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- calamagrostis
- calamintha
- caltha
- camassia
- campanula
- cardamine
- carex
- caryopteris
- catananche
- cephalaria
- ceratostigma
- cerinthe
- chamaecyparis
- chamaemelum
- chamerion
- chiastophyllum
- chionodoxa
- chrysanthemum
- chrysogonum
- cirsium
- convolvulus
- coreopsis
- corydalis
- cosmos
- cotoneaster
- cotula
- crambe
- crepis
- crocosmia
- crocus
- cyclamen
- cynara
Key to symbols
new this year
sun
semi-shade
shade
ready in July
bulb
likes boggy areas
happy anywhere
liked by bees
grass
likes troughs
CERINTHE
CERINTHE
MAJOR ‘PURPURASCENS’
Only an annual; but what an annual! Nodding flowers with surrounding bracts, almost metallic purple-blue. Flowers most of the summer, just remember to collect the seeds! Plants ready in early May.
Only an annual; but what an annual! Nodding flowers with surrounding bracts, almost metallic purple-blue. Flowers most of the summer, just remember to collect the seeds! Plants ready in early May.
45 cm