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Family: LamiaceaeMain Season: SummerFlower Colour: PurpleLeaf Colour: GreenFoliage: Semi-EvergreenPosition: SunSoil Type: Ordinary, medium loamHeight: 15cm to 30cm (6" to 12")RHS Award of Garden Merit: RHS Award of Garden MeritPeat Free? YesHardiness Guide: RHS H7 minimum at least -20CPot Size: 9cm
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Neat clumps of glossy green foliage and short spikes of bright reddish-purple flowers in summer. Compact plants for the front of the border. Average soil in sun. 25cm. Perfectly hardy and best cut back hard in late winter.
Much used in Piet Oudolf's new wave or naturalistic style garden designs, not surprising since he named and introduced it.
Formerly Stachys officinalis 'Hummelo'
Althaea officinalis£4.50
Marshmallow. Clumps of upright stems clad with grayish leaves and topped with spires of palest pink flowers with darker middles in summer. 2.4m.
Sanguisorba officinalis CDC262£5.00
A strong, upright Korean collection with short spikes of burgundy flowers on wiry stems to 2m. Late summer flowering. Good soil in sun.
Saponaria officinalis 'Betty Arnold'£6.50
Fully double white flowers, whiter than 'Alba Plena' and they die nicely! Can be a bit of a thug but looks lovely in late summer and autumn, ideal for a cottage garden style. 60cm.
