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Long flowering perennials?

AllyblueeyesAllyblueeyes Posts: 420
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Good morning everyone. Hope you’re all waking to a beautiful sunny, spring morning.

I’m trying to find a perennial that will happily sit under a much loved buddleia. It will be in full sun most of the day and ideally, I’d love it to be a bee magnet and flower through to the autumn. Not much to ask eh? 😉 Oh and ground cover would be great too but not essential. I was thinking about a geranium like Johnson’s Blue or Rozanne but wasn’t sure if they would be happy in full sun ...... plus the garden is full of them anyway so I was looking for something a bit different.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Many thanks! 
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  • WonkyWombleWonkyWomble Posts: 4,541
    Morning Ally, I've had totally tangerine geum flowering all the way through until winter! The orange would go really well with the purple and blue of the buddleia and Roxanne. I'm sure lots of people will suggest all sorts of things! Lots of helpful people, best of luck.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Rozanne would probably be perfectly happy. But for a change, the longest flowering perennial in my garden is geum Totally Tangerine. Some of the bigger astrantias are good value. I also have a ground cover rose which I think is 'County of Hertfordshire' which flowers all summer and well into autumn.

    What's the soil like?
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Penstemon
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    Nepeta and astrantia flower for months in my garden 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Astrantia are brilliant, you can chop them down after the first flowers and they will come again later.
    penstemons the same. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • AllyblueeyesAllyblueeyes Posts: 420

    You lot are brilliant!   I love geums, astrantia and penstemons as I really love the cottage garden look, and whilst I adore Nepeta, I have problems with next doors cats and wouldn't want to encourage them!  

    Raisingirl,  the rose you mentioned is inspired as I live in Hertfordshire - I will be searching for that one online later!  Not sure of the acidity of the soil but it's a bit clayey (if that's a word?).

    I agree that Totally Tangerine will look lovely with the blues and purples so I guess that's the road I'll go down.  

    Thank you so much everyone!

    Off to the GC!  :)


  • AllyblueeyesAllyblueeyes Posts: 420
    Raisingirl ...... I've found the Hertfordshire Rose ........ and ordered it ;) !!  Thank you
  • Valley GardenerValley Gardener Posts: 2,851
    I agree with you B3, Penstemons every time. For overwintering it's best to get the ones with thin leaves,they seem to be a lot harder than the wider paler green leaves. I've grown them from seed this year,very successfully,pinched the tips out twice,and they are coming on thick and bushy.
    The whole truth is an instrument that can only be played by an expert.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Allyblueeyes said:
    Raisingirl ...... I've found the Hertfordshire Rose ........ and ordered it ;) !!  Thank you
    It's VERY pink  :) I love it. Clay soil is good - roses don't do so well in sandy, light soils. Clayey may not be in the dictionary but I know what you mean :lol:
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Clayey IS in the dictionary at https://www.thefreedictionary.com/clayey 

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