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The bubblegum pink border plant
Grown by Jack
Hereford
Perfectly happy plants, or your money back
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The highlights
- Non-fading, bubblegum pink flowers
- Flowers all summer long
- Plant in pots or in a front border position
- Ideal for cut flowers
Description
- Sturdy, upright stems of bubblegum pink flowers surrounding a brown cone, which don't fade even in full sun
- Blooms from June all the way to September
- A compact, clump-forming perennial plant with high resistance to pests and diseases and excellent drought tolerance
- Loves sun but can tolerate some shade - plant in pots, beds or borders as part of a wildlife, meadow, prairie or cottage garden planting scheme
- Makes brilliant cut flowers
- Perfect for attracting pollinators to your garden, this plant is highly beneficial to bees, butterflies and other insects
What To Expect
Supplied as:
3L Pot
3L Pot
Height on arrival:
Eventual height:
50cm
Eventual spread:
40cm
Spreads approx 40cm
40cm
Spreads approx 40cm
Time to first crop:
Flower colour:
Pink
Bubblegum pink flowers surrounding a brown cone
Pink
Bubblegum pink flowers surrounding a brown cone
Habit:
Clump forming/upright
Upright flower stems rise from clumps of foliage
Clump forming/upright
Upright flower stems rise from clumps of foliage
Hardiness:
Fully hardy
H5 - Hardy through most of the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open or exposed sites.
Fully hardy
H5 - Hardy through most of the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open or exposed sites.
Rootstock:
Spacing:
45cm
Plant 45cm apart to allow for spreading
How To Grow
Excellent pest and disease resistance
Virtually pest and disease free
Water regularly in summer
This plant needs nothing more than rain water throughout most of the year. During hot, prolonged dry periods in summer however, you may have to give the plant a good watering several times a week. If the plant starts to look distressed and the soil around it is very dry, then give the plant some more water and check up on it the next day.
Full sun to partial shade
Does best in full sun (6-8 hours daily) but can tolerate a litttle shade
Any fertile, well-drained soil
Plant in any well-drained soil. If your soil is particularly poor or clay heavy, add some garden compost with perlite to improve drainage. If it it dry, add some compost or well rotted manure.
Feeding not required
This is a low maintenance plant which gets all the nutrients it needs from the soil.
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Hereford
Meet Jack
Perennials born in Herefordshire, blooming in your garden
Our perennials start life in the rolling Herefordshire hills, where Jack and his team trial over 250 new varieties each year to bring you the best performing and most sustainable plants in the UK. With over forty years of excellence, it’s no surprise that they’ve won the HTA Plant Grower of the Year award two years running.
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