Spoil your local bees and other pollinators, with this collection of blooms in sumptuous shades, most are great as intriguing and long-lasting introductions to your cut flower creations too. Hardy herbaceous perennials, all prefer well-drained soil in sun or part shade.
The Soft Summer Days Perennial Collection comprises; Campanula poscharskyana – a mat forming herbaceous perennial which will trail from crevices, pathways or steps, with blooms from June to September, loved by pollinators, height 20cm, spread 60cm; Alstroemeria 'Duc d'Anjou Charles' – an usual colouration of this herbaceous garden favourite, flowers June to October, great as cut flowers, height and spread 50cm; Symphyotrichum novi-belgii ‘Purple Dome’ – an herbaceous Aster with semi-double blooms from September to November, great as cut flowers, height and spread 60cm; Agapanthus ‘Vallée De L’Authion’ – an Arican Lily with evergreen strap-shaped foliage and large spherical blooms from June to August, excellent in a vase, height 90cm, spread 50cm; and Verbena bonariensis AGM – a tall and airy beauty which blooms from July to October, height up to 2m, spread 50cm.
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