Good choices for September interest

MISCANTHUS SINENSIS ‘SILBERFEDER’

Upright deciduous grass with silver mid-rib. Silver-pink flowers. H1.8m (6ft) S50cm (20in)

LUNARIA ANNUA

Purple flowers turn into translucent seedheads June onwards. H90cm (3ft) S30cm (12in)

STIPA GIGANTEA

Oat-like flowers form on tall arching stems in June and July. Deciduous. H2.5m (8ft) S1.2m (4ft)

CYNARA CARDUNCULUS

Giant thistle-like cardoons produce sculptural seedheads from Sept. H1.5m (5ft) S1.2m (4ft)

CALAMAGROSTIS ‘KARL FOERSTER’

Upright grass with feathery plumes lasting into autumn. Deciduous. H1.8m (6ft) S60cm (2ft)

PHLOMIS RUSSELIANA

Whorls of hooded pale yellow flowers become elegant Sept seedheads. H90cm (3ft) S75cm (30in)