Lending themselves well to many different planting styles, these popular perennials produce distinctive and long-lasting flowerheads, which can be cut for both dried or fresh floral arrangements.
Indispensable and adaptable additions to the garden, geraniums offer attractively lobed, ground-covering foliage and pretty flowers that appear in most shades of purple, blue pink and white.
Prolifically producing their bell- or tubular-shaped flowers in loose spires over a long period, these stalwarts of the late summer garden provide several months of colour and are also attractive to pollinating insects.
A striking and diverse group of plants, spurges have a distinctive flower structure and will add bold splashes of colour to borders or gravel gardens.
Easy and undemanding shrubs with arching stems and conical clusters of small tubular flowers, which often have a sweet perfume and are particularly attractive to butterflies.
Firm favourites of the cottage garden, lupins are sought after for their distinctive spires of brightly coloured pea-like flowers. Their upright habit also makes them ideal for adding structural interest.