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Echinops bannaticus Taplow Blue (Globe Thistle)
Echinops
- Usually Flowers : July, August, September
- Suitable for cut flowers
Grey-green, spiny, thistle-like leaves. Large globes of intense steel-blue flowers. July to September. Ht.1.2m.(4ft.). Grow in sun or part shade and well-drained, poor soil. good for back of border, cutting and bees and butterflies.
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Echinops ritro Veitch's Blue (Globe Thistle)
Echinops
- Usually Flowers : July, August
- Suitable for cut flowers
Spiny, cobwebby leaves. Large globes of metallic, bright blue flowers. July to August. Ht.80cm.(2.5ft.). Grow in sun or part shade and well-drained, poor soil. Good for mid- to back of border, cutting, drying and bees and butterflies.
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Knautia macedonica
Knautia
- Usually Flowers : July, August, September
Small pincushion crimson flowers on slender tall stems. Grow in full sun. July to September. Ht.90cm.(3ft.). Likes well drained soil. May need support.
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Knautia Mars Midget
Knautia
- Usually Flowers : June, July, August, September
- Wildlife Friendly
Similar to it's parent Knautia Macedonica, but with it's disc shaped flowers carried on shorter stems. Rich plum crimson pincushion like flowers bloom freely on a round mound throughout Summer. Green oblong foliage and easy to grow.
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Neillia thyrsiflora (Chinese Nine Bark)
Neillia
- Usually Flowers : May, June
Spreading, arching, deciduous shrub with reddish stems and lobed leaves. Racemes of tubular or bell-shaped white flowers. May and June. Ht. 1.8mt.(6ft.). Edible fruit after flowers. Grow in sun or part shade and well-drained soil. Good for shrub borders and woodland gardens.
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Pileostegia viburnoides (Climbing Hydrangea)
Pileostegia
- Usually Flowers : June, July, August
- Evergreen
Slow growing, self clinging, evergreen climber, with leathery, dark green leaves. Dense, fluffy panicles of tiny, creamy-white flowers during summer. Ht.8mt.(25ft.). Grow in sun or shade and moist, well-drained soil. Good for a north wall.
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Synthyris missurica stellata
Synthyris
- Usually Flowers : March, April, May
Evergreen, rhizomatous perennial forming mounds of rounded, kidney-shaped, deep green leaves. Abundant spikes of bell-shaped, dark violet-blue flowers. March to May. Ht.25cm.(10in.). Grow in part to full shade and moist, well-drained soil. Good for woodland plantings, front of shady borders, rock gardens and peat beds.
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