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July in Colour

This section will assist you in choosing flower colour for your garden, month by month, throughout the year. It will allow you to create a colour for a planted feature that will continue its themed display throughout each of the four seasons. Try creating a White garden, a Blue garden or even a Pink garden. Mix White and Yellow plants for a cottage garden look or Orange and Blue for a contemporary and contrasting display.


White-Cream


Trees


  • CASTANEA SATIVA. “Sweet Chestnut”. Pale yellow, cord-like catkins.
  • CATALPA BIGNONIOIDES. “Indian Bean Tree”. Flowers white flecked yellow and purple.

    • Shrubs

  • ABELIA X GRANDIFLORA. White flushed pink July/Oct.
  • - ‘FRANCIS MASON’. As above but with golden variegated foliage.
  • ARALIA ELATA. Branched panicles of white flowers around a central axis.
  • BUDDLEJA DAVIDII ‘PEACE’. Large heads of pure white flowers.
  • CALLUNA VULGARIS ‘BEOLEY GOLD’ E. 45cm. Golden foliage white flowers.
  • - ‘VELVET FASCINATION’ E. 50cm. White flowers August/September. Silver foliage.
  • CISTUS ‘ALAN FRADD’ E. White flowers with chocolate basal blotch produced all summer.
  • CLERODENDRON TRICHOTOMUM. Fragrant, star-like white flowers.
  • CONVOLVULUS CNEORUM E. Funnel-shaped white flowers, pink flush.
  • DABOECIA CANTABRICA ‘ALBA’ E. 45-80cm. Pure white flowers.
  • ERICA CINEREA ‘ALBA MINOR’ E. White flowers July/October. Compact habit.
  • VAGANS ‘VALERIE PROUDLEY’ E. Good white heather.
  • ESCALLONIA ‘IVEHI’ E. Panicles of white flowers; very dark leaves.
  • EUCRYPHIA X NYMANSENSIS E. Large single white flowers, yellow stamens.
  • GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS E. White urn-shaped flowers.
  • HEBE BRACHYSIPHON E. White flowers in short racemes. Dark green leaves.
  • BUXIFOLIA E. White flowers sparkle against rich green polished leaves.
  • PINGUIFOLIA ‘PAGEI’. Pearl white spikes on glaucous mats.
  • SALICIFOLIA E. Lilac-tinted white flowers; bright green leaves.
  • HIBISCUS SYRIACUS ‘WHITE CHIFFON’. Large pure white anemone centred flowers. July-August.
  • HYDRANGEA ARBORESCENS ‘ANNABELLE’. Heads of white sterile flowers.
  • ‘MADAME E. MOUILLIERE’ (MOPHEAD). White with pink shading.
  • PANICULATA ‘GRANDIFLORA’. Creamy white panicles fading pink.
  • QUERCIFOLIA. Pyramidal panicles, white ageing purplish.
  • ‘WHITE WAVE’ (LACECAP). Large pearl-white sepals with blue or pink flowers.
  • ITEA ILICIFOLIA E. Greenish white fragrant flowers like catkins.
  • LEPTOSPERMUM SCOPARIUM ‘SNOW FLURRY’ E. Large, glistening white, double flowers.
  • LIGUSTRUM JAPONICUM E. Pyramidal panicles of white flowers. July/Sept.
  • LUCIDUM AND FORMS E. White flowers in handsome terminal panicles.
  • VULGARE S. “Common Privet”.White flowers in short panicles.
  • MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA E. Large creamy white, richly scented flowers.
  • MYRTUS COMMUNIS E. Small fragrant, white flowers with fluffy stamens.
  • OLEARIA X HAASTII E. Fragrant white “Daisy”-like flowers.
  • MACRODONTA E. Fragrant white flowers in broad panicles.
  • POTENTILLA FRUITICOSA ‘ABBOTSWOOD’. White flowers appear above greyish green foliage.
  • ROMNEYA COULTERI ‘WHITE CLOUD’. Sweetly scented white, “Poppy” flowers.
  • ROSES. Shrub, bush and climbing roses give colourful displays.
  • YUCCA FILAMENTOSA E. Magnificent upright panicles of cream flowers.
  • - ‘BRIGHT EDGE’ E. Creamy-white bells on stiff spikes.
  • FLACCIDA ‘GOLDEN SWORD’ E. White bell flowers.
  • - ‘IVORY’ E. Large panicles of creamy white, green stained flowers.
  • GLORIOSA ‘VARIEGATA’ E. Flowers creamy white, sometimes tinged red.

