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Monkshood |
Tall spiky flowers, long lasting but poisonous. |
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African lily |
Long lasting, large striking flowers |
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Flowering onion |
Several types, some have large globe shaped flowers, others much smaller bullet shaped flowers. |
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Windflower |
Delicate, papery flowers, available in vibrant and pale colours |
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Canterbury bells |
Quite large bell shaped flowers, several to a stem |
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Cornflower |
Usually available as the well known blue cornflower, other colours are sometimes available |
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Tall flower spikes. Also, Larkspur which is a type of delphinium. |
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Globe thistle |
Prickly blue globe shaped flowers |
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Sea holly |
Blue thistle like flowers, sometimes the blue is so intense it is hard to believe they are not dyed. |
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Long lasting trumpet shaped flowers up straight stems. |
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Popular as a pot plant hyacinth and increasingly popular as a cut flower |
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A popular garden shrub with enormous flowerheads. Cultivated hydrangea come in interesting colours. |
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Very popular but short lived flowers. |
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| Sweet pea |
Wonderful colours and scents, short lived but stunning en masse and well worth it. |
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Lavandula |
Like the lavender grown in so many gardens. Has a fantastic scent |
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Grape hyacinth |
Very small with short stems and clusters of tiny blue flowers |
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Forget-me-not |
Tiny very fragile pastel blue flowers on short stems. |
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Love-in-the-Mist |
Delicate papery flowers common in the garden. Also attractive as seed heads. |
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A member of the campanula family with star shaped flowers |
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Papery flowers which also have attractive seed heads |
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Masses of blue flowers on short stems, a bit like bluebells |
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Masses of tiny flowers create a large flat flowerhead. |
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Brodiaea |
Loose clusters of delicate blue flowers on erect leafless stems. |
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Speedwell |
Delicate flower spikes add contrast to arrangements. |
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Usually 6 - 8 blooms per flower stem, The petals often have a marbled appearance. |
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Brown |
Cream |
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Green |
Orange |
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Peach |
Pink |
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Red |
Purple |
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White |
Yellow |
