CHOOSE THE RIGHT PLANTS

CIRSIUM RIVULARE ‘ATROPURPUREUM’

Perennial dark crimson thistles on tall slender stems make brilliant vertical punctuations June-September. H1.2m (4ft) S60cm (2ft)

VERBASCUM ‘FIREDANCE’

Rusty-red flower spikes May-July repeat flower if deadheaded. Attractive short-lived perennial. H90cm (3ft) S45cm (18in)

FOENICULUM VULGARE ‘GIANT BRONZE’

Ideal backdrop perennial with mounds of bronze-purple fluffy foliage topped with yellow flowers from July. Tall stems persist through winter. H1.8m (6ft) S45cm (18in)

NASSELLA (STIPA) TENUISSIMA

Perennial Mexican feather grass with narrow leaves and silvery-green flowers that fade to gold. Lends swaying movement to plantings. H60cm (2ft) S30cm (12in)

ESCHSCHOLZIA CALIFORNICA ‘IVORY CASTLE’

Californian poppy with creamy white, yellowcentred flowers JuneOctober against finely cut blue-grey foliage. Hardy annual. H30cm (12in) S15cm (6in)

PIMPINELLA MAJOR ‘ROSEA’

Delicate pink umbellifer loved by pollinators with flat plates of tiny flowers May-July. Perennial. H90cm (3ft) S60cm (2ft)

ASTRANTIA ‘RUBY STAR’

Starry red pin-cushion flowers appear in clusters on dark wiry stems May-July. Perennial. H and S30cm (1ft)