Climbers

  • ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS. Cream coloured cup-shaped flowers.
  • CLEMATIS - Large Flowered Varieties.
  • ‘ARTIC QUEEN’. Double white flowers with yellow anthers. August-Sept.
  • ‘GILLIAN BLADES’. Pure white wavy edged flowers. Also flowers August/Sept.
  • ‘HENRYI’. Creamy white flowers, dark stamens.
  • ‘MARIE BOISSELOT’. All-white flowers with yellow stamens. June/Aug.
  • FALLOPIA BALDSCHUANICUM. See under POLYGONUM.
  • LONICERA JAPONICA ‘HALLIANA’. White changing to pale biscuit colour.
  • - VAR. REPENS. Red buds open to reveal white.
  • MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA ‘EXMOUTH’. Richly scented cream flowers.
  • POLYGONUM BALDSCHUANICUM. Cream panicles faintly tinted pink.
  • SOLANUM JASMINOIDES ‘ALBURM’ E. Clusters of white flowers each withyellow splash.
  • TRACHELOSPERMUM JASMINOIDES. Fragrant white “Jasmine” flowers.

Perennials

  • ACHILLEA PTARMICA ‘THE PEARL’. 80cm. Pure white double flowers.
  • AGAPANTHUS CAMPANULATUS ‘ALBIDUS’. 80cm. White, trumpet flowers. Strap-like leaves.
  • ANAPHALIS TRIPLINERVIS. 20cm. White starry “everlasting” flowers. Grey domes.
  • ANEMONE. 80-100cm. Semi-double white flowers.
  • ASTILBE X ARENDSII ‘BUMALDA’. White plumes with a soft-pink glow. Late June-August.
  • ASTRANTIA MAJOR. 45cm. Shaggy, green-tinged white flowers.
  • CHRYSANTHEMUM. See under LEUCANTHEMUM.
  • CIMICIFUGA SIMPLEX VAR. SIMPLEX ATROPURUREA. Ivory white panicles.
  • DELPHINIUM ‘GALAHAD’. 120-150cm. Pure white flowers.
  • DIANTHUS ‘WHITE JOY’ E. 30cm. Very pale pink fading to white.
  • GAURA LINDHEIMERI ‘VARIEGATA’. White flowers. White margined leaves.
  • GYPSOPHILA ‘BRISTOL FAIRY’. 1-1.2m. Masses of double, pure white flowers.
  • HEMEROCALLIS ‘GENTLE SHEPHERD’. Ivory white flowers with green throat.
  • HEUCHERA ‘GREENFINCH’ E. 75cm. Greenish white flowers on long stems.
  • MICRANTHA ‘PALACE PURPLE’ E. 60cm. White flower sprays, attractive purple leaves.
  • HOUTTYNIA CORDATA ‘CHAMELEON’. 15cm. Single white flowers. June/September.
  • LAVATERA X CLEMENTII ‘BARNSLEY’. 1.8m. White “Mallow”, darker centre.
  • LEUCANTHEMUM (CHRYSANTHEMUM) MAXIMUM. For borders and cutting.
  • - ‘SNOWCAP’. 50cm. Intensely white daisies freely produced.
  • PHYSOSTEGIA VERGINIANA ‘SUMMER SNOW’. 75cm. Dense spikes of pure white. July/September.

Yellow/Orange


Tree

  • KOELREUTERIA PANICULATA. Upright dainty yellow panicles.

