Beautiful broad shining golden yellow-green leaves, particularly between autumn and spring (and in summer in shady...
violet/lavender
ACONITUM ‘CLOUDY’
Large hooded ivory flowers smudged violet late summer and autumn Aug-Oct, 80cm. PVR - propagation for resale...
ASTER x FRIKARTII ‘M NCH’
This is the true variety. Large lavender flowers for a very long season Jun-Oct(Nov), 70cm, lax. No mildew, easy.
CAMPANULA ‘PAUL FURSE’
Spreader but easy to edit. Greyed lilac bells flower usefully late in the season Jul-Sep, 35cm. Discovered by Peter...
CIRSIUM RIVULARE ‘TREVOR’S BLUE WONDER’
It's not blue but it is bluer (than 'Atropurpureum') and the stems have a mixture of white pubescence and purple...
EPIMEDIUM LEPTORRHIZUM
Relatively large delicate lavender-pink flowers among matching brown and lavender foliage Apr-May, 20cm.
IRIS MONSPUR GROUP
Good dark evergreen leaves with dramatic paler new growth, mysterious tall tan-yellow and pale greyed violet-blue...
NEPETA ‘SIX HILLS GIANT’
Large and long-blooming catmint May-Oct, Lavender blue flowers, grey foliage, 65cm. Easy but hot dry places preferred....
NEPETA GRANDIFLORA ‘BRAMDEAN’
Deep lavender flowers in tightish heads from dark stems Jun-Aug, upright 1m.