June Monthly Calendar

This section will assist you in choosing flower colour for your garden, month by month, throughout the year. It will allow you to create a colour for a planted feature that will continue its themed display throughout each of the four seasons. Try creating a White garden, a Blue garden or even a Pink garden. Mix White and Yellow plants for a cottage garden look or Orange and Blue for a contemporary and contrasting display.

White/Cream

Tress

CRATAEGUS PERSIMILIS ‘PRUNIFOLIA’.

Large clusters of white flowers.

ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA. Clusters of white, slightly scented flowers.
Shrubs

CARPENTERIA CALIFORNICA E.
Large white flowers with golden anthers.

CISTUS ‘ALAN FRADD’ E.
White flowers with chocolate basal blotch all summer.

CORBARIENSIS E.
Rosy pink buds, white flowers with yellow flush.

‘DANSEREAUI E.
White flowers 6cm across with crimson blotch.

LAURIFOLIUS E.
Single white flowers 5cm wide, yellow stamens.

CONVOLVULUS CNEORUM E.
Funnel-shaped white flowers, pink flush.

CORDYLINE AUSTRALIS E.
Small, fragrant, creamy white flowers in panicles.

CORNUS
- varieties grown for coloured stems and for autumn foliage.
All bear terminal clusters of small white flowers.

CANADENSIS.
Four large white bracts top each shoot.

KOUSA VAR. CHINENSIS.
Lanceolate petal-like white bracts.

COTONEASTER IN VARIETY.
All bear small white flowers, pink in bud.

DEUTZIA X ELEGANTISSIMA.
Scented, rose tinted white flowers.

X ROSEA ‘CAMPANULATA’.
Bell-shaped white flowers with purple calyces.

SCABRA ‘PRIDE OF ROCHESTER’.
Double white flowers tinted pink.

ELAEAGNUS PARVIFLORA S.
Small, white, sweetly scented flowers.

ERICA CINEREA ‘ALBA MINOR’ E.
White flowers July/Oct.

EXOCHORDA MACRANTHA ‘THE BRIDE’.
Pure white, single flowers on erect racemes.

GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS E.
White urn-shaped flowers.

HALIMIUM WINTONENSIS ‘MERRIST WOOD CREAM’ E.
Cream, chocolate eye.

HEBE ALBICANS E.
White flowers. Glabrous, oblong leaves in vertical rows.

BUXIFOLIA E.
White flowers in closely packed clusters.

‘DAZZLER’.
Compact growing with white flowers. June/Sept.

PINGUIFOLIA ‘PAGEI’ E.
Pearl-white spikes on glaucous mats.

‘PINK ELEPHANT’.
Spikes of white flowers.

RAKAIENSIS E (SUBALPINA).
Short spikes of white flowers.

LAVANDULA STOECHAS ‘SNOWMAN’.
Pure white fragrant flowers on short spikes.

LEUCOTHOE FONTANESIANA ‘RAINBOW’ E.
Small flowers in bunches.

LIGUSTRUM VULGARE S.
“Common Privet”. White flowers.

NANDINA DOMESTICA ‘FIREPOWER’ E.
White flowers in heads up to 40cm tall.

OLEARIA X SCILLONIENSIS E.
Masses of “Daisy”-like white flowers.

PHILADELPHUS. “MOCK ORANGE”.
Famed for their scent, free flowering.

‘BEAUCLERK’.
Very sweetly scented white flowers flushed cerise pink.

‘BELLE ETOILE’.
Exquisitely scented large, single white flowers flushed pink.

CORONARIUS ‘AUREUS’.
Creamy-white, semi-double flowers.

LEMOINEI ‘ERECTUS’.
Very strongly scented single white flowers.

‘MANTEAU D’HERMINE’.
Double, creamy-white vanilla scented flowers. Dwarf.

‘VIRGINAL’.
Double or semi-double, strongly scented white flowers.

PHYSOCARPUS OPULIFOLIUS VARIETIES.
Rounded clusters, white/pink.

POTENTILLA.
Flowering until September, masses of small single flowers.

FRUITICOSA ‘ABBOTSWOOD’.
White flowers appear above greyish-green foliage.

