Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Salvia coccinea 'Brenthurst'

Family: Lamiaceae

(A/TP) to 2.5′.  A cool-coloured cousin of the red bedding Salvia with numerous spikes of bicoloured,  lipped blooms.  The pale whitish pink upper hoods and three lobed, deeper pink lower lips contrast nicely against the dark tinted calyces and stems.  Blooms late summer and lasts until frost.  Sun. 4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Francoa sonchifolia

Family: Melianthaceae

(TP) to 2.5′.  Maiden’s Wreath.  Chile.  Graceful, long-lasting spires of pale rose-pink flowers.  Deeply lobed, spoon-shaped leaves form attractive, evergreen rosettes.  Extremely decorative and unusual foliage.  Best grown in pots and overwintered in a cool greenhouse.  Moist, well-drained soil.  Summer blooming.  Sun/partial shade.  4 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Chamerion angustifolium 'Album'

Family: Onagraceae

(P) to 5′.  White Rosebay Willowherb.  Six-inch, willow-like leaves accent long, showy spikes of clustered, slightly nodding, white flowers with four elliptic petals.  A good grower and a mainstay in the Flower Garden White Bed.  Blooms in July and August.  Sun.  4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Syneilesis aconitifolia

Family: (Asteraceae)

(P) to 2′.  Shredded Umbrella Plant.  Japan.  Wonderful foliage plant very reminiscent of Aconitum, with woolly, peltate, deeply divided leaves.  Clusters of small, fluffy pink flowerheads atop stiff, dark stems.  Intriguing.  Partial shade.  4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Semiaquilegia ecalcarata

Family: (Ranunculaceae)

(P) to 16″.  False Columbine.  A native of eastern Asia with exquisite mauve-purple , bell-shaped, nodding flowers resembling spurless Columbines.  A delicate addition to the woodland.  We have ours self-sowing nicely around the troughs near the Gardeners’ Bothy.  Blooms in late spring.  Sun/partial shade.   4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Saponaria caespitosa

Family: (Caryophyllaceae)

 (P) to 6”.  Pyrenees.  Densely tufted, dark green foliage forms a mat, bursting forth with a blanket of pink, five-petalled flowers in late summer.  Great for the rock garden.  Tough.  Sun.  4 & T2

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Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Papaver triniifolium

Family: (Papaveraceae)

(A/B) to 3′.  Armenian Poppy.  An uncommon poppy from eastern Turkey.  Foliage is grey-green, glabrous, and wonderfully filigreed.  From the many pendulous, pale green buds with bristly outgrowths, emerge papery, four-petalled, pale apricot-orange blooms on wiry stems.  In the centre, numerous, slender stamens surround an orb-shaped pistil with a prominent purple, seven-lobed, flattened stigma.  The orb-shaped pistil develops into an attractive “pepper-pot” fruit capsule.  Flowers midsummer in the second year.  Sun. 4 & T2, cover and keep dark

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Clematis integrifolia pink-flowered

Family: (Ranunculaceae)

(P) to 3′.  Solitary Clematis.  Central Europe and Asia.  An upright, non-climbing Clematis with 2-inch, bell-shaped flowers that are a bright clear to pale mauve pink with heavily ribbed, spreading tepals and a central cluster of deep yellow stamens. Attractive, feathery seedheads follow.  Mid-to-late summer.  Sun.  3 & 7 for 8 weeks, then T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Mirabilis longiflora

Family: (Nyctaginaceae)

(TP) to 3.5′.  Sweet Four o’Clock, Angel’s Trumpets.  Texas, Arizona and Mexico.  Extraordinary, six-inch long, very slender, white trumpets are borne in great profusion on mounds of sticky, bright apple-green foliage.  The flowers release a sweet orange-blossom fragrance in the evening.  These unusually long flowers need a special pollinator with an extended proboscis, such as the Hawkmoth.  The Hawkmoth is similar to the Hummingbird in that they hover in place and unfurl their proboscis and drink the sucrose-rich nectar they require, thus creating a mutually beneficial relationship.  Lift and store the swollen tubers over winter as you would a Dahlia.  Blooms midsummer to fall.  Sun/partial shade.  4 & T3

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Dianthus barbatus – Darkest of All

Family: (Caryophyllaceae)

(B/A) to 18″.  Sweet William.  South Europe.  Long-lasting, dark maroon to almost black, clove-scented flowers bloom in flat-topped cymes.  Attractive dark foliage too.  Sun.  4 & T2