    • Shrubs

  • COLUTEA ARBORESCENS. Bright yellow pea-shaped flowers all summer.
  • GENISTA AETNENSIS. Forms a fountain of golden flowers.
  • TINCTORIA ‘ROYAL GOLD’. Rich golden yellow flowers all summer.
  • HELICHRYSUM THIANSCHANICUM. Bright lemon yellow flowers, grey foliage.
  • HYPERICUM CALYCINUM E. “St. John’s Wort”. Yellow cupped flowers. Ground cover.
  • ‘HIDCOTE’ E. Shallow saucer-shaped golden yellow flowers.
  • X MOSERIANUM. Large waxy golden “saucers”; crimson stamens.
  • PHYGELIUS AEQUALIS ‘YELLOW TRUMPET’. Lemon yellow, tubular flowers in terminal panicles.
  • POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA. Masses of single flowers until September.
  • ROSES. Shrub, bush and climbing roses give colourful displays.
  • RUTA GRAVEOLENS ‘JACKMAN’S BLUE’. Mustard yellow flowers in summer.
  • SANTOLINA CHAMAECYPARISSUS AND NANA E. Yellow “Button” flowers;silvery leaves.
  • PINNATA NEOPOLITANA E. As above but the foliage is more feathery.
  • VIRENS E. Lemon yellow flowers on long stems. Bright green leaves.
  • SENECIO ‘SUNSHINE’(LAXIFOLIUS). Bright yellow “daisies”.
  • SPARTIUM JUNCEUM. Bright golden yellow, honey scented flowers.

Climbers

  • ABUTILON MEGAPOTANICUM ‘COMPACTUM’ S. Orange-yellow “lanterns”.
  • CAMPSIS GRANDIFLORA. Orange and red trumpet-like flowers.
  • CLEMATIS TANGUTICA. Bright yellow “lanterns”.
  • ECCREMOCARPUS SCABER. Orange-red tubular flowers.
  • FREMONTODENDRON. Golden yellow flowers.
  • LONICERA X BROWNII ‘DROPMORE SCARLET’. Bright scarlet flowers July/Oct.

Perennials

  • ACHILLEA ‘CORONATION GOLD’. Bright golden flowers. Silvery foliage.
  • MILLIEFOLIUM ‘PAPRIKA’. Bronze-red flower heads. June-Sept.
  • - ‘MOONSHINE’. Bright yellow. Silver, fern-like foliage.
  • ALCHEMILLA MOLLIS. 45cm. Greeny yellow “star” flowers.
  • ANTHEMIS TINTORIA ‘E. C. BUXTON’. 75cm. Lemon “Marguerite” flowers.
  • COREOPSIS VERTICILLATA VARIETIES. 60cm. Yellow, starry flowers. Neat habit.
  • CROCOSMIA X ‘SOLFATERRE’. Pale apricot flowers.
  • GAILLARDIA ‘DAZZLER’. 60cm. Orange red flowers, yellow rings.
  • ‘KOBOLD’ (GOBLIN). Red-yellow tipped ray florets. June-September.
  • GEUM ‘BORISII’. 30cm. Intense orange single flowers for weeks.
  • ‘LADY STRATHEDEN’. 50cm. Semi-double warm yellow. Wiry stems.
  • HEMEROCALLIS. “Day Lily”. 75cm. Clusters of trumpet flowers.
  • ‘DOROTHY McDADE’. Clear pure, light yellow.
  • ‘FRANS HALS’. Orange-red and yellow bicolours.
  • ‘GOLDEN ZEBRA’. Gold/green striped foliage. Deep yellow flower.
  • ‘LOCHINVAR’. 90cm. Orange terracotta, crystal gold overtone.
  • STELLA D’ORO’.. 60cm. Golden yellow bells, orange throat.
  • ‘TOWHEAD’. Light waxy yellow, medium sized flowers.
  • KNIPHOFIA ‘BRIMSTONE’. Bright yellow flowers with a rounded shape.
  • ‘ROYAL STANDARD’ E. 80cm. Citron yellow base, scarlet top.
  • LIGULARIA DENTATA ‘DESDEMONA’. 1.2m. Vivid orange “Daisies”.
  • STENOCEPHALA ‘THE ROCKET’. 1.2m. Imposing spikes of bright yellow flowers.
  • LYSIMACHIA ‘FIRECRACKER’. 60cm. Yellow flowers; “chocolate” leaves.
  • PUNCTATA ‘ALEXANDER’. Yellow flowers. June-September.
  • OENOTHERA ‘‘FIREWORKS’. 45cm. Clear yellow flowers on reddish stems.
  • MISSOURIENSIS. 20-25cm. Huge lemon yellow flowers. June/September.
  • PRIMULA BULLEYEANA. 60cm. Orange flowers on bold spikes. June/August.
  • FLORINDAE. 75cm. Bright sulphur yellow flowers. June/August.
  • RUDBECKIA ‘GOLDSTURM’. 60cm. Orange flowers, dark centres. July/October.
  • VERBASCUM ‘GAINSBOROUGH’. Soft yellow flowers. June-August.
  • ‘HELEN JOHNSON’. Deep rust coloured spires. June-September.
  • OLYMPICUM E. 1.2m. Bright golden flowers, branching stems.

