Lemon Verbena. A deciduous perennial shrub to 3m tall with delicious lemon scented leaves and madded tiny white flowers in autumn. Suited for well drained soil in a sheltered position.

Yellow Bog Daisy. A spreading native paper daisy for cool areas and wet soils. To 30 cm tall with golden daisy flowers in summer. Damp to wet soil. Partial shade. Feed and divide in spring. Native.

Water cypella. Tidy pleated clumps of leaves to 25cm tall and bright yellow cup shaped flowers held above the leaves. Damp to wet soils in full sun is ideal. Divide and feed in warmer months.

Papery rush. Clumping leafy plant to 60cm tall for moist soils in warm climates. Tassled rosettes are held on stems above the base leaves. Partial shade. Feed and divide in spring.

Variegated Papery Rush. Tufted leafy plant to 50cm tall. Rosettes of leaves to stems above the bases. All the leaves are striped. For moist soils in warm areas with partial shade.

Pink pampas lily. A strappy leafed bulbous plant with pink trumpet like flowers from summer to autumn. Moist but well drained soils and part shade.

Woodland iris. Iris plant for shady damp woodland settings. Ruffled white, mauve and yellow flowers to 35cm tall in late summer and autumn. Damp to wet soil with sun to partial shade. Feed and divide in spring.

Woodland iris. Cream and green striped iris leaves to 25cm tall with ruffled flowers above the clump. Ideal for moist soils in warm areas with partial shade. Feed and divide in spring.

Red lobellia. Lime green foliage to 40cm tall. Flowers are deep rose pink to red. For moist to wet soils in full sun. Feed and divide pups after flowering.

Queen Victoria. Deep beetroot red foliage to 50cm tall. Flowers are deep crimson. For moist to wet soils in full sun. Feed and divide pups after flowering.

Giant blue lobellia. Dramatic spikes of blue flowers to 1m tall in summe. Likes a rich organic soil in partial shade but is quite cold tolerant. For bog to woodland settings.

Purple Lobellia. Slightly crinkly purple tinged foliage to 45cm tall. Flowers are deep purple. For moist to wet soils with full sun. Feed and divide pups after flowering.

Zebra Grass. A tall grass clump to 2m tall with white horizontal stripes in the leaves. For moist soils in warm areas. Tassels on top in autumn. Full sun to partial shade. Feed and divide in spring.

Tall foliage to 1m tall with lilac blue flowers in early summer.

Walking iris. Hardy foliage to 50cm tall with unusual flowers in summer. Moist and some shade.

Yellow walking iris. Arching foliage with stragely marked yellow flowers-shade and some moisture in hot weather.

A perennial herb of china and japan. This is a tough and cold tolerant plant for understory planting as borders or groundcover. Well drained soils and some water in summer.

Silver leaf salvia. A silver leafed plant from Peru. The flowers in late summer and early autumn are almost black. For moist but well drained soils and partial shade to full sun.

Mexican Sage. A tough plant with massed bird attracting flowers over many months. Well drained soil s and some water in summer.

River Lily. Fine blue green iris like foliage to 30cm tall. For moist soils in temperate climates. Sprays of deep pink flowers from Autumn to Spring. Damp to wet soil with full sun. Feed and divide in spring.