Perennials

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For a splash of cerise pink in the garden ‘Cherry Queen’ will hit the mark. Forming a loose clump of feathery foliage, this showy variety has clusters of cherry-pink flowers through Summer and into Autumn. Great for cut flowers. Heat tolerant. 60 x 60cm in free draining soil.

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This beautiful, compact growing Agastache has been bred for better branching and a greater tolerance to humidity. It's a shame they could not come up with a better name. Nevertheless this it is a good performing plant that features an abundance of darker purple flower spikes that bees and butterflies love. Full sun to part shade in a well drained soil. Looks good en masse. Also can be planted as a feature pot plant on a balcony. 50cm x 30cm. 

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Also known as Hummingbird Mint or Giant Hyssop, this plant is a superb addition to the perennial border. Tolerant of heat and cold, Agastache aurantiaca provides a blast of tubular, peachy-apricot flowers during Summer and flowers continuously until frost. The large quantities of essential oils in the leaves make the plant highly aromatic and also resistant to browsing animals. Full sun. 80cm x 40cm.

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Attractive mid green basal rosettes which are the main structure of the plant for most of the year. The flowers arise to 80cm above the basal rosette in late Spring and Summer. Globular heads of snowy white, tinged with a hint of metallic blue make for a floral statement amongst any plant combination. We like to leave the dead heads on the plants after flowering. This way we ensure a little self-seeding in and around the original plant increasing our clump size. Somewhat drought tolerant once established. 20cm x 80cm in flower. Prefers well drained soils and full sun. 

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Helenium ‘Zimbelstern’, literally translated as “cymbal star” is one of the top-performing cultivars bred by the renowned German breeder, Karl Foerster. The flowers show a hint of apricot streaks on yellow petals which contrast beautifully with the cinnamon-brown cone. This is distinctively unique in the world of Heleniums. Requires average moisture and full sun. Summer flowering. Approx. 80cm high when flowering. 

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Admired for the beauty of its foliage, bright blooms and spicy fragrance, Helichrysum italicum is a small bushy evergreen shrub featuring fine, linear silver foliage with curry scented leaves. Very drought tolerant. Frost tolerant. Full sun. Will handle poor soils. 60cm x 90cm. 

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Native to Baja, California has led to its common name - Baja Pitcher Sage. Interestingly it is named for a Russian physician and explorer of the 18th century, Ivan Ivanovich Lepechina. Lepechinia hastata has blue green arrow shaped leaves on a plant that reaches 1-1.5 metres tall. It behaves very similarly to herbaceous salvias. The foliage is pleasantly aromatic, reminiscent of mild disinfectant. The flowers are magenta in colour, however in combination with the calyx and flower stem they have an overall smokey hue to the magenta. Autumn-Winter flowering and drought tolerant once established. Sometimes compared with Echium as the flowers are of a similar size (30cm), just a different colour. 

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Flowers resemble a slender sombrero hence the common name - Mexican Hat Plant. A very interesting plant that grows 30-80cm in height and is easily grown in average, well drained soils in full sun. Tolerates drought and poor soils. Ratibida lends itself well to modern prairie style plantings or new wave naturalistic plantings. Looks wonderful in and amongst ornamental grasses.