These mint relatives from the southern parts of North America have been a revelation to us and our resident New Holland Honeyeaters during these last few droughty years.
Beelicious Purple Hummingbird Mint Humming Bird Mint
‘Beelicious Purple’ is a compact variety suited to the front of the border or growing in pots. It carries heads of mauve-purple flowers on 40-50cm stems from early summer until autumn. Best grown in full sun it needs very little supplementary irrigation when once established.
A new dwarf variety which has really impressed us with its ability to keep flowering deep into the cold and frosty winters of Central Victoria. The candy pink flowers in summer and autumn make a terrific addition to the traditional perennial border.
‘Pink Sceptre’ carries showy amethyst-pink bottlebrush flower heads over strong 120cm tall stems from late spring until late autumn. Best grown in full sun ‘Pink Sceptre’ needs very little supplementary irrigation when once established.
‘Royal Sceptre’ is a great addition to our range of Agastache. Stronger and less brittle in its stem than ‘Blue Boa’ and also taller making 120-130cm tall stems which proudly hold the mauve-blue bottle-brush flower heads.
In his fine book “Guide To Plants” Paul Bangay writes that “I use this in all my gardens as it is such a long-flowering plant and has a very distinct and unusual flower colour”. ”Sweet Lili” was raised here at Lambley and is one of the best plants we grow.
A choice climbing plant for a shaded spot where it will soon cover unsightly walls or fences. The Porcelain Berry has grape-like leaves delicately splashed with white and pink. The small flowers are followed by pinkish-purple berries which later turn blue.
NEW RELEASE ‘Blaze’ is mostly grown for its intense red autumn foliage but it is attractive from spring well into winter as the leaves are blue in spring ageing to grey green in summer and retaining some of its autumn splendour into winter.
This is a new and really decorative form of Little Blue Stem, a wide spread dry prairie grass. This drought tolerant grass has grey-blue vertical leaves, which turn pinkish orange in autumn, and ornamental silver flower heads.
One of the most beautiful of all Japanese anemones, ‘Hadspen Abundance’ carries its deep carmine pink flowers from February until the end of April. It does well here if given adequate summer watering. It is definitely not a plant for a dry garden.
One of the loveliest of all the flowers in our garden. Metre tall stems are topped by glistening pure white flowers from late summer until well into the autumn. Best planted with shrubs as it does have a suckering habit. Cut back to ground after flowering. 100cm x 70cm.
A relatively dwarf New Zealand Rock Lily with handsome arching sword shaped leaves and produces masses of shooting star, lily-like flowers during spring and summer.
This is the Aster x frikartii (pronounced ‘Yoong-frau’) that Dennis Norgate sold for so many years and it is one of the best of all Easter daisies. It produces its large well shaped cool lavender-blue flowers from February until May.
