Used widely in Oriental cooking.  The edible stems are best fresh to add a citrus flavour to thai curries or even used to make tea!  Not frost hardy.  Height to around 20cm ..

Cardoon. Huge silvery-grey deeply cut leaves with thistle like, purple flower heads on tall edible stems. Height and spread to 2.5m x 1.5m. Any well drained soil in sun. A handsome giant for the ba..

Exquisite white blooms with petals beautifully outlined in pink. Height and spread to around 90cm x 50cm. Flowers from late July until late Autumn. Fertile, well drained soil in sun. Lift tubers for w..

Dark sumptuous leaves typical of the Bishop series and deep red flowers with black and yellow centres from midsummer right through to the first frosts. Dead head to encourage repeat blooms and mulc..

Dark sumptuous leaves typical of the Bishop series and plum magenta flowers with red and yellow centres from midsummer until the first frosts. Keep dead headed to encourage repeat blooms and mulch ..

Pure scarlet, semi double flowers over mahogany red foliage. Height to around 1m. Keep dead headed to encourage repeat blooms and mulch deeply in autumn to overwinter tubers.   ..

Lush dark, bronze, purple foliage. From midsummer until the frosts pretty orange single flowers with dark brown eyes top 3ft stems and look fabulous against the dark purple foliage. Excellent for c..

Recently introduced Bluetiful has large fully double lilac-blue flowers with slightly ruffled petals, held on strong stems. Perfect for cut flowers. Clumps of lush green, toothed ovate foliage and ..

Whorls of white blooms blushed violet with petals edged in violet. Height and spread to around 60cm x 30cm. Flowers from late July until late Autumn. Fertile, well drained soil in sun. Lift tubers for..