Hardy Perennials

Daylily

Perennial with small, light yellow, green-throated, lily-like flowers with ruffled petals from June-July.

A lovely cultivar with large slightly crinkled, near-white, lily-like flowers in July. Copes well with heavy clay and chalky soil.

Not often offered for sale, this deciduous early to mid-season cultivar has rich mahogany red flowers consisting of fairly narrow petals with a satiny sheen.

A popular perennial with narrow leaves and scented, clear yellow, lily-like flowers in early summer.

An early and repeat flowering modern cultivar with small wine red yellow-throated flowers, mainly June to July. Compact, so good for small gardens, or towards the front of a border.

Perennial with night scented, bright yellow Lily-like flowers from June to July.

Large salmon-pink, star-shaped flowers to 6cm (2.5in) across from autumn to winter. For moist soil in full sun.

A strong-growing cultivar with green leaves speckled and splashed with cream. Long-stalked sprays of small, red bell-shaped flowers appear in May to July. For damp, preferably neutral soil in sun/part shade. Tolerates deep shade if soil is reliably moist.

Tall bearded Iris with beautifully fragrant white flowers with a blue flush. Flowers May-June.

Pure white flowers with a yellow splash on the falls in mid-summer. Japanese Iris are superb for poorly drained soil and also for the shallow margins of a pond. The sword-shaped leaves add an architectural interest even when not in flower and also provide a perching place for emerging water born insects such as dragonflies. Height 90cm