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£12.99The giant oat is amongst the most impressive of grasses, forming clumps of tough foliage that is topped with elegant upright large golden oat like flowers held high above the foliage from late spring. Needs sunny well drained spot. Height; 1.8m – 2.1m.
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£13.99Probably the tallest selection of golden oat grass making clumps of tough foliage and producing tall elegant upright golden oat like flowers held high above the foliage from late spring. Needs sunny well drained spot. Height; 2.1m – 2.4m.
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£13.99A relatively compact selection of golden oat grass from Knoll Gardens. Combining tough green foliage with large golden oat-like heads of flower that are held on comparatively short upright stems. Needs sunny well drained spot. Height; 1.5m – 1.8m.
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£8.55A tallish form of the Devilsbit Scabious, a UK native, that forms basal rosettes of flattened shiny green leaves from which arise tall upright stems topped with dainty deep blue pin-cushion flowers in high summer. Beloved by numerous pollinators. Will gradually seed if happy. Sunny open spot. Height 1m-1.2m.
Came to us originally as Scabious Blue Species.
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£12.55Rather lovely form selected for its long very dark nearly black stems topped with fluffy lavender flowers in summer. Sunny open spot. Height 1.5m-1.8m.
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£12.55Produces tall stems that are clothed with dainty green foliage and which are topped with the most beautiful soft white flowers during summer. Best in sunny open spot. Soil not too dry. Height 1.8 – 2m.
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£25.00Many gardeners today want a home landscape that nourishes and fosters wildlife, but they also want beauty, a space for the kids to play, privacy, and maybe even a vegetable patch. Sure, it’s a tall order, but The Living Landscape shows you how to do it. You’ll learn the strategies for making and maintaining a diverse, layered landscape—one that offers beauty on many levels, provides outdoor rooms and turf areas for children and pets, incorporates fragrance and edible plants, and provides cover, shelter, and sustenance for wildlife. Richly illustrated and informed by both a keen eye for design and an understanding of how healthy ecologies work, The Living Landscape will enable you to create a garden that fulfills both human needs and the needs of wildlife communities.
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£18.99
“Greg’s enthusiasm for plants and for this unbridled gardening approach is clear. The result is encouragement for those new to the style and reassurance to embolden the spirit of those already convinced of its merits.” —Chris Beardshaw, garden designer and broadcaster
“An inspirational book, with encouraging words and down-to earth advice for achieving a year-round beautiful garden.” —Michael Marriott, chief rosarian at David Austin Roses
“Loades writes in a lively and enthusiastic style, using many a fetching simile to illustrate a point. This is a practical book, well-founded in personal experience, and will empower its readers to indulge their passions and experiment, no matter how limited a space they have at their disposal.” —Gardens Illustrated
“Greg Loades reveals the secret technique that opens up a world of nostalgia for gardeners with small spaces.” —The Telegraph
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Like a tiny Agapanthus this plant produces delicate rounded flowerheads of lavender mauve flowers in summer above fresh variegated foliage that has a strong onion smell when bruised. Sunny very well drained spot. Not for cold areas. Height 50cm-70cm.
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Like a tiny Agapanthus, with strong smelling foliage when bruised, this plant produces delicate rounded onion like flowerheads of lavender mauve flowers in summer. Sunny very well drained spot. Height 50cm-70cm.
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Striking tall wiry stems producing purple flowerheads during summer. Hugely popular with gardeners and all kind of pollinators. Works beautifully with grasses. Borderline hardy, needs a sunny well drained spot. Height 1.3m-1.7m
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Possibly more compact form of the ever popular Verbena bonariensis having the same wiry frame and purplish flowers beloved by many insects. Borderline hardy, needs sunny well drained spot. Height 70cm -90cm
