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Anthemis tinctoria 'Sauce Hollandaise'. Late summer sees this perennial smothered in pale cream daisies with rich yellow centres Attractive evergreen ferny foliage. Paler than EC Buxton with greyer foliage and a slightly more open habit. Plant in sun. Cut back after flowering Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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This Aster opens a myriad of small (2cm) single lilac-pink daisies on a short twiggy bush. Although classified as a novi-belgii hybrid it leans quite heavily in both flower shape and branching habit towards the style of a lateriflorus. As the flowers mature, the central grey-yellow boss becomes much elongated to a prominent bun the colour of crushed strawberries and the petals begin to reflex. Whatever the classification, with the lovely warm pink colouring I just couldn't resist it. 80cm, October. Some mildew resistance. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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The perfectly shaped and spaced petals of this neat purple Aster surround an equivalent sized green boss studded with golden stamens which puts me in mind of those head collars worn by Bill and Ben. A really rich purple flower on branching upright stems forms a rounded bush. Flowers produced really late in mid October and on into November. Healthy green foliage makes good ground cover even in quite dry shade. Flowers nearly 3cm Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Very simple starry flowers with widely spaced petals surrounding a yellow disc are artfully arranged along graceful thin black stems. Each time the stem divaricates (= splits in two, hence the name) a simple green leaf marks the break giving a simple elegance to the whole effect. This Aster is tolerant of quite dry shade without trouble which makes it very useful for illuminating a cool corner in Summer where the usual suspects for this environment are way past their best. Nice heart-shaped green leaves. Height 60cm, spreading habit. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Bred at the RHS in Chiswick in 1902, this variety didn't really make a mark until quite recently. A large and dramatic Aster with tall stiff shiny jet black stems topping out at nearly 5 feet high. Dark green leaves are also heavily flushed black by flowering time in late September. If that wasn't reason enough to include it at the back of your border it produces clouds and clouds of quite large mauvey-blue flowers at a time when the rest of the garden is fading.Links
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A very strong growing, tall (1.5-2m) beauty with strong stiff stems which support huge sprays of gorgeous cool, clean white daisies. Freshly opened flowers have green eyes, which adds to the immaculate effect. Flowering late in the year it is at its best in October where it cheers the Autumn garden both visually and as a rich nectar source for the insects to fill up on before Winter. The flowers even withstand the brief Autumn frosts to give a long lasting display. Rarely offered but bomb proof to grow, even the ubiquitous mildew doesn't touch it. The Blue 'Climax' grows at Great Dixter and is described as the trusted old friend that has performed for decades.Links
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A striking autumn flowering Aster with branching heads producing a mass of very bright cerise scarlet daisies warm enough to cheer the dullest day in fact when in full bloom the flower colour is strident enough to deliver a firm slap around the chops. It is just the brightest of pinks but it goes so well with the warm tones of Autumn. I'm not sure who Alma Potschke was, but she was clearly well worth remembering ( 'Andenken an' means 'in memory of' similar to the French version 'Souvenir de' ) . Very easy to grow. Height 1.3m (4ft). Like all the novae-angliaes it produces a series of unbranched stems topped with a branching terminal head of flowers. I am very grateful to Heather Farquharson whose research has recently answered my query above. I couldn't better her writing so I hope she doesn't mind me quoting it uncut. 'There is a German nursery near Stuttgart, www.poetschke.de, and the owner who developed the plant called it after his mother. I only hope he did not call it after her because of memories of her delivering firm slaps around the chops and the resulting rosy cheeks. Let's hope he had happier memories of her.' Its not uncommon for customer asking for this plant to decide that 5 consonants in a row is just too much and suffer verbal apoplexy somewhere soon after the 'Andenken'. Sometimes, with a glorious British disregard for correctness we settle for 'Posh' or maybe something like 'Potsky'. Having consulted with a German friend I am told the good lady's name should be pronounced more like 'Purr - sh - k' with a soft final 'k'. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Aster 'Lye End Beauty' falls somewhere in-between 'Harrington's Pink' and 'Alma Potschke' in the colour stakes. The narrow petals are a rich, but not strident cerise on their inner surface and a silvery pink on the reverse. With a dark ruff of narrow bracts and rose tinted stems it was certainly well named. Like most novae-angliae types it is relatively tall with long straight stems which may need staking. Grow it well back in the border where it can hide away all summer, revealing its full glory in Autumn as those in front fade and are cut back. A chance seedling which occurred at Lye end in Woking in the 1950's along with several others that are named after the garden. 130-175cm Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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30cm. The short, twiggy bush is literally smothered with beautiful semi-double lilac-blue daisies, 3cm wide with yellow button eyes. Although technically semi-double, the flowers open flat and appear as well formed singles. Mid September-October Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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MICHAELMAS DAISY. A shorter growing Aster with semi-double dark purple-red flowers on 70cm high plants. The flowers are relatively small but they are produced in great abundance on fine flowering stems that branch and branch repeatedly to produce a dense cerise cloud. Will thrive in sun or part shade. September-OctoberLinks
