Perennial Herbaceous

Big Blue Lilyturf (Liriope Muscari)

Lilac purple with evergreen grass like foliage : autumn flowering : up to 50cm high : hardy (H5) : partial or full shade : Sarah Raven says ” you can’t go wrong with this evergreen” £2.50

New Zealand Satin Flower (Libertia Grandiflora) AGM

Pure white flowers with sword like leaves : summer flowering : up to 90cm high: hardy (H4) : full sun or light shade £2.50

Mexican Feather Grass (Stipa Tenuissima)

Deciduous grass : summer flowering : up to 60cm high : hardy (H4) £2.50

Italian Arum (Arum Pictum)

Yellow or purple flowers followed by red berries with arrow-shaped glossy leaves veined creamy white: up to 50cm high : hardy (H6): full sun or partial shade : toxic £2.50

Yellow-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium Striatum)

Pale yellow flowers : summer flowering : up to 80cm high : hardy (H4) :full sun : clump forming : classic cottage garden plant £2

Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla Mollis)

Chartreuse yellow flowers : summer flowering : up to 60cm high : hardy : full sun or partial shade : classic cottage garden plant : Sarah Raven says ” one of the best ever foliage plants for the garden or vase” £2

Mexican Fleabane (Erigeron Karvinskianus)

Masses of daisy like flowers white turning pinkish: spring, summer and autumn flowering : trailing and up to 30cm high : hardy (H5) : self seeds : Sarah Raven says ” brilliant container plant” £2

Purple Toadflax (Linaria Purpurea)

Purple or pink flowers : summer and autumn flowering : up to 50 cm high : hardy (H6) : full sun : self seeds : classic cottage garden plant £2

Japanese Anemone (Anemone Hupehensis)

Pink flowers : summer and autumn flowering : up to 150cm : hardy (H7) : partial sun or shade : spreads well when established £2

Alpine Violet (Viola Labradorica)

Violet flowers and darkish green leaves: semi evergreen : spring flowering : up to 15 cm high : Sarah Raven says “one of the best ever ground cover plants spreading to the darkest corners” £2

Argentinian Vervain (Verbena Bonariensis)

Purple flowers : summer and autumn flowering : up to 200cm high : hardy (H4) : full sun : short lived but self seeds : good for picking : Sarah Raven says “no better flower for lining a path” £2

Biting Stonecrop (Sedum Acre)

Yellow : summer flowering : up to 10cm high : hardy (H7) : full sun : mat-forming succulent : UK native : good bee flower £2

Primrose (Primula Vulgaris)

Primrose yellow : spring flowering : up to 15cm high : hardy (H7) : full sun or partial shade : clump forming : UK native : cottage garden classic £2 for tray of 6

Daylily (Hemerocallis)

Yellow : summer flowering : up to 100cm high : hardy (H6) : full sun : cottage garden classic £3

Siberian Flag (Iris Sibirica) AGM

Blue : summer flowering : up to 120cm high : hardy (H7) : full sun or partial shade : £2.50

Hollyhock (Alcea Rosea)

Single flowers with various colours : summer flowering : up to 250cm high : hardy (H5) : full sun : short-lived but self seeds : classic cottage garden plant £1.50

Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia Characias)

Greenish yellow flowers : spring/summer flowering : up to 120cm high : hardy (H4) : full sun : long flowering and in all ways great garden value £2

Iberian Comfrey (Symphytum Ibericum)

Pale yellow with red buds : spring/summer flowering : up to 50cm high : hardy (H6) : full sun or partial shade : good bee plant : “will thrive in any soil or any position and makes great ground cover” £2

Chinese Lantern (Physalis Alkekengi) AGM

Cream flowers followed by deep orange “lanterns” : summer flowering with autumn lanterns : up to 75cm high : hardy (H7) : full sun or partial shade : “striking garden plant and a flower arrangers favourite” £2

Armenian Cranesbill (Geranium Psilostemon) AGM

Magenta pink with black centre : summer/autumn flowering : up to 100cm high : hardy (H7) : full sun or partial shade : clump forming : “a striking addition to the cottage garden border” £2.50

Dames Violet/Sweet Rocket (Hesperis Matronalis)

White, purple or lilac : spring/summer flowering : up to 100cm high : hardy (H6) : full sun or partial shade : highly fragrant short-lived but self seeds : “a truly magnificent fragrant cottage garden plant” £2

Bugle (Ajuga Reptans)

Blue flower : spring/summer flowering : up to 15cm high : hardy (H7) : full sun, partial shade or full shade : Matte forming : “excellent in moist shade” £2

Perennial Sunflower (Helianthus)

Single golden yellow flowers : summer flowering : up to 150cm high : hardy (H4) : full sun : “strong growing, dramatic flower for the back of cottage garden border” £2

Michaelmas Daisy (Species) (Symphotrichum)

A cloud of small daisy flowers : autumn flowering : up to 120cm high : hardy (H6) : full sun/partial shade : clump forming : unlike most hybrid michaelmas daisies this is spectacular in the cottage garden border and a flower arrangers dream £2

Tansy (Tanacetum Vulgare)

Yellow daisy : summer/autumn flowering : up to 100cm high : hardy : full sun : aromatic leaves : good bee insect plant : native : although seen in the wild, it is a tough plant for difficult places and looks impressive at the back of a border £2

Purple Cranesbill (Geranium X Magnificum)

Prolific rich violet flowers : summer flowering : up to 70cm high : hardy (H7) : full sun/partial shade : a magnificent sight when in flower and otherwise attractive foliage colouring in the autumn £2

Rose Campion (Lychnis Coronaria)

Rose purple or white flowers : silver grey foliage : summer flowering : up to 75cm high : hardy (H7) : full sun or partial shade : self-seeding : classic cottage garden plant £2

Sedum (Stonecrop) Autumn Joy (Hylotelephium/Sedum Herbstfreude)

Salmon pink turning to pinkish bronze : grey foliage : summer/autumn flowering : up to 60cm high : hardy : full sun : well-behaved plant : attractive to butterflies and bees £2