Fountain like clumps of fine arching leaves are topped by a cloud of maroon midge-like flowers during autumn. Late in the season the foliage turns bronze red and finally to straw gold during winter. Read more about Panicum virgatum ‘Rubrum’
This is totally different in both leaf colour and outline to the other Panicums that we’ve listed in previous catalogues. Panicum ‘Heavy Metal’ makes clumps of stiff upright stems clothed in blue leaves. Read more about Panicum virgatum ‘Heavy Metal’
We grow this in the double flower borders with Sedum and that giant of the prairie, Joe Pye Weed. The narrow leaves and airiness of its flowers make this grass a soft contrast to the large leaves and flowers of its neighbours. Read more about Panicum virgatum ‘Rotstrahlbusch’
'Pink Fairy', a frost hardy Pelargonium, is very free flowering carrying its magenta-pink flowers, like a cloud of butterflies, over dark green crinkled foliage from early spring until late autumn. Read more about Pelargonium ‘Pink Fairy’
Penstemons are among the most robust of garden plants showing excellent frost and drought tolerance. ‘Chester Scarlet’ is a medium sized evergreen perennial with large leaves and erect panicles of deep crimson – scarlet flowers .Flowering summer- autumn. Read more about Penstemon ‘Chester Scarlet’
Dark purple tubular flowers with a contrasting white throat makes this one of the most telling of the purple Penstemon. Happy in any sunny position in the garden and grows well without too much extra watering at all. 80cm x 80cm. Read more about Penstemon ‘Czar’
One of the best white flowering perennials for use in a border. Penstemons are such tough generous plants flowering their hearts out for so long that we can take them for granted. They seem to need replacing every 4 or 5 years. Read more about Penstemon ‘Snow White’
Penstemon ‘Thorn’ is an upright perennial with loose panicles of tubular white flowers tinged with deep pink at the tips of the lobes Flowering late summer early autumn. Evergreen. Frost tolerant and only needing occasional watering in the hottest of summer periods. Read more about Penstemon ‘Thorn’
Phlomis lanata is itself quite a compact evergreen shrub with the smallest leaves in the genus. ‘Pygmy’, a very, very small clone, has the same grey-green, deeply veined leaves as the type. Read more about Phlomis lanata ‘Pygmy’
This rare native of dry rocky places in Spain and nearby countries is aprostrate, grey leaved, evergreen shrub which during spring carries strong stems of handsome, lemon yellow flowers. Drought tolerant when once established it is best grown in full sun. Read more about Phlomis lychnitis
A new addition to our list Phlox ‘Jagger’ is covered by fragrant, brilliant lavender-purple flowers each with a magenta eye. Read more about Phlox ‘Jagger’
This is one of the best of all trees for a brilliant display of autumn colour even in warmer climates. The pinnate leaves turn brilliant reds and oranges during mid-autumn and hold well on the tree. In the Ballarat region it grows about 9 metres tall by 6-8 metres across. Read more about Pistachia chinensis