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The benefits of this hybrid Michaelmas daisy are a short compact habit combined with an abundance of flowers in a rich lavender-blue that completely cover the plant. Each flower is semi-double with a bright two-toned golden yellow eye. Blends beautifully with the rich tones of Autumn 40cmLinks
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An intermediate height, neat Aster with a rich profusion of pale lavender-blue flowers with appealing pale creamy yellow eyes. Only 50cm high and flowering from late September into October. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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MICHAELMAS DAISY. What a delightful Aster this is. The flowers are semi-double, but nearly so full as to be approaching double. In colour they are a gorgeous pastel pale-lavender with even paler tips shown off beautifully by the dark foliage. towards the centre of each flower there are a few unruly narrow petals which dance along with the yellow stamens and green eye in a most delightful way. A shorter growing Aster at around 50cm high. Will thrive in sun or part shade. September-OctoberLinks
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50cm. Rosy pink buds gradually unfurl lots of sugar pink petals to give a generous display of double pink daisies. At 50cm or below this is a cute little Aster to cheer the Autumn garden, commencing mid September into October. And it needs no staking ! Bred in the 1960's by Bakers Nrs and named after the breeders granddaughter ! Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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I recently visited the National Collection of Aster novi-belgii held at the Picton Gardens, and with a collection of around 50 already I was told by him indoors that I didn't need anymore. However this small flowered (2cm wide) mid pink semi-double Aster with dark eyes had me dribbling. A lovely colour and such a mass of blooms. I wasn't surprised that it was the last one left. A beauty that had to go home with me ! 90cm, September to October. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Intermediate between the very dwarf and tall border Asters. This little stocky plant is smothered in smallish lialc-blue daisies and is ideal for the edge or near front of the border to give a dash of late colour. An excellent late nectar source for bees and butterflies. Late September 50cm. Flowers 3cm. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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A beautifully shaped fully double bloom crammed with so many petals it creates a perfect lavender-blue powder-puff a whole 5cm across. 90cm Mid to late September onwards. Sturdy stems. This variety came out of 'Ada Ballard', which was one of the first really double Asters raised by Ernest Ballard, but which lacked the intensity of blue of its parents. It is also known for producing a forest of stems from a relatively compact root run. 'Marie Ballard' was selected just before Ernest died in 1952 and released in 1955. It combines the shapely, completely double flowers on sturdy stems with the intense lavender-blue Ernest was trying to capture. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Always distinguished by its very upright growth, forming a columnar plant rather than a rounded bush. Flowers are 4.5cm wide a lovely clean white opening rather flat with a pincushion centre that is small, a subtle brick red brightened by the golden yellow stamens that poke out. 90cm Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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MICHAELMAS DAISY. Carrying the Ballard name is always a great recommendation and this variety doesn't disapoint. Aster 'Patricia Ballard' is a medium growing aster with semi-double flowers that are bright clear pink and beautifully formed. The petals come in multiple rows all beautifully neatly arranged into a very even flat daisy with a bright golden centre. 90cm high plants with broad glossy mid green foliage. Will thrive in sun or part shade. September-October Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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An exceptionally short Michaelmas daisy which makes up for its size by the punch of its clear pink flowers, produced in great abundance in September. The flowers are a good full semi-double in a sugary lavender-pink that darkens towards the bright golden centre. 20cm. Aster 'Rosenwitchel' creates a really dense mound of closely packed foliage reminiscent of a bun forming alpine. Any good soil in full sun Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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A very distinctively coloured michaelmas daisy with single medium sized (4cm) purple flowers with a burgundy sheen, becoming even darker on maturity. Golden yellow eyes become tawny with age. Late September onwards. 