This Week's Favourites

Common name: Chocolate Cosmos A striking perennial producing cup-shaped, maroon flowerheads, with a deliciously chocolatey scent, from July to September. Average height 3ft, spread 1.5ft. Full sun. Semi-hardy (may need some protection)

An evergreen subshrub with divided, dull grey-green foliage and large, yellow-centred, white daisies. Average height 2ft.  Full sun.   

Common name: Fleabane A spreading perennial with grey-green leaves. Pretty yellow centred flowers with white petals, fading through pink to purple with age, are produced prolifically throughout the whole of spring and summer. Average height 15-20cm,...

Common name: Lily of the valley A tough, creeping perennial with dark green foliage and stems of strongly scented, waxy white bell-shaped flowers in March and April.  Average height and spread 25cm. Flowers March to April. Shaded site. Hardy...