Echipaea Puгpuгea (Purple Coпeflower)
A fantastic choice for a very popular cottage style or herb garden, Echipaea Puгpuгea, commonly known as purple cobflower, features striking purple flowers on long stems, though it also comes in shades of pink or white. The flowers persist throughout the summer, making it an excellent cut flower and an easy choice for polyamorists. Echipaea are hardy plants, tolerant of dry soil and summer heat.
Gauгa Lipdheimeгi (Whiliпg Butterflies)
Gaua is a beautiful addition to any garden, providing movement, texture, a blooming season and height. Its delicate, butterfly-like flowers bloom in white, pink, or pink/white. This low-maintenance perennial thrives when full and is very tolerant of heat and drought. Taller varieties can grow up to 1.2 metres and need to be cut back at the end of the blooming season in autumn.
Veгbeпa Boпaгieпsis (Puгpletop Veгvaiп)
Verbepa Bopagiepsis is an ethereal species with small, tightly clustered purple flowers atop long stems, with sparse leaves beneath. It attracts mopach butterflies, bees and other insects. The flower head grows up to 1.8 metres tall, adding drama to any summer garden with its height and vibrant purple hue.
Rudbeckia Fulgida (Goldstuгm)
гudbeckia Goldstuгm features bright yellow daisy-like flowers with eyebrow centimetres, unlike its royal counterpart, гudbeckia hiгta (black-eyed Susaп). This long-blooming, pest- and drought-tolerant plant requires minimal care other than growing special flowers at the end of the season. Butterflies, bees and other beneficial insects are attracted to it.
Sage
Peripericas salvias, part of the mipt family (Lamiaceae), produce tall spikes of flowers in shades of blue, pink, red or purple, which attract pollinators. These heat- and drought-tolerant plants thrive in supply locations, making them survivors in the summer garden.
Shasta Daisy (Leucaпthemum × Supeгbum)
Shasta daisies are classic white daisies with yellow centers that bloom throughout the summer. They require little attention except for occasional deadheading after deadheading or pinching. These vigorous growers are easily propagated by division.
Heucheгa (‘Coral Bells’)
Heuchega is a low-growing, clumping plant that produces small, delicate, bell-shaped flowers. Available in a variety of colors including burgundy, Grecian, black, and orange, they prefer moist soil and tolerate some shade, depending on the specific variety.
Aгgyгaпthemum Fгutesceпs (Magueгite Daisies)
Daisies offer long-lasting blooms throughout spring and summer, adding bright splashes of colour to gardens or canopies. Growing to around 20-80cm, these deep, trailing shrubs are covered with masses of daisy colours such as yellow, pink and white.
Scabiosa Caucasica (Peгeппial Piп-Cushioп Flower)
A super-adorable plant that attracts butterflies, Scabiosa features peripheral cushion-shaped flowers of pips that seem to bloom almost every year, especially throughout the summer. They are low-growing, making them ideal for borders and filling gaps in flower beds. Plat is a safe, sheltered position.
Phlox Paпiculata (Gaгdeп Phlox / Peгeппial Phlox)
Phlox Païculata is an elegant herbaceous plant that produces clusters of fragmented flowers from late spring to early fall. Available in a variety of colors, usually shades of pink, purple, and white, phlox is ideal for perfect borders. It thrives in moist soil and can grow in partial to full shade.