150cm Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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I was delighted to come across this Aster recemtly as it is one of the short series of Aster raised by the late George Chiswell, who was well known to friends of ours. Timsbury has semi-double soft rose pink flowers and flowers in October at around 1m high. George Chiswell was born in Colwall in Malvern, the home of the famous Ballard Asters. He started his career working in the gardens of Old Colwall House near Malvern for Mrs Raynor-Wood. After WWII he moved on to Midsommer Norton in Somerset and in the 1960's ran his own nursery at the Priory there. Perhaps he had a fondness for the Asters he must have remembered from his youth in the Ballard trial grounds in Malvern, as he began a breeding programme of his own, producing a series of Asters, based on the Ballard strains, named after the mining villages of Somerset. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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The Michaelmas daisies are such a welcome flourish at the end of the year with their glowing profusion of rich tones. This variety is a rich carmine-red semi-double with a bright golden button. The 5cm flowers keep a relatively flat shape with a double row of long narrow petals. 90cm. Aster 'Winston Churchill' has a reputation for having greater mildew resistance than most. Forms a stiffly branching bush with relatively pale foliage. Bred by R.Lindsey of Gayborder Nursery. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Aster schreberi (Eurybia schreberi) is one of those plants that has a deserved reputation for excelling in dry shade where it will produce a gracefully arching mound covered in late Summer with 3.5cm white daisies with reflexed petals. The leaves are large serrated and stay fresh even in dry shade. 1-1.5m across. In many ways like a more beefy (some would say coarser) version of Aster divaricatus. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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In late Oct this tight 2-3ft mound is smothered in 1in pom-poms; shaded apricot to maroon. Very welcome so late in the year. Any soil in sun. Cut to ground in winter.Links
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To me, this Chrysanthemum shows the same qualities as C.'Innocence' in that it is so weatherproof. It puts up with wind, rain and even the first frosts without becoming scruffy. It puts on a show of its single pink blooms from October until as late as December in a good year. About 60cm high and with the usual lovely Chrysanthemum scent. reliable and long-lived.Links
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A particularly strong growing variety that is very late into flower, regularly flowering from October and into December. The 6cm flowers are fairly well double, even when fully open the centre has a yellow glow, but no central disc. The petals are a rich burnt orange with enough of an incurve to show a pale apricot reverse. Very similar in tone to Paul Boissier.Links
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Chrysanthemum 'Clara Curtis' (Korean: single 21d). Very free flowering and hardy chrysanthemum. with 3in clear sugar pink flowers produced profusely from August to October. Cut to ground in Winter. Any soil. 60cm. MAY CAUSE SKIN ALLERGYLinks
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Chrysanthemum 'Cottage Apricot' has single, but full flowers which shade from an apricot edge to a burnt orange centre. As the flower ages, the colour becomes stronger, being far more a coppery red than the apricot of its name. It has a rich heady honey scent.Links
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Intensely magenta pink single blooms with a distinctly pale ring surrounding the bright yellow central boss. Reminiscent of a dark red Pyrethrum but flowering in October-November. About 60-70cm tall. Lovely Chrysanthemum scent.Links
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Very free flowering and hardy chrysanth. with 3in soft apricot flowers produced profusely from August to October. Cut to ground in Winter. Any soil. 60cm. MAY CAUSE SKIN ALLERGYLinks
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Very welcome in late Oct this tight 2-3ft mound is smothered in 1in pom-poms; shaded light to dark pink. Any soil in sun. Cut to ground in winter. MAY CAUSE SKIN ALLERGYLinks
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Sunshine yellow buttons at the end of the season are the mark of this variety. It flowers early in the Chrysanthemum season and forms a low 60cm bush that is absolutely covered in bright yellow fully double buttons that deepen in colour from the edge to the centre.Links
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Chrysanthemum 'Paul Boissier' has double flowers in a glowing rich copper, beginning with classic Japanese painted regularity, later opening further to reveal a central eye. It is just the perfect embodiment of the subtle beauty of golden Autumn sunshine on freshly fallen beech leaves. Nice honey scent. Will probably require stakingLinks
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A really distinctive variety that has a great charm. The petals are quilled with a slightly broader tip. The shafts of each petal are red with the exposed upper surface at the tip a bright yellow.Links