Red/Pink


Shrubs

  • BUDDLEJA DAVIDII ‘BLACK KNIGHT’. The darkest purple form.
  • - ‘CAMBERWELL BEAUTY’. Dwarf form, purple flowers.
  • - ‘DARTMOOR’. Purplish-red flowers in enormous flat panicles.
  • - ‘PINK DELIGHT’. Scented, clear bright pink, long lasting flowers.
  • - ‘ROYAL RED’. Huge panicles of purple-red flowers.
  • CALLUNA VULGARIS ‘ANNEMARIE’ E. 25-40cm. Double rose pink flowers.
  • - ‘COUNTY WICKLOW’ E. 20cm. Flowers Aug/Sept. Double shell pink flowers on bright green foliage.
  • - ‘DARK BEAUTY’ E. 25cm. Flowers Aug/Oct. Semi blood red flowers on bright green foliage.
  • - ‘RED PIMPERERNEL’ E. 20cm. Flowers Aug/Oct.Masses of bright crimson flowers on dark green foliage.
  • - ‘ROBERT CHAPMAN’ E. 45 cm. Soft purple flowers. Gold foliage in spring.
  • CISTUS ‘GRAYSWOOD PINK’ E. Clear pink flowers; soft grey foliage.
  • X PULVERULENTUS ‘SUNSET’ E. Vivid cerise flowers 3-5 cm. across.
  • X PURPUREUS E. Flowers up to 8cm. across; reddish pink shades.
  • ‘SILVER PINK’ E. Clear silvery pink flowers 7cm. across.
  • X SKANBERGII E. Small soft pink flowers.
  • ERICA CINEREA ‘COCCINEA’ E. 20cm. Ruby flowers.
  • - ‘STEPHEN DAVIS’ E. 20-25 cm. Magenta flowers June/Sept.
  • ESCALLONIA S. Flower all summer; for details see June list.
  • FUCHSIA. Invaluable for late summer; very free flowering.
  • ‘CLOVERDALE PEARL’. Soft pink sepals; white corolla.
  • ‘DR. FOSTER’. Scarlet tube and sepals, violet mauve corolla.
  • ‘GENII’. Cerise sepals, rich violet corolla. Foliage greenish yellow.
  • ‘LADY THUMB’. Reddish-pink tubes and sepals with pink veined white skirts.
  • ‘MADAME CORNELISSEN’. Reflexed scarlet sepals, white corolla.
  • MAGELLANICA ‘VERSICOLOR’. Dainty flowers of crimson purple.
  • ‘MARGARET’. Reflexed carmine sepals and frilled petunia purple corolla.
  • ‘MONSIEUR THIBAUT’. Red tubes and sepals, magenta corolla.
  • ‘MRS POPPLE’. Large flowers; carmine sepals and deep violet corolla.
  • ‘PROSPERITY’. Double; rose with crimson sepals.
  • ‘RICCARTONII’. Scarlet and purple flowers on vigorous branches.
  • ‘SUNRAY’. Red flowers. Tri-coloured foliage.
  • ‘TOM THUMB’. Clear violet skirts and carmine sepals. Dwarf.
  • HEBE ‘GREAT ORME’ E. Bright pink flowers in ascending spikes.
