Sarah’s favourites

1 Kniphofia ‘Tawny King’ is an early flowering, easy-to-grow perennial.

2 Sarah loves the flowers of Hordeum jubatum, which are self-seeding.

3 Long flowering Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan’ is happy in most soils.

4 Anemone hupehensis ‘Hadspen Abundance’ will grow in sun or shade.

5 The intense violet of Perovskia ‘Blue Spire’ looks dramatic in the parterre.

6 Stockier stems make Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’ more weather-resilient than some.

7 Pollinators love the thistle-like flowers of Echinops ritro ‘Veitch’s Blue’. Here, it makes a striking contrast with Cotinus ‘Golden Spirit’.

8 Unlike many clematis, Clematis x durandii is non-clinging and requires tieing in.