PRUNUS LUSITANICA E.
“Portugal Laurel”. Scented white flowers in tassels.

PYRACANTHA E.
“Hawthorn”-like white flowers, tinged pink at times.

RHODODENDRON E.
Hardy Hybrids. Usually flower until mid-June.

AZALEA.
Deciduous and Evergreen varieties. For details see list for May.

ROSES.
Shrub, bush and climbing roses give colourful displays.

SAMBUCUS NIGRA.
“Elderberry”. Large corymbs of sweetly scented flowers.

‘AUREA’.
Flowers as above.

SPIRAEA NIPPONICA ‘SNOWMOUND’.
Small white flowers with green centres.

X VANHOUTTEI.
Pure white flower heads on arching branches.

STEPHANANDRA INCISA ‘CRISPA’.
Tiny creamy white flowers in panicles.

SYRINGA (LILAC).
Flowering extends from May; for details see list for May.

VIBURNUM DAVIDII E.
Clusters of small white flowers. A low mound.

OPULUS ‘ROSEUM’.
“Snowball Tree”. Flowers greenish yellow then white. Early June.

RHYTIDOPHYLLUM E.
Terminal heads of buff-white flowers.

SARGENTII ‘ONONDAGA’.
Creamy white “lace-cap” flowers. May/June.

Climbers

Large Flowered Varieties

CLEMATIS

‘ARTIC QUEEN’.
Double white flowers with yellow anthers. May/June.

‘GILLIAN BLADES’.
Pure white wavy edged flowers. Also flowers August/Sept.

‘MARIE BOISSELOT’.
All white with yellow stamens.
Small Flowered Variety

MONTANA ‘GRANDIFLORA’.
Scented white flowers in abundance.

HYDRANGEA PETIOLARIS.
Flat heads of white flowers.

LONICERA JAPONICA ‘HALLIANA’.
White changing to pale biscuit colour.

VAR. REPENS.
Red buds open to reveal white.

PYRACANTHA VARIETIES.
Masses of “Hawthorn”-like white flowers.

SOLANUM JASMINOIDES ‘ALBUM’ E.
Clusters of white flowers, yellow splash.

WISTERIA VENUSTA.
Broad white trusses.

Perennials

ACANTHUS MOLLIS.
Racemes of white purple-shaded flowers. June-August.

ACHILLEA PTARMICA ‘THE PEARL’.
80cm. Pure white double flowers.

ANAPHALIS TRIPLINERVIS.
20cm. White starry “everlasting” flowers.

ARUNCUS DIOICUS.
“Goat’s Beard”. 1.2 m. Creamy-white arching plumes.

ASTILBE X ARENDSII ‘BUMALDA’.
White plumes with a soft-pink glow. Late June-August.

SIMPLICIFOLIA ‘PRAECOX ALBA’.
White spikes. Late June-July.

ASTRANTIA MAJOR.
60cm. Shaggy, green-tinged white flowers.

CRAMBE CORDIFOLIA.
1.8m. Clouds of white ‘stars’. Enormous leaves.

DELPHINIUM ‘GALAHAD’.
120-150cm. Pure white flowers.

DIANTHUS ‘HAYTOR WHITE’.
Double pure white flowers.

‘WHITE JOY’ E.
30cm. Pale pink fading to white.

DICENTRA SPECTABILIS ‘ALBA’.
60cm. Ivory-white, locket-like flowers.

GAURA LINDHEIMERI ‘VARIEGATA’.
White margined leaves bearing delicate white flowers.

GERANIUM X CANTABRIGIENSE ‘BIOKOVO’.
Pink-tinged white flowers. June-July.

GYPSOPHILA ‘BRISTOL FAIRY’.
1-1.2m. Masses of tiny, double pure white flowers.

HEUCHERA ‘CHOCOLATE RUFFLES’.
Spikes of small white flowers. June-July.

‘GREENFINCH’ E.
75cm. Greenish white flowers on long stems.

‘PEWTER VEIL’.
Sprays of small cream flowers. June-July.

HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA ‘CHAMELEON’.
15cm. Single white flowers. June/Sept.

‘PIED PIPER'.
Leaves variegated yellow, green, bronze and red - Single white flowers.

