These lovely plants, which surprisingly are completely frost-hardy, produce clumps of linear basal leaves, and leafless stems bearing racemes or panicles of star-shaped, white or pink flowers, each tepal with an attractive green or brown central vein. ... Learn More

In early summer, from attractive bluish-green clumps of long narrow silvery foliage, arise strong thick stems that bear dense, un-branched, cylindrical spikes of gorgeous, yellow, sweetly-scented, star-shaped flowers. These are in fact edible, very decorative and can make a tasty addition to the salad bowl. They give way to decorative seed pods like shiny green marbles which can be left on the plant through winter to add interest. They are perfect for incorporating into borders, gravel gardens, or meadow style planting schemes as butterflies and bees are attracted to its nectar-rich blossoms. ... Learn More

This lovely yellow-eyed, blue alpine daisy grows in alpine meadows and is often seen tucked between rocks on high mountains. Completely hardy and slow-growing, it makes a valuable addition to any enthusiasts rock garden. ... Learn More

This is the very rare pure white form of the lovely alpine daisy so often seen tucked between rocks on high mountains. Completely hardy and slow-growing, it makes a valuable addition to any enthusiasts rock garden. ... Learn More

A mixture of colours of this tough alpine matt forming plant. Ideal for rockeries and well drained areas of the garden. Long lived and easy to keep. Can be sown in pots or directly into the garden. ... Learn More

Beautiful, short-stemmed, lilac-purple flowers with a large yellow central disc, appear for several weeks beginning in early summer, over mats of evergreen foliage. This tough and cheerful dwarf mountain aster from western China, thrives in full sun in rich grit, and prefers to be kept slightly moist in summer. ... Learn More

Diminutive in all aspects apart from flower size, this rare, dwarf creeping plant bears short-stemmed, pinkish mauve flowers with numerous exceptionally thin petals. The slow-creeping carpet of stems carries short, fleshy leaves, wider at their ends, and with noticeable deeply indented veining. ... Learn More

This beautiful plant produces delicate clouds of soft white flowers that float above lacy green foliage, which reflect dappled sunlight in woodland gardens for a dazzling effect. These spring-blooming beauties, with attractive foliage and elegant flower plumes, are ideal for borders, containers, and shady gardens where they can perform of their very best, whilst the ferny, deep green foliage will add texture to garden beds long after the blooms have faded. ... Learn More

This long-flowering, completely hardy, long-lived plant displays showy star-like heads with radiating bracts in shades of green, pink and white. They make excellent, long-lived cut flowers as a bonus. ... Learn More

This new and quite distinct plant bears dark pink pincushion flowers surrounded by a ruff of deepest ruby-red bracts that appear from early to late summer. This superb, bone hardy and very long-lived plant has basal clumps of leaves which are deeply lobed and dark green. Seedlings may occasionally vary a little. ... Learn More

Yet another staggering new introduction! Huge flower heads, occasionally producing that great rarity.... doubled flowers, mainly of deepest shades of red, open on divided stems in early summer. The latest astonishing surprise from our ongoing breeding programme of these long-lived rewarding plants. Unique and exclusive to Plant World! Few seeds available. ... Learn More

Seed from the darkest ruby and maroon forms in our garden. Invaluable, very long flowering period (May-October). ... Learn More

This most popular and much improved form of Astrantia major has a much larger "collar", with beautifully coloured tips darkly etched in attractive green shades. It is very long lived indeed and will grow under almost any conditions. It is also ideal as a cut flower. ... Learn More

Discovered by our breeding and selection team here at Plant World, this hybrid astrantia has the largest and most impressive flower heads we have ever seen! The name 'Supernova' is inspired by the huge maroon, dome shaped flower heads, surrounded by green-tipped bracts, that look almost like a red sun ready to explode. Also boasting a compact, vigorous, and dense habit, we believe this one will be a prize winner in years to come! Unfortunately we have been able to collect just a limited number of fertile seeds, and some of these may vary, but they are absolutely exclusive to our website. This ... Learn More

This amazing plant makes an amazingly fast growing shrubby-looking specimen, which, in a few weeks can either hide a small shed or be a lovely spot plant. It makes a tall spire of succulent and tasty, deep beetroot-red, triangular leaves, which can be pulled off and eaten in salads or cooked like spinach, along with tall dense racemes of edible, red-purple flowers which are followed by papery seeds. ... Learn More