Seasonal Plant Collection
Below is a collection of seasonal plants that we recommend to help your urban garden truly flourish.
Craspedia globosa | 'Golf Beauty' Drumsticks
A statement plant with narrow, silvery leaves and long stems with bright yellow, spherical flower heads which are good for flower arrangements.
Plant Information:
Height and spread: 1m x 50cm
Flowers: Summer
Position: Full sun
Soil: Well-drained
Digitalis | 'Lucas' Foxglove
Pinkish-purple flowers with white speckled throats appear from early summer until the autumn on tall erect stems with dark green leaves. Flowering far longer than other varieties.
Plant Information:
Height and spread: 1m x 50cm
Flowers: Summer into Autumn
Position: Full sun to partial shade
Soil: Moist, well-drained
Echinacea Moodz mix | Coneflower
Ideal for beds and borders as well as pots and containers. It is easy-to-grow and produces large, colourful flowers from July to September and attracts bees and butterflies. Beautiful as a cut flower in a floral arrangement.
Plant Information:
Height and spread: 1m x 50cm
Flowers: Summer into Autumn
Position: Full sun to partial shade
Soil: Well-drained
Gerbera Garvinea mix
An abundance of daisy-shaped, colourful blooms in cheerful colours in the summer which are perfect for planting in containers and flower beds for an eye-catching display.
Plant Information:
Height and spread: 50 x 50cm
Flowers: Summer
Position: Full sun
Soil: Well-drained
Pennisetum | 'Purple Baron' Grass
Fast-growing annual grass, forming a clump of dark green leaves maturing to dark mahogany-purple. Upright, gold bottlebrush-like flowers are produced in summer, followed by shiny purple seedheads which are very attractive to birds.
Plant Information:
Height and spread: 1.5 x 1.5m
Flowers: Summer
Position: Full sun
Soil: Well-drained
Sedum mix
Succulent plants with pretty and colourful flowers in various shades of yellow, pink and red. Ideal for walls, rockeries or container displays. Sedums are highly attractive to butterflies and insects.
Plant Information:
Height and spread: 15 x 40cm
Flowers: Summer
Position: Full sun to partial shade
Soil: Well-drained
Stipa tenuissima | 'Ponytails' Mexican Feather Grass
Pale yellowish-green leaves topped with feathery plumes of silver-green flowers which mature to cream. This versatile grass is ideal for a gravel garden, large container or a border. It's perfect for introducing graceful movement into a planting scheme as the flower heads and foliage billow in the slightest breeze.
Plant Information:
Height and spread: 50 x 30cm
Flowers: Summer into Autumn
Position: Full sun
Soil: Well-drained
Zinnia elegans | 'Dreamland mix'
Dahlia-like blooms that will set your garden ablaze with long-lasting summer colour! Zinnia elegans ‘Dreamland’ is perfect for filling beds and patio containers, or planted at the front of borders. They are loved by butterflies.
Plant Information:
Height and spread: 50 x 50cm
Flowers: Summer into Autumn
Position: Full sun
Soil: Moist, well-drained