IBERIS ‘SNOWFLAKE’ E.
“Candytuft”. 25cm. White flowers April/June.

INCARVILLEA DELAVAYI ‘SNOWTOP’.
Pure white trumpet-shaped flowers. June.

IRIS GERANICA E.
“Bearded Iris”. 75-100cm. Foliage provides good contrast.

‘BLUE SHIMMER’.
Sparkling white with clear blue stippling.

‘FROST AND FLAME’.
Snow white with vivid red tangerine beard.

‘SNOW TRACERY’.
Purple and white ruffled flowers.

SIBERICA ‘SNOW QUEEN’.
Pure white.

‘WHITE SWIRL’.
Rounded flared white petals, yellow at base.

LAVATERA X CLEMENTII ‘BARNSLEY’.
1.8m. White “Mallow”, darker centre.

LEUCANTHEMUM X SUPERBUM ‘SUNSHINE’.
Large creamy white flowers. June-July.

PAEONIA. “PAEONY”.
75cm. Vice-less plants flowering June/July.

PAPAVER ORIENTALE ‘PICOTEE’.
Ruffled pure white flowers. June-July.

‘PERRY’S WHITE’.
75cm. White “Poppies”, tinged blush pink.

POLYGONATUM X HYBRIDUM. “SOLOMAN’S SEAL’.
80 cm. Green/white bells.

RODGERSIA AESCULIFOLIA.
Large white panicles. June-July.

SALVIA X SYLVESTRIS ‘SNOWMOUND’.
Dense white spike-like racemes. June-July.

ZANTEDESCHIA AETHIOPICA ‘WHITE PIXIE’.
Dwarf variety. White flowers and glossy green foliage.
Yellow/Orange

Trees

LABURNUM VOSSII.
Very long racemes of yellow flowers.

LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA.
Greenish yellow, orange centres. Also into July.

‘AUREOMARGINATUM’.
Flowers as above.
Shrubs

BERBERIS
deciduous varieties. All have short panicles of yellow flowers some tinted or suffused in

BRACHYGLOTTIS
see under Senecio.

BUDDLEJA GLOBOSA S.
Sweetly scented orange flower “balls”.

COLUTEA ARBORESCENS.
Bright yellow, pea-shaped flowers all summer.

COROKIA COTONEASTER E.
Diminutive, star-like yellow flowers.

CORONILLA VALENTINA GLAUCA E. Rich yellow, pea-shaped, scented flowers.

CYTISUS BATTANDIERI.
Golden yellow, pineapple-scented upright flower spikes.

‘GOLDEN SUNLIGHT’.
Rich yellow flowers. Strong grower.

GENISTA HISPANICA.
Golden yellow cushions in May/June.

LYDIA.
Small bright yellow flowers on grey-green shoots.

HELICHRYSUM THIANSCHANICUM.
Lemon yellow flowers; lavender-like foliage.

PHLOMIS FRUTICOSA E.
Quaint, bright yellow stalkless flowers in clusters.

PIPTANTHUS NEPALENSIS E.
Bright yellow flowers in erect racemes.

POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA. Flowering until September, they have masses of single flowers.

‘HOPLEY’S ORANGE’.
Single orange flowers.

‘JACKMAN’S VARIETY’.
Large yellow flowers.

‘PRIMROSE BEAUTY’.
Primrose yellow flowers. Greyish green foliage.

RHODODENDRON. AZALEAS
- Deciduous and Evergreen Varieties.

ROSES.
Shrub, bush and climbing roses give colourful displays.

RUTA GRAVEOLENS ‘JACKMAN’S BLUE’.
Mustard yellow flowers in summer.

SANTOLINA CHAMAECYPARISSUS NANA E.
Yellow flowers, silvery leaves.

PINNATA NEOPOLITANA E.
As above but the foliage is more feathery.

VIRENS E.
Lemon yellow flowers on long stems. Bright green leaves.

SENECIO ‘SUNSHINE’ (LAXIFOLIUS).
Bright yellow, daisy flowers.

SPARTIUM JUNCEUM.
Bright golden yellow, honey scented flowers all summer.

SYRINGA (LILAC) ‘PRIMROSE’.
Small pips make primrose coloured heads.