  • ‘WIRI CHARM’ E. Rosy carmine flowers. Dusky purple foliage.
  • HIBISCUS ‘HAMABO’. Large pale blush to white “Hollyhock” flowers.
  • ‘WOODBRIDGE’. Large rich pink carmine “Hollyhock” flowers.
  • HYDRANGEA ‘HAMBURGH’. (MOPHEAD). Deep pink serrated florets.
  • ‘GREEN SHADOW’ (MOPHEAD). Vivid red flower heads with green spots. Dark leaves.
  • ‘SELENA’. (LACECAP). Flat heads of rosy pink florets.
  • PANICULATA ‘PINK DIAMOND’. Panicles of light pink later purple red.
  • SERRATA ’PREZIOSA’ (MOPHEAD). Salmon pink, red flowers. Reddish foliage.
  • LEYCESTERIA FORMOSA. Pendulous deep claret bracts. July/Sept.
  • PHORMIUM TENAX. Bronze-red flowers on long spikes on established plants.
  • PHYGELIUS CAPENSIS. Miniature scarlet “hunting horns” dangling flowers.
  • RECTUS ‘AFRICAN QUEEN’. Flowers plum red, yellow throat.
  • - ‘SALMON LEAP’. Resembles ‘Devil’s Tears’ but has orange flowers.
  • - ‘WINCHESTER FANFARE’. Dusky reddish-pink with scarlet lobes.
  • POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA ‘RED ACE’. Bright vermilion flame, the reverse side is pale yellow.
  • - ‘RED ROBIN’. Brick red. Does best in sun.
  • ROSES. Shrub, bush and climbing roses give colourful displays.
  • SPIRAEA JAPONICA ‘ANTHONY WATERER’. Flat heads of carmine flowers; purple in bud.
  • - ‘GOLDFLAME’. Similar flowers to ‘Anthony Waterer’
  • - ‘GOLDMOUND’. Pink flowers. Bright gold foliage.
  • - ‘LITTLE PRINCESS’. Pink heads July/Sept. Small dark green leaves.
  • TAMARIX GALLICA. “Tamarisk”. Pink flowers in plumes. Sea-green foliage.
  • RAMOSISSIMA ‘PINK CASCADE’. Long sprays of rose-pink flowers.

Climbers


    Large flowered varieties.

  • CLEMATIS
  • ‘ERNEST MARKHAM’. Petunia-red.
  • ‘HAGLEY HYBRID’. Shell pink.
  • ‘NIOBE’. Dark ruby red with gold stamens.
  • ‘PINK CHAMPAGNE’. Deep pink flowers with silvery bar.
  • ‘VILLE DE LYON’. Bright carmine red.

Small Flowered Varieties

  • ALPINA ‘PINK FLAMINGO’. Reddish pink, white veined, double nodding flowers.
  • - ‘MADAME JULIA CORREVON’. Wine red flowers with twisted petals.
  • TEXENSIS. Deep pink, cherry red band on each sepal.
  • LONICERA X BROWNII ‘DROPMORE SCARLET’. Bright-scarlet; July/Oct.
  • PHYGELIUS CAPENSIS. Miniature scarlet “hunting horns”.

