Acanthus are one of the greatest garden plants! They bear enormous deeply lobed leaves, from which tall flower spikes clothed in white flowers, on pink stems, emerge in late summer. The flowers can be used in fresh and dried arrangements.
Acanthus are one of the greatest garden plants! They bear enormous deeply lobed leaves, from which tall flower spikes clothed in white flowers, on pink stems, emerge in late summer. The flowers can be used in fresh and dried arrangements.
The large heart-shaped leaves are blue-green at the centre with golden-green margins. Off-white flowers in middle to late summer. Height 70 cm. Spread 100 cm.
Fully hardy to -23 C. Leaf hairy on both sides. Yellow in spring with green stripe, getting greener later in the year. Height 150 cm. Semi-shade to full sun.
Height to 100 cm. Hardy. In early winter leaf, edges become cream-white, very attractive. Suitable for clump, hedge, undergrowth, embankment, solitary.
Height to 150cm. Suitable for all locations. Hardy. Variegated foliage, especially bright in Spring. Suitable for solitary planting, clump, border or pot.