Adenophora Pereskiifolia ‘White Blaze’

– Position: full sun or partial shade – Soil: moist but well-drained – Rate of growth: average – Flowering period: June to August – Hardiness: fully hardy

Closely related to the campanulas, adenophoras are gorgeous perennials that puts on a luminous display in summer. This one is an elegant beauty, producing purple-flushed, flaring bell-shaped flowers on upright panicles – and it will be equally at home in a herbaceous border, a prairie-style setting or an open woodland.

– Garden care: These plants resent root disturbance, so try to plant them somewhere that they will be able to settle into. Protect the emerging foliage from slugs and snails in spring.