Climbers

ECCREMOCARPUS SCABER.
Orange-red tubular flowers.

FREMONTODENDRON.
Golden yellow flowers.

LONICERA X BROWNII ‘DROPMORE SCARLET’.
Bright scarlet.

Perennials

ACHILLEA ‘CORONATION GOLD’.
80cm. Bright golden flowers. Silvery foliage.

MILLIEFOLIUM ‘PAPRIKA’.
Bronze red flower heads. June-Sept.

‘MOONSHINE’.
60cm. Bright yellow. Silver, fern-like foliage.

ALCHEMILLA MOLLIS .
45cm. Greeny yellow “star” flowers. Downy, rounded foliage.

ANTHEMIS TINCTORIA . E. C. BUXTON’.
75cm. Lemon “Marguerite” flowers.

COREOPSIS VERTICILLATA VARIETIES.
60cm. Golden yellow, starry flowers. Neat habit.

EUPHORBIA GRIFFITHII ‘FIRE GLOW’.
60cm. Brilliant orange flame heads.

MYRSINITES E.
15cm.
Lime yellow flower heads. Glaucous foliage.

GAILLARDIA ‘DAZZLER’.
60cm. Orange red flowers, yellow rings.

‘KOBOLD’ (GOBLIN).
Red-yellow tipped ray florets. June-September.

GEUM ‘BORISII’.
30cm. Intense orange single flowers for weeks.

‘LADY STRATHEDEN’.
50 cm. Semi-double golden yellow. Wiry stems.

HEMEROCALLIS ‘CHICAGO SUNRISE’.
90cm. Large trumpet-like yellow/orange flowers.

STELLA D’ORO’.
60cm. Golden yellow “bells”, orange throat.

IRIS GERMANICA E. “BEARDED IRIS”.
75-100cm. Foliage provides contrast.

‘GRANADA GOLD’.
Deep orange yellow lightly ruffled flowers.

PSEUDACORUS ‘VARIEGATA’.
Rich yellow flowers. June-July.

‘SIVA SIVA’.
Orange standards with white and bronze falls.

‘STATEN ISLAND’.
Bright gold standard, rich glowing red falls edged gold.

LYSIMACHIA PUNCTATA ‘ALEXANDER’.
Yellow flowers. June-September.

OENOTHERA ‘APRICOT DELIGHT’.
100cm. Large flowers opening yellow and fading to apricot.

MISSOURIENSIS.
20cm. Huge lemon yellow flowers June/Sept.

PRIMULA BULLEYANA.
60cm. Orange flowers on bold spikes. June/August.

FLORINDAE.
75cm. Bright sulphur yellow flowers. June/August.

SISYRINCHIUM STRIATUM ‘AUNT MAY’ E.
Striped foliage. Yellow flowers.

TROLLIUS. “GLOBE FLOWER”.
Large globular buttercup-like flowers.

CHINENSIS ‘GOLDEN QUEEN’.
60cm. Bright orange with prominent stamens.

X CULTORUM ‘CHEDDAR’.
60m. Double lemon yellow.

VERBASCUM. “MULLEIN”.
1.2m. tall flower spikes. Thick woolly leaves.

‘BANANA AND CUSTARD’. Rich yellow flowers.

‘GAINSBOROUGH’. Soft yellow flowers.

‘HELEN JOHNSON’.
Deep rust coloured spires. June-September.

‘HYDE HALL SUNRISE’.
Lemon flowers with darker yellow eye.

OLYMPICUM S.
1.2m. Branching stems carry bright golden flowers.

WALDSTEINIA TERNATA E.
Clear yellow flowers on 8cm spikes. Glossy trailing mats.

Red/Pink

Shrubs

CISTUS ‘GRAYSWOOD PINK’ E
Clear pink flowers. Soft grey green foliage.

X PULVERULENTUS ‘SUNSET’ E.
Vivid cerise flowers until October.

X PURPUREUS E.
Flowers up to 8cm across, reddish pink shades.

‘SILVER PINK’ E.
Clear silvery pink flowers 7cm across.

X SKANBGERGII E.
Small soft pink flowers.

