ERIGERON karvinskianus 'Lavender Lady'
Small
Sun
Pink
Well drained soil
Summer
Autumn
Pollinator friendly
100% Peat Free
Description
Erigeron karvinskianus 'Lavender Lady'
Height x Spread: 15cm x 45cm
A colourful twist on a much-loved cottage and gravel garden favourite, the individual flowers of 'Lavender Lady' are larger and a gentle lavender hue compared with the initially white maturing to pink blooms of Erigeron karvinskianus. Producing the same effusive display from mid summer far into autumn, it just keeps on going happily flowering in conditions other plants would turn their noses up at. All it needs is a quick tidy up with scissors to encourage further growth.
Preferring a very free draining soil in full sun, it looks particularly effective in a gravel garden or edging a stone path, but we are also looking forward to all the delicious new combinations we can create in summer containers. Just picture it with Cosmos 'Antiquity' and a purple leaf Heuchera for summer long 'zing' or with Verbena officinalis var. grandiflora 'Bampton' and Stipa tenuissima for froth and texture.
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STIPA tenuissima
Commonly known as 'Mexican Feather Grass', this tidy but compact form, produces a dense fountain of very narrow leaves.
VERBENA officinalis 'Bampton'
Spikes of small pink flowers appear throughout the summer above slender, wiry stems with narrow purple foliage which form a neat mound. Available for Mail Order from April - August
HEUCHERA 'Obsidian' PBR
H.'Obsidian's glossy, lobed leaves are deep purple, almost black. It has a clump-forming habit, creating a low mound of foliage. Sprays of small cream flowers appear during summer.