Perennials

  • ANEMONE HYBRIDA. Pink flowers.
  • - SEPTEMBER CHARM’. Single pink large flowers.
  • HUPEHENSIS VAR. JAPONICA ‘PAMINA’. Semi-double purplish-pink flowers.
  • - ‘SPLENDENS’. Dark pink flowers.
  • ASTILBE. Feathery plume-like spikes; June/August. Graceful leaves. For details see June list.
  • ASTRANTIA MAJOR ‘RUBY WEDDING’. Ruby-red flowers. June-August.
  • BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS. Rose pink flowers in umbels.
  • CAMPANULA ‘ELIZABETH’. 75cm. Plum pink, suffused white.
  • LACTIFLORA ‘LODDON ANNA’. 1.2-1.5m. Lilac pink “bells”.
  • CENTRANTHUS RUBER ‘COCCINEUS’. 80cm. Bright crimson scarlet “Valerian”.
  • CROCOSMIA ‘LUCIFER’. 90cm. Flame-red trumpet flowers in wands.
  • DIANTHUS. “Pinks”. Sweetly scented flowers. For details see June list.
  • DIERAMA PULCHERRIMUM. Deep pink spikes of tubular bell-shaped flowers.
  • ERIGERON ‘PINK JEWEL’. 60cm. Pink flowers. June/August.
  • GAURA LINDHEIMERI‘SISKIYOU PINK’. Dark pink flowers. June-September.
  • GERANIUM ENDRESSII ‘WARGRAVE PINK’. 45cm. Salmon-pink flowers.
  • X RIVERSLEAIANUM ‘RUSSELL PRICHARD’. 20cm. Bright magenta pink. Grey-green leaves.
  • SANGUINEUM ‘MAX FREI’. Deep magenta flowers. June-August.
  • - VAR. STRIATUM. 10cm. Stems with pink flowers.
  • GEUM ‘BORISII’. 30cm. Intense orange flowers on wiry stems.
  • ‘MRS BRADSHAW’. 50cm. Flaming brick red double flowers.
  • GYPSOPHILA ‘ROSY VEIL’. 30cm. Small, dainty double rosy pink flowers.
  • HELENIUM ‘MOERHEIM BEAUTY’. 80cm. Large mahogany red “daisies”.
  • HEMEROCALLIS. “DAY LILY”. 75cm. Clusters of trumpet flowers on stout stems.
  • ‘BAYLEY HALE’. Pink-melon.
  • ‘BESS VESTRAL’. Bright maroon red with lemon yellow throat.
  • ‘PINK DAMASK’. Almost true pink.
  • HEUCHERA IN VARIETY E.
  • LAVATERA X CLEMENTII ‘ROSEA’ (OLBIA). 1.8m. Rose coloured “Mallow”.
  • LIATRIS ‘KOBOLD’. 60cm. Lilac mauve flowers in dense spikes.
  • LOBELIA ‘RUSSIAN PRINCESS’. 75cm. Brilliant scarlet, lipped flowers in spikes. Purple leaves.
  • LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA. 90cm. Bright scarlet flowers in terminal clusters.
  • MONARDA ‘CAMBRIDGE SCARLET’. 80cm. Intense bright red flowers.
  • ‘ON PARADE’. 1m. Strong red flowers.
  • OENOTHERA SPECIOSA ‘SISKIYOU’. Pale pink flowers. June-September.
  • OPHIOPOGON PLANISCAPUS ‘NIGRESCENS’ E. 15cm. Short pink spikes; black grass.
  • PENSTEMON IN VARIETY. Numerous flowering spikes July/September.
  • PHLOX PANICULATA. ‘Starfire’. Deep red.
  • MACULATA ‘NATASHA’. Pink and white bi-colour; pink being the stronger shade.
  • PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINIANA ‘VIVID’. Bright purple-pink hooded flowers.
  • POLYGONUM. “Knotgrass”. Stiff spikes over dense clumps of narrow leaves.
  • AFFINE ‘DARJEELING RED’. 25cm. Superb vivid crimson spikes.
  • - ‘DONALD LOWNDES’. 25cm. Dainty red spikes. Copper coloured autumn leaves.
  • BISTORTA ‘SUPERBUM’. 75cm. Light pink “poker”. June/September.
  • POTENTILLA ‘GIBSON’S SCARLET’. 30cm. Single brilliant scarlet flowers. June/September .
  • ‘WILLIAM ROLLISON’. 45cm. Semi-double rich orange yellow flowers.
  • PRUNELLA GRANDIFLORA ‘PINK LOVELINESS’. 25cm. Rose pink tipped flowers.
  • SEDUM SPECTABILE ‘BRILLIANT’. “Ice Plant”. 45cm. Tiny bright pink flowers.
  • TELEPHIUM ‘MATRONA’. Big flower heads with white-red bracts. Aug.-Sept.