CRINODENDRON HOOKERIANUM E.
Rich crimson pendent flower “lanterns”.

CYTISUS X BURKWOODII.
Maroon flowers, wings crimson.

DABOECIA CANTABRICA ‘CUPIDO’.
Dark green foliage with pale magenta flowers.

DAPHNE X BURKWOODII ‘SOMERSET’ S.
Soft mauve-pink flowers on short leafy shoots.

DEUTZIA X ROSEA.
Clear rose pink flowers. Compact and graceful.

ERICA CINEREA ‘COCCINEA’ E.
20cm. Neat compact variety with early ruby bells.

ESCALLONIA S.
Flower first on the previous year’s wood then mainly on the new wood throughout summer.

‘DONARD RADIANCE’ S.
Large, rich pink chalice-shaped flowers.

‘DONARD STAR’ S.
Perfectly formed rose-pink flowers.

‘EDINENSIS’ S.
Bright rose pink flowers.

‘GOLD BRAIN’ E.
Rosy red flowers. Gold tinted foliage.

‘RED ELF’ E.
Intense crimson red flowers.

RUBRA ‘CRIMSON SPIRE’ S.
Bright crimson flowers.

‘SLIEVE DONARD’ E.
Large panicles of apple blossom pink flowers.

GAULTHERIA SHALLON E.
Flowers pinkish-white in clusters.

HYDRANGEA ‘PREZIOSA’ (MOPHEAD).
Salmon pink to red.

KALMIA LATIFOLIA E.
Neat pentagonal, generally rose coloured flowers.

KOLKWITZIA AMABILIS ‘PINK CLOUD’.
“Foxglove”-like flowers pink, yellow.

LAVANDULA ‘LITTLE LOTTIE’ (CLARMO).
Pink flowers on short spikes.

‘LODDON PINK’ E. 60-75cm. Pale pink flowers. Narrow grey-green leaves.

LEPTOSPERMUM SCORPARIUM ‘KIWI’ E.
Single, dark red flowers. Low.

‘RED DAMASK’.
Fully double flowers. Dense habit.

POTENTILLA ‘RED ACE’.
Bright vermilion flame, undersurface pale yellow.

‘RED ROBIN’.
Brick red.Does best in hot sun.

RHODODENDRON E.
Flower profusely until mid-June. See May list.

AZALEA
- Deciduous and evergreen varieties. These continue to flower profusely until mid-June. See list for May.

ROSES.
Shrub, bush and climbing roses give colourful displays.

RUBUS COCKBURNIANUS.
Small single rose purple flowers.

SAMBUCUS NIGRA ‘BLACK BEAUTY’ (GERDA).
Pink lemon-scented flowers.

SYRINGA (LILAC).
Flowering extends from May; for details see list for May.

TAMARIX TETANDRA.
Light pink racemes in late May/early June.

WEIGELA FLORIDA ‘FOLIIS PURPUREIS’.
Rose pink flowers; purple foliage.

‘VARIEGATA’.
Pale pink scented flowers; variegated foliage.
Hybrids. Profuse flowerers in late May/June.

‘NEWPORT RED’.
Bright red flowers. Fairly upright habit.

‘WINE AND ROSES’
(Alexandra). Dark burgundy-purple leaves, vibrant reddish-pink flowers.

Climbers

Large flowered Varieties

CLEMATIS

‘BEE’S JUBILEE’.
Single, blush pink banded carmine flowers, brown anthers.

‘COMTESSE DE BOUCHAUD’.
Cyclamen pink, large flowers.

‘DR. RUPPLE’.
Deep rose, pinker darker bar.

‘HAGLEY HYBRID’.
Shell pink large and numerous flowers.

‘NELLY MOSER’.
Blush white with carmine bar.

‘NIOBE’.
Dark ruby red with golden stamens.

‘PINK CHAMPAGNE’.
Pink flowers with silver bar; deep pink later.
Small Flowered Varieties

ALPINA ‘PINK FLAMINGO’.
Reddish-pink, white veined, double nodding flowers.

MONTANA IN VARIETY.
All are vigorous, small and many flowered, mainly pink.
Perennials

AQUILEGIA ‘CRIMSON STAR’.
50cm. Crimson and white flowers.

