Echinacea Big Kahuna

Large, honey-mango coloured daises freely produced on sturdy plants July-Sept. Grow in open, sunny border on well drained soil that doesn't bake dry

Echinacea pallida

75cm. Lovely species form with drooping, spidery, narrow petals arranged around a prominent central 'cone' of stamens. Likes an open sunny border on a reasonably well drained but not terribly dry soil.

Echinacea purpurea Magnus

As Echinacea go, Magnus is a good doer; perennial with narrowly oval leaves and flowerheads to 10cm wide, with drooping deep pink rays and an orange-brown central cone.
Grow in an open, sunny border on any reasonable soil

Echinacea purpurea White Swan

Large, upward facing white daisies held on stiff stems around 45cm high from mid summer onwards.
Looks spectactular grown in big drifts and associates well with grasses. Grow in sun on any reasonable soil

Echinacea Sombrero Lemon

A vibrant Coneflower with an abundance of brilliant golden-yellow flowers, 7 cm across, adorned with a skirt of wide, overlapping, drooping petals surrounding a copper central cone. Well branched, its numerous flowering stems are sturdy and held upright.

Echinacea Sombrero Orange

A compact, clump-forming perennial to 60cm tall with dark green, hairy foliage. Flowers up to 7.5cm in diameter are borne from summer into autumn on well-branched, sturdy stems and comprise overlapping, slightly drooping orange ray florets surrounding an orange-brown central cone

Echinops ritro

1.4m. Upright clumps clothed in grey green thistle like leaves and topped by spherical, golf ball sized blue flowers from Jul -Sept. Likes an open, sunny border on any reasonably well drained soil. Also makes an absolute magnet for bees

Epimedium Pink Elf

Wiry stems to 25cm carry soft pink flowers with reddish brown centres April - May and again in September. Evergreen, deer resistant leaves make dense, weed smothering ground cover in light shade.

Cut foiage off in late winter  to display flowers better

Epimedium pubigerum Orange Queen

30cm. Great evergreen ground cover for a lightly shaded corner: Sprays of small bowl shaped apricot orange flowers appear in early spring before copper tinted green foliage appears. Leaves are evergreen but should be cut back in late winter so that spring flowers can be seen clearly. Grow in light shade on any reasonable soil, can cope with dry shade once establish

Epimedium Purple Pixie

Striking  purple pink flowers with contrasting white spurs are freely produced in early spring just before the spring foliage opens fully. Makes good ground cover for a shady border on humous rich soil that drains well but doesn't bake dry

Epimedium x peralchium Frohnleiten

Excellent, strong-growing evergreen ground cover with leathery leaves composed of up to five ovate leaflets, and sprays of chartreuse yellow flowers 2cm wide, held