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Artemesia Ludoviciana (Silver Queen)
A perennial with aromatic, silver jagged-toothed leaves. Grown for its silvery evergreen foliage rather than the plumes of small greyish-yellow flowers that arrive in August, it grows 80-90cm high.
This plant needs full sun or it will become very straggly. Cut back to the base of the plant in the autumn. It is disease and pest free.
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Lamium Maculatum (White Nancy)
A very tough plant related to the stinging nettle but with no sting! Being so tough makes it very useful to the gardener; it will grow in inhospitable sites such as in shade under trees or in poor soil. The leaves are coarsely toothed and a light silvery grey with a thin green margin; brightening up any shady area. Pure white nettle-like flowers appear in May/ June and stand above the foliage. It grows 15cm high and can spread to 1m.
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Liatris Spicata
This is an herbaceous perennial that produces narrow grass-like leaves with spikes of fluffy purple-pink flowers held high above the foliage. The flowers are unusual in that the flower spike opens from the top of the stem downwards. It flowers in late summer, early autumn when many other perennials are over. The flowers are very long lasting and last long in water in the house.
Liatris will grow in any well drained soil in full sun, if the soil is too wet in the winter it may rot. The flower spikes grow up to 80cm in height. Cut back the flowering spikes in the autumn, if you like a tidy garden, or in the spring before new growth starts.
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