perennial plants - A Selection

A mid-season variety with large, double, fragrant pink flowers up to 20cm wide. 

A tender summer bedding perennial salvia with dark blue flowering spikes

Decorative seed-pods in winter

Tree Peony 'Xue Ta' blooms are silky ice white with ruffled double petals set against a background of lush, lobed foliage. These outstanding shrubs are resilient and disease-resistant and will blossom for the rest of your life. It is a fully grown plant that can have over a hundred exotic blooms, each measuring up to 25 cm (10 inches) or more in diameter! The exotic tree peony flowers are absolutely beautiful on borders and make elegant cut flowers for vases indoors. Only a few plants can

A shrubby perennial salvia with pastel pink flowers

This fantastic Symphyotrichum novi-belgii 'Prof. Anton Kippenberg' will add a splash of colour to your autumn planting schemes. Traditionally known as Asters, these prolific perennials put on a long-lasting show that lasts from late summer to autumn each year. They're abundant with dainty mauve daisy-like flowers that add late-season colour to the garden, as well as nectar that attracts bees and butterflies. This variety has a strong, upright, yet compact habit, making it an excellent choice

Large blooms scented like damask roses giving an exotic display from early summer. Hardy, long-lived and cope well on heavier soils.

This hardy evergreen perennial is a classic and popular Pink, which holds an RHS AGM for its outstanding performance. Throughout summer Dianthus 'Doris' produces an abundance of soft pink, double blooms with dark pink markings in the centre and a strong sweet fragrance. Perfect for colourful cottage gardens and cutting, this Dianthus is also incredibly tough and low maintenance making it the perfect choice for hot sunny banks and difficult dry borders. Height and spread: 40cm (16).

Dianthus deltoides 'Brilliancy' is a magnificent evergreen perennial that produces a dense carpet of soft green foliage to create excellent weed-suppressing, year-round ground cover. From May all the way through to autumn, an abundance of vivid crimson red blooms with dainty pink margins will flower continuously to create a spectacular display. Dianthus deltoides 'Brilliancy' is a low maintenance plant that is ideal for a sunny position where it will gradually spread, making an ideal choice for

With its deep, finely cut foliage, Tree Peony 'Bai Yuan Hong Xia's sumptuous blossoms stand out with brilliance. These aromatic flowers are sure to make a splash in your garden borders! In the late spring, hefty buds erupt into a lavish display of double petals that are velvety-red in colour. Tree peonies produce a long-lived, deciduous shrub that only gets better with age, flourishing in the sun or moderate shade. If you can spare a few, consider using a couple of these fragrant flowers in a

Intense, dark red blooms appear in late spring right through to early summer, as this long flowering Salvia pratensis will soon become a favourite in your garden borders for its reliability and consistent results. ?Fashionista Moulin Rouge? is a resilient hardy perennial that will attract all manner of pollinating insects. Height : 60cm (24”). Spread: 56cm (22”).

Itoh Peonies are rare and unusual hybrids between Garden Peonies and Tree Peonies. There are several varieties, all highly sought after by collectors, yet easy to grow and very hardy. This selection forms a tall, upright bush of lush green leaves that stand up well into the autumn. Flowers May-June. Height 70-80cm.

Sedum spurium 'Dragon's Blood' is a creeping variety with luscious purple-tinged, evergreen foliage which provides all year round interest even before the flowers appear. Star-like, dark red blooms will create a blanket of colour from midsummer, providing superb groundcover. This stonecrop is drought tolerant and looks very effective edging borders and planted in rockeries and crevices in dry stony walls. Height: 10cm (4?). Spread: 40cm (16?).

Indulgent ruffles of raspberry pink petals with a delicate perfume make Peony ?Hillary? a must have for late spring borders. This intersectional hybrid is a cross which marries the exotic looks of tree peonies with the herbaceous growth habit of herbaceous peonies, and is often called an Itoh Peony.

Sedum acre is a hardy succulent that blooms from May until August, it produces masses of lemon-yellow, star shaped flowers that smother the low growing, fleshy green leaflets. Ideal for planting in a sunny spot with dry soil, this intriguing perennial requires virtually no care and will be a magnet for pollinating insects. Fantastic for creating attractive ground cover, adding into crevices and onto roof tops, growing in rockeries and adding to alpine and coastal gardens ? your Biting Stonecrop