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Future Forests Seaside Perennials. Updated 15th March 2013 |
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| The Perennials listed below are all suitable for Coastal Sites | No Size or Price = This plant is out of stock at the moment | |||||
| Genus | Species / variety | Common name | Brief Description Mature height in cm flowering time in months (e.g. 5-8 = May to Aug) | Pot Size | Euro | |
| Achillea | millefolium | Common Yarrow | Flat white flowers, feathery leaves, native 40-60cm 7-9. Great compost accelerator. | 9cm | 2.50 | |
| m. 'Cerise Queen' | Feathery foliage, flat pink flower heads | |||||
| 'Cloth of Gold' | Feathery foliage, flat sulphur yellow flowers 1.5m 6-9 | 2lt | 6.50 | |||
| 'Summer Pastels | Feathery foliage. Flowers in pastel shades 6-8 60 cm | 9cm | 2.50 | |||
| 'Terracotta' | Feathery foliage. Flat brick red flowerheads. 1.5m 6-9 | 2lt | 6.50 | |||
| Aeonium | Succulent leaves, yellow flowers | 1lt | 4.50 | |||
| Agapanthus | 'Blue Magic' | African Lily | Blue balls of flowers above strappy leaves | 3lt | 10.00 | |
| 'Jack's Blue' | Evergreen. Indigo blue flowers on tall stems. 1m 7-9 | 2 lt | 10.00 | |||
| praecox | Indigo blue flowers on tall stems. 80cm 7-9 | 3lt | 12.50 | |||
| 'Snowball' | Strappy leaves. White flower heads 90cm 7-9 | 2lt | 8.00 | |||
| Pic | Alchemilla | mollis | Ladys Mantle | For sun or shade, yellowy green flowers.40cm. 5-9 | 9cm | 2.50 |
| Allium | cernuum | Wild Onion | Nodding purple flower heads 45cm 6-7 | |||
| Anthemis | cupaniana | Silver foliage.White flowers yellow centres30cm6-9Sun | 2lt | 6.50 | ||
| tinctoria 'Kelwayi' | Bright yellow daisy flowers/ wiry stems 60cm 6-9.Sun | 2lt | 6.50 | |||
| Arabis | ferd.-coburgi 'Old Gold' | Low carpet of green/gold leaves, white flowers | 2 lt. | 6.50 | ||
| 'Little Treasure Pink' | Pink flowers for rockery 20cm | 9cm | 2.50 | |||
| 2lt | 6.50 | |||||
| 'Snowcap' | White flowers for rockery 20cm | 9cm | 2.50 | |||
| Arenaria | montana | Pure white flowers for rockery or wall. 15cm 4-6 | 9cm | 2.50 | ||
| Pic | Armeria | maritima 'Alba' | White flower tufts, grass like leaves. 20cm. 5-7 | 2lt | 6.50 | |
| maritima 'Splendens' | Sea Pink | Grass like leaves, mauve flowers 20cm 5-7. Native. | 9cm | 2.50 | ||
| 2lt | 6.50 | |||||
| Artemesia | 'Powis Castle' | Wormwood | Silvery filigree leaf, small yellow flowers August 60cm | |||
| Aubretia | blue, purple and red varieties | Cascades of spring flowers for rockery / walls etc | 9cm | 2.50 | ||
| Centaurea | montana | Perennial Cornflower | Intense blue thistle like flowers. 45cm 5-7 | |||
| Crambe | maritima | Sea Kale | Force in spring for early crops edible leaves. White flowers 75cm. | 9cm | 3.00 | |
| Crocosmia | 'Carmin Brilliant' (AGM) | Mombretia | Red buds open to carmine pink flowers 90cm 7-10 | 2lt | 6.50 | |
| Pic | 'Emily McKenzie' | Mombretia | Sword like leaves, orange/dark red flowers | |||
| Lucifer | Intense red flowers 8-9. Strappy leaves. 60cm | |||||
| 'Mistral' | Tall, deep orange red flowers | |||||
| 'Red King' | Red flowers/yellow centres. 60cm.Strappy leaves | |||||
| Cynara | cardunculus | Cardoon | Architectural grey green leaves, purple flower to 2m | 2lt | 6.50 | |
| Delosperma | sutherlandii | Spreading succulent.Bright pink daisy flowers 5cm 6-9 | ||||
| Dianthus | in variety | 'Pinks'' | Blue grey leaf, pink/white/red flowers 30 to 60cm 5-9 | 1lt | 4.50 | |
| deltoides Albus | Maiden Pink | Low evergreen mat former.15cm. White flowers 5-9 | ||||
| deltoides 'Flashing Lights' | Evergreen mat former, cerise flowers 6-7 15cm. Sun | 9cm | 2,50 | |||
| Echium | candicans | Pride of Madeira | Tall spires of blue flowers 150-250cm | |||
| pininana | Tree Echium | Low rosette in first year.Very tall spires of blue flowers to 4m in second year. Dies and seeds after flowering. | 3lt | 8.00 | ||
| Echinacea | purpurea | Coneflower | Purple daisy flowers brown centres 1.5m 7-9 | 2lt | 6.50 | |
| p. 'Snowstorm' | White daisy flowers, brown centres 1m 7-9 | 2lt | 8.50 | |||