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Chrysanthemum yezoense (Dendranthema yezoense). Stems carpet an area 3ft round, which in Sept becomes absolutely covered in large pure white daisies that age pink. Dark glossy foliage sets off the flowers well. A great little informal plant for the edge of a bed or flopping over onto a path. MAY CAUSE SKIN ALLERGY Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Echinacea pallida 'Hula Dancer'. A tall variety of cone-flower forming clumps of hairy, narrow , lance-shaped foliage. From June to October it sends up flowering stalks to 80cm (2'6") topped with large daisies comprising a typical spiky central cone and a skirt of narrow drooping palest pink petals. For well drained soils in sunDiscount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over Echinaceas are hardy as far as temperature goes and they are undoubtedly lovely. What is also not in doubt is that they die reliably in many people's gardens. At the root of this is the great British Winter climate. Echinaceas want moist roots and dry free flowing air; what we give them is a regular deluge followed by misty, muggy days. The consequence is fungal rots and a dead Coneflower. You can help by planting your Echinacea in an open situation where the breeze will keep the crown drier, but the stark reality is that Echinacea are not reliable in everyone's garden. As a consequence will only consider complaints about Echinacea within a month of purchase and certainly not following a Winter.Links
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Erigeron karvinskianus. Crazy Daisy. This is that sweet little candy and white daisy you see clinging for dear life from stone walls and amongst paving. I say clinging on, but it positively thrives in these conditions, finding a home in places where nothing else would. Given a well drained position this daisy will thrive, seeding itself around with gay abandon. The flowers begin a ruddy pink, soon fading to pure white. carried on long stalks they make a lovely colourful daisy cloud, softening the edges of walls and paving alike.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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Forms a dense spreading shrubby mound of creamy-white edged leaves which look fresh all season. Eventually its all topped off from late Summer into Autumn with bunches if little mauve daisies with reflexed petals from which shine out a golden boss of stamens to tempt the bees. 30-50cm for a sunny position. Herbaceous, so dies back at the end of the season.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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Chrysanthemum leucanthemum. This is our native Ox-eye Daisy, distant cousin to the Schasta Daisies to which it is similar but more delicate and refined in all it's parts. This one evokes childhood memories of walking behind the finger mower in Summer meadows, collecting armfuls of daisies and knapwed flowers as they were cut down with the hay. The flowers are the epitomy of cheerful simplicity; butter-yellow centres and glistening white petals on undemanding plants. It is happy to grow in quite wide ranging conditions, sun or partial shade, in a variety of different soil types from chalk to clay.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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Leucanthemum x superbum 'Horace Read' is a fully double Shasta Daisy that stands up well in the garden and cuts well for the house. It was bred by Horace himself as an improvement on 'Esther Read' his hugely successful variety named after his daughter. Esther's failing was a tendency to flower in flushes. Horace opens more in the centre and is less shaggy. Plant in any reasonable garden soil preferably in sun. 1.5mDiscount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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Leucanthemum x superbum 'Shapcott Summer Clouds'. A lovely very frilly Schast Daisy like a creamy white tu-tu around a yellow centre. Very easy to grow in any sunny site, producing lots of flowers from mid Summer into Autumn. Only 50cm high. Flowers are clotted cream in bud. Bred by Anita Allen in Devon.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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Leucanthemum x superbum 'Sonnenschein' ('Sunshine') is a large flowered Shasta Daisy with uniquely coloured blooms that open a cheerful pale sunshine yellow and fade buttermilk. Flowers are single and a good 10cm across. Plant in any reasonable garden soil preferably in sun. 1.5m. cuts well. Looks lovely amongst blue flowersDiscount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm' is one of the last flowers of Summer with rich glowing yellow daisies each enhanced by its black central cone. There is a warmth to the tone of this plant that assorts so well with all the other colours of late Summer Autumn. Reliable cheerful colour for the late season. 1m. Any soil in full sun. Leave the spent flower stems on for a winter decoration and to provide food for the birds - Goldfinches love the seeds.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Rudbeckia laciniata 'Herbstsonne'. A brilliant splash of sunshine for late summer into early Autumn. 7.5cm shining yellow, cone centred daisies top 5ft high stems in dense clusters. The petals are well rouned and lax in their demeanour. The habit of the plant is to flop somewhat and to me the flowers always have a quality of the sort of over-large floppy brimmed hats that ladies sometimes wear to Ascot. Plant in rich soil in sun for best effect..Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Rudbeckia triloba 'Prairie Glow'. A real beauty for the Summer and Autumn garden. A mass of small, black-eyed daisies are well spaced out all over a bush 3-4ft tall like a warm glowing sunset. The new flowers are reddish with yellow tips but as they mature the red bleeds until no two flowers are alike. A plant that manages impact without being over dense. July-September. This Rudbeckia can be so floriferous that it frequently flowers itself into an early grave. Hence it can be best to treat it as potentially annual.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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