Ultimate Perennial Border Collection

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Create a stunning, layered garden with Ultimate Perennial Border Collection, a carefully chosen selection of popular and reliable perennials designed to fill every part of your border. Combining tall, focal plants for the back, mid-height varieties for the middle, and spreading, mounding perennials for the front, this collection brings structure, colour, and texture throughout the growing season. With classic cottage garden favourites in complementary shades, contrasting flower shapes, and a mix of vertical accents and mounding habits, it provides exciting visual interest while perfectly fitting the average-sized garden border.Ultimate Perennial Border Collection contains the following varieties:Front of the borderScabiosa ‘Blue Note’ - An abundance of flowers are produced on tall, wiry stems, filling gaps in borders quickly and easily. The pincushion-like flowers are cobalt-blue and can also be cut for vases indoors. A magnet for bees and butterflies. Height and spread: 25cm (10in).Dianthus ‘Festival Mix’ - A selection of traditional solid shades and bicolour blooms to catch the eye, all picked for their sweet clove-like fragrance that will fill your patio with perfume this autumn. This hardy mix comes into its own during the cooler autumn weather, picking up the baton just when your summer performers are starting to lag behind. Height and spread: 25cm (10in).Erigeron ‘Stallone’- An excellent ground cover perennial producing a dense mass of lovely two-toned daisy flowers that open white and slowly turn to pink and purple as they age. Perfect for drift planting along border edges or as a gap filler. Also performs well as a cascading rockery plant. Height: 30cm (12in). Spread: 100cm (39in).Coreopsis ‘Golden Joy’ - Enjoy the wonderful golden yellow blooms of this compact Coreopsis that keeps flowering for months. A compact, mounding perennial that looks fabulous planted towards the front of borders or as edging where it rewards with constant blooms all summer. Height: 45cm (18in). Spread: 40cm (16in).Middle of the borderAchillea ‘Summer Berries’ - Masses of tiny flowers create flat plates of colour that balance on tall stems above the aromatic, feathery foliage. Easy to grow, even on poor dry soils, Achillea millefolium 'Summer Berries' is ideal for wildlife gardens where it attracts butterflies and other insects. The vivid range of colours also makes yarrow a spectacular cut or dried flower. Height: 60cm (24). Spread: 60cm (24).Aquilegia ‘Mrs Scott Elliott’ - Nodding spurred blooms, in a range of pretty colours are carried delicately on tall wiry stems. These charming Columbines will quickly naturalise to form a crowd of spring blooms. Aquilegia 'Mrs Scott Elliot's Hybrids' are perfectly suited to cottage garden borders and woodland planting schemes - they make fabulous cut flowers too. Height: 60cm (24). Spread: 40cm (16).Doronicum ‘Little Leo’ - Heart shaped foliage makes an attractive backdrop to the abundant golden-yellow flowers of this hardy perennial daisy. As the name suggests, Doronicum caucasicum 'Little Leo' is neat and compact compared to some of its lankier relations, making it perfect for the front of borders. A magnet for pollinating insects. Height and spread: 30cm (12).Gaillardia ‘Arizona Sun’ - A blaze of summertime colour that thrives, whatever the weather! The glorious daisy flowers of Gaillardia 'Arizona Sun' produce a constant display of large flower heads in fiery shades of orange, yellow and red persisting well into autumn. Height: 30cm (12in). Spread: 45cm (18in).Back of the borderDigitalis ‘Excelsior’ – Heavily spotted flowers in pastel shades of mauve, pink, yellow or white. The uniform spikes with evenly spaced flowers create a spectacular presence at the back of borders and make handsome cut flowers. Height: 150cm (59in). Spread: 45cm (18in).Delphinium ‘Magic Fountains Mix’ - Majestic spires of white, lilac and blue flowers. This compact dwarf variety has all the presence of its taller cousins without the need for staking, standing up well to wet and windy conditions. Height: 90cm (36in). Spread: 45cm (18in).Verbena bonariensis - Glowing magenta flower heads float atop stiffly upright, branching stems. The long-lasting blooms of Verbena bonariensis attract clouds of bees and butterflies. Especially effective when planted in large swathes. Height: 120cm (48in). Spread: 45cm (18in).Hollyhock ‘Chater’s Double Mixed’ - Architectural spires of ruffled, double blooms in soft cream, pink and yellow tower over summer borders adding structure and a riot of colour. These classic cottage garden perennials are well loved for their saucer shaped blooms which attract butterflies and make dramatic cut flowers for a vase indoors. Height: 200cm (79in). Spread: 60cm (24in).