Sarah Raven shares three of her favourite perennials to plant this autumn
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Strong growers and great performers, these perennials all deserve a space in your garden, where they will look good for months at a stretch. Tried and tested in my own garden, and chosen for their performance and reliability. Fill your borders with scent, texture and colour, and enjoy the display for years to come. These varieties are available to order now.
Above: AGAPANTH US `QUEEN MUM' A whopper, bicolour form. It makes an excellent container and border plant, standing upright and strong with its striking globes of trumpet-shaped flower clusters in midsummer. Hugely long-flowering. From £10.95 for 1 x 9cm pot.
Far left: ANEMONE 'WILD SWAN' Previously one of the plants of the year at Chelsea Flower Show, and no surprise — it's very early and long-flowering, delicately beautiful, yet very easy to grow. From £10.95 for 1 x 9cm pot.
Left: HELLEBORUS X ERICSMITHII 'EMMA' I love this new form of ericsmithii hybrid, which I have growing in a shady, dry bed by the back door. It flowers right through winter. £21.50 for 1 x 2Itr pot.