Blue/Mauve


Shrubs

  • ALOYSIA TRIPHYLLA (LIPPIA). Mauve tubular flowers in slender panicles.
  • BUDDLEJA DAVIDII ‘EMPIRE BLUE’. Rich violet-blue with orange eye.
  • - ‘NANO BLUE’. Violet-blue flowers; grey-green leaves. Compact.
  • - ‘NANO PURPLE’. Glowing purple-red flowers. Otherwise as above.
  • CALLICARPA BODINIERI ‘PROFUSION’. Numerous tiny flowers July/Aug.
  • CEANOTHUS X DELILEANUS ‘GLORIE DE VERSAILLES’. Sky blue, arching habit.
  • CERATOSTIGMA WILLMOTTIANUM AND ‘FOREST BLUE’. “Plumbago” blue flowers. July/Oct.
  • CLEMATIS HERACLEIFOLIA ‘WYEVALE’. Reminiscent of blue hyacinths.
  • DABOECIA CANTABRICA ‘ATROPURPUREA’ E. 45-80cm. Deep purple “bells”.
  • HEBE ‘CARL TESCHNER’ E. Small flowers, violet with white throat. June/July.
  • ‘MARGRET’. Sky blue flowers. June-September.
  • ‘MARJORIE’ E. Light violet and white flowers in racemes.
  • ‘MIDSUMMER BEAUTY’ E. Lavender purple, long racemes.
  • ‘MRS WINDER’ E. Bright blue flowers.
  • HIBISCUS ‘BLUE BIRD’. The “Hollyhock”-like flowers fully 8cm across.
  • ‘LENNY’. Large pinky mauve flowers with crimson centre.
  • ‘MEEHANII’. Lilac-mauve with maroon eye. Variegated foliage.
  • SYRIACUS ‘LAVENDER CHIFFON’. Large anemone-centred lilac flowers.
  • HYDRANGEA ASPERA SARGENTIANA. Mauve to lilac, pink/white sterile florets.
  • ‘BLUE WAVE’. (LACECAP). Flat heads, pink and purplish blue.
  • VILLOSA. Porcelain blue umbels with lavender florets.
  • LAVANDULA E. For fragrance, flowering July/Sept. Grey foliage.
  • ANGUSTIFOLIA E. “Old English”. Pale greyish blue flowers.
  • - ‘HIDCOTE’ E. Deepest purple blue flowers. Compact habit.
  • - ‘MUNSTEAD DWARF’ E. Dark lavender blue.
  • - ‘TWICKEL PURPLE’ E. Purple flowers in long spikes. Broad foliage. 60cm.
  • VERA ‘Dutch Lavender’ E. Soft blue flowers; broad leaves.
  • PEROVSKIA ‘BLUE SPIRE’. Deep blue flowers in greyish-white spikes.
  • TEUCRIUM FRUITICANS ‘COMPACTUM’ E. Pale blue flowers all summer.
  • VINCA MINOR ‘BOWLES VAR’ E. Light blue flowers. Clump forming.

Climbers


Large Flowered Varieties.

