Perfect for adding summer-long interest to containers or the front of a border, the blooms are produced from June to September and are loved by bees and other pollinators. Excellent for cutting they have an impressive vase life. As well as bringing their beauty and scent indoors, picking has the added benefit of encouraging prolonged flowering on the plant. Evergreen in all but the coldest of winters, the slender, blue grey foliage forms neat, weed-suppressing, compact mounds. This collection comprises; plumarius ‘Baileys Celebration’ – frilly, highly scented, raspberry-ripple-like flowers, each pale pink petal streaked with darker rose-pink, height and spread 40cm; ‘Diane’ – masses of large, double, rich rosy-pink flowers, height and spread 50cm; and ‘Widecombe Fair’ – double blooms in antique shades of champagne and blush-pink, height and spread 40cm. Hardy perennials to around -10°C, which are almost maintenance free, and happiest in well-drained soil, in a sunny, east or sout
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