Small heads of creamy green flowers, held over heart shaped leaves, in early summer.

Good for shady areas, and pots.

30cm(12in) Full or part shade

Pale pink flower spikes becoming a deep pinky red. Flowering from midsummer to autumn. Slender flowers held high above the foliage.

Evergreen foliage turning a rich brown in autumn.

25cm(10in). Sun or part shade.

Numerous soft pink flower spikes in early summer, then intermittently until autumn.

Spreads indefinitely.

80cm(32in).

Sun or part shade.

Loose clusters of soft pink flowers from midsummer to Autumn.

Attractive mid-green leaves, with white veins and white underneath.

75-90cm(2.5-3ft) Sun or part shade.

Lilac-blue flowers, lightly scented, from mid to late summer.

90cm(36in).

Sun or part shade.

Rounded heads of pink flowers all summer. Spreads indefinitely.

Good for using as ground cover.

15cm(6in).

Sun or part shade.

Curiously shaped flowers, a horticultural firework.

Dark purple flowers in summer, over dark green leaves.

25 cm(10in).

Full sun or part shade.

Rounded, spiky-looking, purple-blue flowers in summer.

40cm(16in).

Full sun.

White spiky-looking flowers, with darker tips, from mid to late summer.

70cm(28in).

Sun or part shade.

Soft pink flowers in summer, on strong stems. The buds are balloon shaped then open up into bells. More robust than P. grandiflorus.

60cm(24in).

Full sun.

Blue-purple flowers from midsummer to autumn, on strong stems. The buds are balloon shaped then open up into bells.

45cm(18in).

Full sun.

Small, lilac bell-shaped flowers hang from dark arching stems in early summer.

60cm(24in).

Full or part shade.

Pendent white flowers in early summer.

The dwarf habit of this plant makes it ideal for shaded rockeries or for under planting trees.

15cm (6in)

Best in part or full shade.

Pendant greenish white flowers from late spring to midsummer, followed by red berries.

45cm(18in)
Best in part or full shade.

Soft yellow, saucer-shaped flowers held in numerous clusters from early to late summer.

60cm(2ft)

Full sun.

Pale blue star-shaped flowers all summer. Spreads indefinitely.

Good for growing around paving or on a rockery.

1.5cm(0.5in).

Sun or shade.

Fragrant, soft yellow flowers in summer, over basal rosettes of mid-green leaves.

50cm(20in).

Best in part shade, or full sun with moist soil.

A candelabra primula. Magenta pink flowers, with a yellow eye, in summer, over basal rosettes of mid green leaves.

60cm(24in).

Best in part shade.

Primrose yellow, tubular flowers from late spring to early summer.

30cm(12in)

Best in part shade, or sun if it isn't too dry.

Candelabra primula. Whorls of deep red flowers, with darker eyes, from late spring to early summer.

60cm(24in)

Best in part shade, or sun if it isn't too dry.

60cm(24in)

Tubular white flowers produced all summer.

Great for bees.

15cm(6in) x 1m(3'4").

Sun or part shade.

Pasque flower.

Purple bell-shaped flowers in spring, followed by long-lasting silky seed heads.

10-20cm(4-8in). Best in full sun.