This is where to look for all those lipped herbs like Mint and Thyme and all their flowery cousins, the sages. Also in here are Verbena, Digitalis, Acanthus and Penstemon amongst others.
This is the only Genus we grow that belongs to the Acanthaceae. There are lot of species, mostly represented in the tropics with shrubby members, but we only usually see the herbaceous species here in Britain.

Incarvillea olgae
Here are the Foxgloves and their close relatives, the Pemstemons, Veronicas and Toadflaxes, some of which have been moved here from their previous home in Scrophulariaceae.

Verbascum ‘Pink Domino’
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