VULGARIS ‘NORA BARLOW’.
70cm. Double flowers suffused red, pink and green.

ASTILBE.
Feathery, plume-like spikes; June/August. Like moist loam.

‘BRESSINGHAM BEAUTY’.
75cm. Rich pink. Free flowering.
‘FANAL’. 45cm. Very dark crimson flowers.

‘RED SENTINEL’.
60cm. Full, intense red plumes.
Simplicifolia Hybrids

‘APHRODITE’.
30cm. Deep pink flower spikes. June/July. Dark green leaves.

‘BRONZE ELEGANS’.
30cm. Clear pink with creamy salmon tint. Late.

‘SPRITE’.
25cm. Shell pink, long lasting flowers over dark glistening leaves.

ASTRANTIA MAJOR ‘RUBY WEDDING’.
Ruby-red flowers. June-August.

CAMPANULA LACTIFLORA ‘LODDON ANNA’.
1.2-1.5m. Large lilac pink bells.

CENTAUREA DEALBATA ‘JOHN COUTTS’.
60cm. Clear pink “Sweet Sultan”.

CENTRANTHUS RUBER ‘COCCINEUS’.
Bright crimson scarlet “Valerian”.

COREOPSIS ROSEA ‘AMERICAN DREAM’.
Dark pink flowers.

DIANTHUS ‘DORIS’ E.
30cm. Shrimp pink, red eye. Long flowering “Pinks”.

DICENTRA SPECTABILIS.
60cm. Locket-like flowers, rosy, pink/white.

DIERAMA PENDULUM (ENSIFOLIUM).
Clustered spikes of pendulous, bell-shaped, purple-pink flowers.

ERIGERON ‘PINK JEWEL’.
60cm. Pink flowers June/August.

GAURA LINDHEIMERI ‘SISKIYOU PINK’.
Dark pink flowers. June-September.

GERANIUM ENDRESSII ‘WARGRAVE PINK’.
45cm. Salmon-pink flowers.

MACRORRHIZUM ‘INGWERSEN’S VAR.’.
45cm. Soft pink. Good ground cover.

PSILOSTEMON (ARMENUM).
80cm. Satiny, magenta red flowers.

X RIVERSLEAIANUM ‘RUSSELL PRICHARD’.
Magenta pink. Greyish green leaves.

SANGUINEUM ‘MAX FREI’.
Deep magenta flowers. June-August.
- VAR. STRIATUM E. 10cm stems with pink flowers.

GEUM ‘BORISII’.
30cm. Intense orange flowers on wiry stems.

‘MRS. BRADSHAW’.
50cm. Flaming brick red double flowers.

GYPSOPHILA ‘ROSY VEIL’.
30cm. Small, dainty double rosy pink flowers.

HEMEROCALLIS. “DAY LILY”.
Some flowers may appear before the main flush in late July/August.

HEUCHERA ‘MONET’.
Dark red flowers. June-July.

‘PLUM PUDDING’.
Tiny coral bells on tall stems. June-July.

INCARVILLEA DELAVAYII.
45cm. Bright rose “Gloxinia”-like flowers.

IRIS GERMANICA E.
“Bearded Iris”. 75-100cm. Foliage provides good contrast.

‘BENTON EVORA’.
Intense orchid purple standards and falls.

‘KAEMPFERI’(ENSATA).
Red or purple-red flowers. June.

‘PARTY DRESS’.
Flamingo pink flowers.

‘RIGHT ROYAL’.
A very fine rose-bed with brown-red beard.

LAMIUM MACULATUM ‘BEACON SILVER’ E.
10cm. Short pink spikes. Easy ground cover.

LAVATERA X CLEMENTII ‘BARNSLEY’.
1.8m. Pale pink/white “Mallow” flowers.

‘BREDON SPRINGS’.
1.8m. Dusky pink flowers flushed mauve.

‘BURGUNDY WINE’. 1.4m. Light purple flowers. Compact habit.

‘ROSEA’ (OLBIA).
1.8m. Rose coloured trumpets.

LYNCHNIS X ARKWRIGHTII ‘VESUVIUS’.
30cm. Intense scarlet vermilion.

