early summer when the foliage is still young. It associates well ... [... more]
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Bergenia 'Baby Doll'
This is a great ground-cover plant for low maintenance areas. It is a tough, evergreen perennial with large, rounded, bronzed-tinted leaves, which tolerates any soil, but leaf colour will be best on poor soil in full sun. In mid- to late spring, ... [... more]
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Caltha palustris
Kingcups (or marsh marigolds) grow wild alongside streams and in shallow water around ponds, forming loose clumps of kidney-shaped leaves, each up to 8-10cm (3-4in) across in late spring and early summer, large, shiny golden flowers like giant, ... [... more]
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Tulipa 'Uncle Tom'
One of the finest tulips, this cultivar bears fragrant, double, deep mahagony-red flowers in late spring. The double, peony-like flowers have heavy heads, which often need staking. These tulips look superb planted in drifts throughout the garden, ... [... more]
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Convallaria majalis
Fragrant flowers are always a joy in the garden and the scent of lily of the valley is especially strong. From late spring, bell-shaped, white flowers hang in arching racemes above dark green leaves. It spreads quickly in shady positions, making ... [... more]
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Berberis x ottawensis 'Auricoma'
A multi-purpose arching shrub, it has a good show of deep reddish-purple leaves that make the perfect foil for the mass of small, red-tinged yellow flowers in late spring. They are followed by egg-shaped red autumn fruit. Excellent at the back of ... [... more]
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Geranium maculatum
A North American geranium which stands up rather than flopping, and has clusters of white centred, pale to dark pink flowers. They open in late spring, and again in summer, and with luck even in the autumn. Make sure that is in damp soil, ... [... more]
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Marguerite
Bright and cheery marguerites are tender perennials and flower prolifically from late spring to early winter. Buy two or three plants to perk up border gaps and brighten containers. Marguerites have been grown for more than 200 years, with more ... [... more]
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Fraxinus ornus
It makes a perfectly decent, bushy, deciduous tree which doesn't get outrageously tall. It has dark green leaves but stands out in late spring and early summer when it has lashings of gently scented, creamy white flowers. Even better, the leaves ... [... more]
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Phygelius aequalis 'Yellow Trumpet'
Cape fuchsia, 'Yellow Trumpet' drips with bunches of creamy yellow tubular flowers throughout the summer. Originally from South Africa, Cape fuchsias are on the tender-side in the UK. It is best to take cuttings in late spring to overwinter in a ... [... more]
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