Summer flowers

An old cottage garden biennial plant. The flower stems grow from a rosette of leaves and can reach 200 cm in height. Cut back in winter. It is ideal for planting along walls and fences or towards the back of a flower border. Althea rosa typically ger...

A pretty mixture with simple delicate purple or white flowers. These long-lasting cut flowers only flower in their second year. They should not be allowed to dry out during winter and the plants can be protected with for example fir branches. The flo...

Sweet William is a specially good long-lasting, free-flowering cut flower. In the right place Sweet Williams will flower several years in succession. After flowering the plants can be split up and re-planted. As soon as the first flowers have opened ...

Growing to a height of up to 120 cm Clary Sage has a very imposing appearance. In its favoured situations Clary Sage will seed itself and ensure its continued presence in the garden. When flowering begins the whole plant gives off a scent. It is a pl...

Viola tricolor, the small flowered, wild pansy or Heartsease likes sandy loam, nutrient-rich garden soils and grows in full sun or half-shade. Violets are grown for autumn planting and thyen flower the following spring. The flowers are edible and mak...