OENOTHERA SPECIOSA ‘SISKIYOU’.
Pale pink flowers. June-September.

PAEONIA “PAEONY”.
75cm. Vice-less plants flowering June/July.
Double-flowered varieties - Pink Shades

‘BOWL OF BEAUTY’.
Huge deep pink, creamy centred, semi-double flowers.

‘EDULIS SUPERBA’.
Bright rose pink. Large flowers.
Double flowered varieties - Red Shades

‘FELIX CROUSSE’.
Brilliant crimson. Very full.

‘KARL ROSENFIELD’.
Dark crimson.

PAPAVER. “ORIENTAL POPPY”.

‘MARCUS PERRY’. 75cm. Brilliant orange-scarlet with black blotch.

‘MAY SADLER’.
75cm. Salmon and shrimp pink.

ORIENTALE ‘TURKENLOUIS’.
Fiery red flowers. June.

PERSICARIA
see under POLYGONUM.

PHLOX DOUGLASII ‘CRACKERJACK’ E.
10cm. Flowers bright crimson or magenta.

POLYGONUM BISTORTA ‘SUPERBUM’.
45cm. Light pink ‘pokers’. June/Sept.

POTENTILLA ‘GIBSON’S SCARLET’.
30cm. Single brilliant scarlet flowers June/September.

‘WILLIAM ROLLISON’.
60cm. Semi-double, rich orange yellow reverse.

PRIMULA PULVERULENTA.
45cm. Bright red candelabras.

PYRETHRUM.
Invaluable for early flower. See under Tanacetum.

SAPONARIA OCYMOIDES.
15cm. Trailing plants with deep pink flowers.

SAXIFRAGA UMBROSA E.
20cm. Dense mats of green rosettes. Pink spires.

STACHYS BYZANTINA ‘BIG EARS’.
Spikes of wooly pale pink flowers. June-July.

(LANATA) E. “LAMB’S EARS”.
Magenta flowers. June/August. Grey foliage.

TANACETUM ‘ROBINSONS MIXED’.
Pink andred flowers on tall spikes. June.

‘ROBINSONS ROSE’.
Rose-pink flowers. June.

TELLIMA GRANDIFLORA PURPUREA.
Pink and green flowers. June.

TIARELLA ‘TIGER STRIPE’.
Profuse pink blooms. June.

VERBASCUM ‘PINK DOMINO’.
1m. Deep rose pink “Mullein”.

‘PINK PETTICOATS’.
Ruffled shell pink flowers.

Blue/Mauve

Shrubs

BUDDLEJA ALTERNIFOLIA.
Soft purple flowers in crowded clusters.

CEANOTHUS ‘BLUE MOUND’ E.
Bright blue flowers inrounded clusters on dense mounds.

HEBE ‘CARL TESCHNER’ E.
Flowers violet with white throats. Very low.

X FRANCISCANA ‘VARIEGATA’ E.
Violet flowers against cream/green leaves.

‘MARGRET’.
Sky blue flowers.

LAVANDULA E.
For fragrance, long flowering and foliage.

ANGUSTIFOLIA ‘HIDCOTE’ E.
Deepest purple blue. Compact habit 30cm.

‘MUNSTEAD DWARF’ E.
Dark lavender blue. 60cm.

‘TWICKEL PURPLE’ E.
Purple flowers in long spikes. Broad foliage. 60cm.

RHODODENDRON E.
Hardy Hybrids and Evergreen Azaleas. See May list.

ROSES.
Shrubs, bush and climbing roses give colourful displays.

SALVIA OFFICINALIS ‘PURPURASCENS’ E.
Purple-blue flowers. Purple foliage.

SYRINGA (LILAC).
Flowering extends from May; for details see list for May.

TEUCRIUM FRUTICANS ‘COMPACTUM’ E.
Pale blue flowers all summer.

VINCA MAJOR E. “PERIWINKLE”.
Bright-blue flowers until June. Glossy leaves.

‘VARIEGATA’ E.
Similar flowers. Leaves blotched creamy white.

Climbers

Large Flowered Varieties.

CLEMATIS

‘BARBARA JACKMAN’.
Soft petunia blue with plum coloured bar.

