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- sagina
- salix
- salvia
- sambucus
- sanguisorba
- saponaria
- sarcococca
- saxifraga
- scabiosa
- scilla
- scutellaria
- sedum
- sempervivum
- senecio
- serratula
- silene
- sisyrinchium
- solidago
- sphaeralcea
- stachys
- sternbergia
- stipa
- symphytum
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
Iris-type leaves, but that is where the similarity ends! They have clusters of flowers, each flower only lasting a day. All like a well-drained, sunny position, and flower in summer.
'DRAGON'S EYE'
Lavender-mauve flowers with a distinct purple eye, for months in the summer.
Lavender-mauve flowers with a distinct purple eye, for months in the summer.
12 cm
IDAHOENSE var. MACOUNII 'ALBUM'
White flowers. Compact.
White flowers. Compact.
10 cm
'MARION'
An improvement on our un-named purple Sisyrinchium, with larger showier flowers all summer. More compact.
An improvement on our un-named purple Sisyrinchium, with larger showier flowers all summer. More compact.
12 cm
PURPLE
Good purple flowers for months in summer, earlier than S. 'Marion'.
Good purple flowers for months in summer, earlier than S. 'Marion'.
12 cm
'RASPBERRY'
I wouldn't fancy eating raspberries this colour! More biscuit-coloured like S. biscutella but half the height.
I wouldn't fancy eating raspberries this colour! More biscuit-coloured like S. biscutella but half the height.
15 cm