| Erigeron | glaucus | Beach Aster | Soft purple daisy flowers, yellow centres 50cm | |||
| glaucus 'Sea Breeze' | Light blue daisy flowers. Sun. 60cm 6-8 | 2lt | 6.50 | |||
| Erysimum | Bowles Mauve | Perennial Wallflower | Rich mauve flowers for many months 30cm 4-7 | 2lt | 6.50 | |
| Eryngium | agavifolium | Agave like toothed leaves. White cylindrical flowers.1.5m | 2lt | 6.50 | ||
| planum | Sea Holly | Pale blue thistle flowers. 6-9. 75cm.Sun.Bees love this. | 2lt | 6.50 | ||
| planum 'Blue Hobbit' | Dwarf Sea Holly | Metallic blue thistle flowers 6-9 35cm. Full sun | 2lt | 6.50 | ||
| planum 'Jade Frost' | Dwarf Sea Holly | Cream edged leaves, blue flowers, likes dry. 60cm 6-9 | 2lt | 8.00 | ||
| Pic | varifolium | Sea Holly | Blue thistle flowers, spiny variegated leaves | 2lt | 6.50 | |
| Francoa | sonchifolia | Bridal Wreath | Tall pink flower spires in summer. Evergreen | |||
| Pic | Geranium | 'Claridge Druce' | Strong pink with darker veins. 60cm 5-10 | 2lt | 6.50 | |
| 'Johnson's Blue' | Clear blue flowers over dark foliage 30cm 5-8 | 2lt | 6.50 | |||
| Helianthemum | 'The Bride' | Rock Rose | Creamy white flowers, 20cm 5-8 | 2lt | 6.50 | |
| Helichrysum | italicum 'Dwarf' | Dwarf Curry Plant | Aromatic silver leaves, yellow flowers in summer 40cm | |||
| Iris | hookeri | Canada Beach Head Ir | Mid blue/purple flowers 30cm good in seaside gardens | 2lt | 6.50 | |
| Jasione | montana | Sheep's Bit | Sky blue flowers all summer, low growing | 9cm | 3.00 | |
| Kniphofia | caulescens | Red Hot Poker | Evergreen, coral red flws fade to yellow 120cm 7-9 | 2lt | 6.50 | |
| citrina | Showy lime green / yellow flowers | 2lt | 6.50 | |||
| Lampranthus | red | Rosy Dew Plant | Tender. Succulent leaves red daisy flowers.30cm | |||
| Lupinus | arboreus blue | Blue flowering tree lupin. Semi evergreen sub shrub 2m | ||||
| arboreus yellow | As above with yellow 'lupin' flowers | |||||
| Lychnis | coronaria | Rose Campion | Felted leaves.Bright lipstick pink flowers 80cm 8-9.Sun | |||
| coronaria alba | White Rose Campion | Felted leaves. White flowers. 80cm 8-9. Sun | 2lt | 6.50 | ||
| Nepeta | mussinii | Dwarf Catmint | Lavender blue flowers. Grey green leaves 40cm 5-9 | 9cm | 2.50 | |
| 'Kit Kat' | Compact variety, good blue flowers all summer | 2lt | 6.50 | |||
| Pic | 'Six Hills Giant' | Catmint | Larger growing catmint. Lavender blue flwr. 90cm 7-9 | 2lt | 6.50 | |
| 'Walker's Low' | Masses of violet blue flowers 6-9 but not 'low' 90cm | 2lt | 6.50 | |||
| Osteospurmum | jucundum (AGM) | African Daisy | Pink / purple daisy flowers with dark eye 45cm 5-8 | 2lt | 6.50 | |
| white | This variety has white flowers | 2lt | 6.50 | |||
| Phlomis | russeliana | Jerusalem Sage | Huge leaves, yellow flowers 90cm 7-9, dry ground | 9cm | 2.50 | |
| 2lt | 6.50 | |||||
| Saxifraga | x urbium | London Pride | Fleshy leaf rosettes, tiny pink flowers on stems 10cm | 1lt | 3.50 | |
| cunefolia variegata | Variegated version with creamy flowers 10cm | |||||
| 'Winnifred Bennington' | Evergreen leaf rosettes topped by soft pink flower sprays in spring, for rockeries and walls | 1lt | 4.50 | |||
| Scabiosa | 'Butterfly Blue' | Pincushion Flower | Blue flowers from spring to autumn 30-45cm. | 2 lt. | 6.50 | |
| 'Pink Mist' | As above with pink flowers | 2 lt | 6.50 | |||
| Sedum | album | White Stonecrop | Succulent, white flowers. Good for walls/rockery. | |||
| 'Coca Cola' | Silver grey leaves, soft pink flowers 20cm | |||||
| origanum | Glossy leaves, bright yellow flowers 5cm | |||||
| reflexum | Yellow Stonecrop | Evergreen succulent, rich yellow flower clusters 25cm | 9cm | 2.50 | ||
| spectabilis 'Brilliant' | Fleshy leaves45cm.Flat heads rose pink flowers9-10 | 2lt | 6.50 | |||
| Pic | Sempervivum | (in variety) | Houseleek | Neat rosettes of succulent leaves, pink flowers | 9cm | 2.50 |
| Thymus | serphyllum coccineus | Creeping Thyme | Aromatic evergreen carpeter. Deep pink flowers 6-8 | |||
| Pic | Verbena | bonariensis | Vervain | Wiry stems topped with tufts of purple flowers | ||
| grows tall, 1.5m 7-9 | ||||||
| For our full range of perennials, see 'All Perennials A to Z' | ||||||