‘ELSA SPATH’.
Violet blue with purple shadings.

‘FIREWORKS’.
Large blue flowers with deep petunia-red bar.

JACKMANII.
Violet purple.

‘LASURSTERN’.
Lavender blue.

‘MRS. CHOLMONDELEY’.
Lavender sepals tinged purple.

‘PERLE D’AZUR’.
Light metallic blue, creamy stamens.

‘THE PRESIDENT’.
Purple suffused claret.

‘VYVYAN PENNELL’.
Violet blue shaded with crimson; double flowers.
Small Flowered Varieties

ALPINA ‘HELSINGINBORG’.
Deep purple blue; flowers freely.

X DURANDII.
Rich blue four sepalled flowers with yellow stamens.

MACROPETALA.
Deep lavender blue, small nodding flowers.

LONICERA PERICLYMENUM ‘BELGICA’
. Pale rose-purple and yellow.

PASSIFLORA CAERULEA.
White petals with purplish blue growths.

WISTERIA SINENSIS.
Mauve or deep lilac.

Perennials

AJUGA IN VARIETY.
All have short spikes of blue flowers May/June.

ANCHUSA AZUREA ‘LODDON ROYALIST’.
Intense blue spikes.

ASTILBE CHINENSIS ‘VISIONS’.
Short stiff plumes of lilac-purple flowers. June-August.

BRUNNERA MACROPHYLLA.
45cm. Perennial “Forget-me-Not”.

CAMPANULA LACTIFLORA.
90cm. Light blue bells in mid June/mid Aug.

PERSICIFOLIA ‘TELHAM BEAUTY’ E.
90cm. Large, single china-blue flowers.
Dwarf forms

POSCHARSKYANA ‘STELLA’.
10cm. Starry bright blue flowers in mounds.

ELPHINIUM ‘BLUE JAY’.
120cm. Mid-blue with white eye.

‘KING ARTHUR’.
Royal purple with white eye.

ERIGERON ‘DARKEST OF ALL’.
60cm. Dark violet blue “Daisy” flowers.

ERYNGIUM ‘JOS EIJKING’.
Brilliant blue flower heads. June-August.

GERANIUM HIMALLAYENSE ‘PLENUM’.
Double purplish-blue flowers. June-August.

‘JOHNSON’S BLUE’.
60cm. Bright blue. Good foliage.

RENARDII.
20cm. Pastel lavender veined violet purple flowers.

IRIS GERMANICA E.
“Bearded Iris”. 75-100cm. Foliage provides good contrast. Staking is rarely needed.

‘BRAITHWAITE’.
Pale blue standards and purple falls.

‘JANE PHILLIPS’.
Large ruffled flax blue flowers of fine form and poise.

‘PRINCE INDIGO’.
Indigo blue standards and falls. Very large flowers.

PALLIDA ‘VARIEGATA’ E.
60cm. Blue flowers; grey green and yellow foliage.

SIBIRICA ‘PERRY’S BLUE’.
90cm. Sky blue flowers. Like moisture.

LITHOSPERMUM DIFFUSUM ‘HEAVENLY BLUE’ E.
Wide mats sheeted with caerulean blue.

NEPETA X FAASSENII. “CATMINT” E.
30 cm. Lavender blue all summer.

OMPHALOIDES CAPPADOCICA ‘STARRY EYES’.
Azure blue flowers.

POLEMONIUM CAERULEUM ‘BRISE D’ANJOU’.
Violet-blue flowers. June-July.

SALVIA ‘EAST FRIESLAND’.
45cm. Long dense violet blue sprays June/July.

SUPERBA ‘MAY NIGHT’.
45cm. Violet blue flowers. May/August.

X SYLVESTRIS ‘BLUE MOUND’.
Pure blue flowers. June-July.

STACHYS MACRANTHA ‘HUMMELO’.
Purple flower spikes. June-July.

TRADESCANTIA.
Three-petalled flowers produced all summer.

‘LEONORA’.
45cm. Bright Oxford blue.

VERONICA GENTIANOIDES ‘PALLIDA’.
Light blue flower spikes.

TEUCRIUM ‘CRATER LAKE BLUE’
E. 35cm. Ultramarine blue flowers.