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Can you suggest a plant?
Hi All
Does anyone have a suggestion for a plant with the following characteristics?
Bright, mid-size to large size blooms which flower in the summer for at least three months. Height to 1.5/2 metres, spread to max 1 metre. I live by the sea in Weymouth so frost is not a big concern. My soil is clay and reasonably neutral.
Any suggestions very much appreciated.
Thanks
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Rudbeckias, Dahlias.
Margarita, they flower and flower, cut them well back at the end of the season.
Heleniums are good too. Sorry Iona, I have no idea what the plant Margarita is. I drink mine with a twist of lime and lots of crushed ice!
I blame the spellchecker for changing words.
Or one too many Margaritas
I didn't know what Margaritas were either so I looked them up and found that they are indeed argyranthemums. I was given a free tray of yellow ones by my plug plant nursery and they have all died. They seemed to dry out very quickly and they didn't like being in the sun. I looked them up and read that they like the sun but not very hot sun. The sun in Dordogne is very hot. They are also a lot shorter than 1 1/2 to 2 metres.
I love heleniums and veronicastrums and I have both, but they don't flower as long as 3 months here.
Definetly Dahlias.You'll be spoilt for choice from the National Dahlia Collection.
Look at hydrangea paniculata cultivars (there are several). A good three months in bud and flower, 'Limelight' greenish white to start then fading to pink, 'Early Sensation' more upright, 'Silver Dollar' white. H-C
Google, my computer came up with pictures of some really lovely plants.