  • CLEMATIS.
  • ‘ELSA SPATH’. Violet blue with purple shadings.
  • ‘FIREWORKS’. Large blue flowers with deep petunia-red bar. August/September.
  • ‘GIPSY QUEEN’. Rich, velvety, violet purple.
  • JACKMANII. Violet purple, broad sepals. June/Sept.
  • ‘MRS CHOLMONDELY’. Lavender sepals tipped purple.
  • ‘MULTI-BLUE’. Double flowers; blue with each central petal pointed white.
  • ‘PERLE D’AZUR’. Light metallic blue with creamy stamens.

Small Flowered Varieties.

  • X DURANDII E. Rich blue four sepalled flowers with yellow stamens.
  • VITICELLA ‘ETOILE DE VIOLETTE’. Purple with creamy yellow centre.
  • - ‘PURPUREA PLENA ELEGANS’. Tight rosettes of violet purple.
  • PASSIFLORA CAERULEA. White petals with purplish blue growths.
  • SOLANUM CRISPUM ‘GLASNEVIN’. Rich purple blue with orange-yellow stamens.

Perennials

  • ACANTHUS SPINOSUS E. Soft mauve flowers on stiff spikes.
  • AGAPANTHUS HEADBOURNE HYBRIDS. Trumpet heads, pale to deep blue.
  • AGASTACHE ‘BLUE FORTUNE’. 1m. Purple blue flowers. July/August.
  • ASTER X FRIKARTII ‘MONCH’. 80cm. Large, single blooms of lavender blue.
  • ASTILBE CHINENSIS ‘VISIONS’. Short stiff plumes of lilac-purple flowers. June-August.
  • CAMPANULA POSHARSKYANA ‘STELLA’. 10-15cm. Starry bright blue flowers in mounds.
  • DELPHINIUM ‘BLUE JAY’. 1.2-1.8m. Mid blue with white eye.
  • ‘KING ARTHUR’. 1.2-1.8m. Royal purple with white eye.
  • ECHINOPS RITRO. “GLOBE THISTLE”. 100cm. Deep steel blue heads.
  • ERIGERON ‘DARKEST OF ALL’. 60cm. Very dark violet-blue flowers.
  • ERYNGIUM. “SEA HOLLY”. Rosettes of divided leaves attractive in winter.
  • ‘JOS EIJKING’. Brilliant blue flower heads. June-August.
  • VARIIFOLIUM E. 45cm. Whitish green flowers, white veined leaves.
  • GERANIUM HIMALAYENSE ‘PLENUM’. Double purplish-blue flowers. June-August.
  • HOSTA. “PLAINTAIN LILY”. Grown primarily for their striking foliage, almost all bear mauve or lavender Lily-like flowers
  • ‘PATRIOT’. Lavender-blue flowers. June-August.
  • ‘SUM AND SUBSTANCE’. Pale lilac flowers.
  • LAVANDULA ‘SAWYERS’. Pale purple.
  • LIRIOPE MUSCARI IN VARIETY E. 30cm. Blue bells like “Grape Hyacinth”.
  • LITHOSPERMUM DIFFUSUM ‘HEAVENLY BLUE’ E. Wide mats sheeted with caeralean blue.
  • NEPETA X FAASSENII E. “CATMINT”. 30cm. Lavender blue all summer.
  • PENSTEMON ‘STAPLEFORD GEM’. Lilac-purple flowers.
  • SALVIA ‘EAST FRIESLAND’. 45cm. Long dense violet blue sprays. June/July.
  • X SYLVESTRIS ‘MAY NIGHT’. 45cm. Violet blue flowers. June/July.
  • SCABIOSA CAUCASICA ‘COMPLIMENT’. 60cm. Violet blue flowers.
  • TRADESCANTIA. Three-petalled flowers all summer. “Rush” leaves.
  • ‘LEONORA’. 45cm. Bright Oxford blue.
  • ‘OSPREY’. 45cm. Snow white with blue “feathering” in the throat.
  • VERONICA TEUCRIUM ‘CRATER LAKE BLUE’ E. 35cm. Ultramarine blue.