Stars of the season
ASTILBE
Showy candyfloss flowers, in red, pink and white. With fern-like foliage they love shade. May/june flowering cultivars include ‘Europa’ and ‘Avalanche’.
A glorious rambling rose with large clusters of pale yellow double flowers in May.
This vigorous, semi-evergreen rambler is also thornless.
CAMASSIA
Flowering in mid-may with erect stems of star-shaped blue or white flowers, this is a great addition to a border.
PAULOWNIA
Commonly called foxglove tree on account of its beautiful purple foxglove-like flowers that appear in May. A quick-growing tree reaching
10m in height.