Six plants for LATE-SUMMER COLOUR

1 ACTAEA ‘CHOCOHOLIC’ GORGEOUS CHOCOLATECOLOURED FOLIAGE AND TALL, CREAMY-PINK FOXTAIL FLOWERS THAT SMELL OF BUBBLEGUM. LOVELY FOIL

TO OTHER FLOWERS; H1M.

2 PERSICARIA AMPLEXICAULIS ‘AMETHYST’ COMPACT PERSICARIA USEFUL FOR DOTTING THROUGH A BORDER. SITS WELL WITH BRIGHT PINK ASTERS; H90CM.

3 MISCANTHUS SINENSIS ‘MALEPARTUS’ IF YOU HAVE ROOM FOR ONLY ONE MISCANTHUS, THIS SHOULD BE IT. PINKY METALLIC FLOWERS SIT WELL ABOVE THE FOLIAGE; H2M.

4 PATRINIA MONANDRA BIENNIAL UMBEL WITH APPLEY GREEN FLOWERS THAT GO OVER TO FORM GORGEOUS PAPERY SEED HEADS THAT PERSIST; H1.2M.

5 GALTONIA CANDICANS SUMMER HYACINTHS WITH WHITE FLOWERS AND GREY-GREEN FOLIAGE. BULBS ARE PLANTED IN APRIL AND COME UP ALL THROUGH THE BORDERS IN LATE SUMMER; H80CM.

6 GLADIOLUS ‘RUBY’ (PAPILIO HYBRID) CORMS THAT PRODUCE GLORIOUS RUBY-RED SWORD LILY FLOWERS IN JULY THAT TURN TO LOVELY ARCHING SEED HEADS; H80CM.