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new in 2008	grass	shade
liked by bees	likes boggy areas	semi-shade
ready in July	likes troughs	happy anywhere
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FELICIA	FRAGARIA
ferula	francoa
festuca	fritillaria

FELICIA

PETIOLATA (syn. ASTER PETIOLATUS)
A mass of small pink daisy flowers, in spring. Have seen it looking wonderful cascading down a wall, obviously pretty vigorous (invasive?). Prefers fairly well-drained soil. Roots as it goes, spread indefinite? Will any of you buy it now? Yes, those of you with awkward steep banks that need covering! 25 cm

FERULA

COMMUNIS
Like giant fennel, very statuesque. Yellow umbels in early summer. May take a year or two to reach flowering size but worth the wait! Collect seed, as sometimes dies after flowering. 2.5 m

FESTUCA

GLAUCA ‘ELIJAH BLUE’
A good dwarf grass with fine glaucous foliage, for the front of the border, or rockery. 15 cm

‘SISKIYOU BLUE’
A distinctive, fine glaucous blue fescue which forms neat clumps. 25 cm

FRAGARIA

X ANANASSA ‘VARIEGATA’
Variegated strawberry with large white flowers. A good plant to lighten the front of a dark, shaded border which spreads by runners. Sometimes sets fruits although we have a race to sample them before Milly! Not as bad as the pear race which Milly always wins and takes to offer visitors before deciding she would prefer to eat them herself! 10 cm

FRANCOA

SONCHIFOLIA
Forms a basal clump of fleshy green leaves, sending up spikes of pink flowers with darker markings, in summer. Hardy most years, but does not want to sit in a cold bog through the winter. 60 cm

FRITILLARIA

The bulb is poisonous.

acmopetala
Nodding heads of green flowers with maroon tips in April-May. Prefers cool, moist soil in sun or dappled shade. 40 cm

MELEAGRIS
‘Snakeshead fritillary’. Chequered purple or white drooping bell flowers in April. Likes moist, cool conditions. Can be grown in light grass. 25 cm

UVA-VULPIS
Similar flowers to F. michailovskyi, but on much taller stems. A good one for growing in light grass. 40 cm

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