STIPA gigantea

'Giant Golden Oat Grass' forms clumps of arching, narrow green foliage, below a fountain of slender stems with oat-like greenish-purple flowers that shimmer in the breeze. Flowering during the summer,

STOKESIA laevis 'Klaus Jelitto'

STOKESIA laevis 'Mel's' PBR

Dive right into the large deep lavender-blue slightly shaggy flowers of this wonderful form of 'Stoke's Aster' and you will be a lost cause.

SUCCISA pratensis

Commonly known as the 'Devil's Bit Scabious', it bears lilac blue pincushion type flowers that gently bob and weave on wiry, branching stems above green oval-leaved rosettes. It is an ideal candidate

SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Little Carlow' (cordifolius hybrid)

Clouds of small, vivid, violet-blue daisies with bright yellow centres are carried on stout stems with mid green narrow foliage. 'Little Carlow' is widely admired not only for the sheer quantity of ..

SYMPHYOTRICHUM ericoides var. prostratum 'Snow Flurry'

Something rather unusual, a low lying Symphyotrichum that hugs the ground - 'Snow Flurry' is only ankle-high but from early to mid autumn is smothered with petite white daisy flowers

SYMPHYOTRICHUM lateriflorum 'Chloe'

Ever so pretty and slightly informal in habit, in early autumn 'Chloe' produces masses of small white daisy flowers each with a yellow centre

SYMPHYOTRICHUM lateriflorum 'Lady In Black'

Masses of small white daisy flowers with rosy-pink centres burst forth in autumn from tiny buds, contrasting with deliciously dark purple dagger-like foliage.

SYMPHYOTRICHUM novi-belgii 'Davey's True Blue'

'Davey's True Blue' certainly lives up to its name - each flower sports a wide ruff of deep lavender blue narrow petals and golden yellow centre, a delicious and complementary colour combination

SYMPHYOTRICHUM novi-belgii 'Janet McMullen'

This herbaceous perennial has simple lanceolate leaves of mid green on strong erect stems. The lilac, fully double flowers have a central yellow disk that changes to a reddish orange once pollinated.

SYMPHYOTRICHUM oblongifolium 'October Skies'

A profusion of soft lilac-blue daisy flowers are held over grey green foliage from late summer into autumn. This plant has a low bushy growth habit, perfect for the front of borders where it could be

TEUCRIUM ackermannii hort.

This is a really useful and tough little plant that is great for edging paths and beds as well as use in containers.