Aconitum spicatum 'Stainless Steel' (Monkshood 'Stainless Steel')
'Stainless Steel' is an upright perennial with deeply divided, grey-green leaves and metallic blue flowers from early to late summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Sorghastrum nutans 'Indian Steel' (Indian grass 'Indian Steel')
Other names: Wood grass 'Indian Steel', Sorghastrum avenaceum 'Indian Steel', Indiangrass 'Indian Steel'
'Indian Steel' is an upright, open, clump-forming, perennial grass with erect stems bearing broadly linear, arching, blue-green leaves that turn golden-yellow in autumn and long, narrow, terminal panicles of yellow-brown flowers in late summer and early autumn.
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1m max. spread |
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1.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Black Steel Curacao' (Black Steel Series) (Hydrangea 'Black Steel Curacao')
Other names: Mophead hydrangea 'Black Steel Curacao', Hortensia hydrangea 'Black Steel Curacao', Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blue Curacao'
'Black Steel Curacao' is a compact, upright, rounded, deciduous shrub with dark stems bearing broadly ovate, toothed, veined, dark green leaves and, in summer, sturdy, black stems bearing large, rounded clusters of blue flowers in acid soil, pink flowers in alkaline conditions.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Narcissus 'Stainless' (Daffodil 'Stainless')
Other names: Large-cupped daffodil 'Stainless'
'Stainless' is a clump-forming, bulbous perennial with erect, narrowly strap-shaped, grey-green leaves and sturdy stems bearing white flowers in late spring.
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0.2m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Papaver pilosum subsp. spicatum (Spiked poppy)
Other names: Papaver heldreichii, Papaver spicatum
P. pilosum subsp. spicatum is an herbaceous perennial with ovate to broadly lance-shaped, hairy, grey-green leaves and, along upright stems, rounded buds that open to papery, pale apricot flowers in summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. vulparia (Wolf's bane)
Other names: Foxbane, Aconitum altissimum, Aconitum lasianthum, Aconitum orientale misapplied, Aconitum thyraicum, Aconitum tragoctonum, Aconitum vulparia
A. lycoctonum subsp. vulparia is an upright, clump-forming, deciduous perennial with rounded, deeply lobed, dark green leaves and panicles of hooded, cream to pale yellow flowers in summer.
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1m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: Aconitum bullatifolium var. homotrichum, Aconitum venatorium
A. nagarum is an erect biennial or short-lived perennial with leathery, deeply lobed, dark grey-green leaves and racemes of hooded, black-flushed, dark purple flowers in autumn.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Aconitum hemsleyanum (Climbing monk's hood)
Other names: Climbing monkshood, Aconitum volubile
A. hemsleyanum is a twining, perennial climber with ovate, deeply-lobed, grey-green leaves and racemes of hooded, deep violet flowers from midsummer into autumn.
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1m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Aconitum 'Ivorine' (Monkshood 'Ivorine')
Other names: Aconitum septentrionale 'Ivorine'
'Ivorine' is an upright, bushy, deciduous perennial with rounded, deeply lobed, dark green leaves and dense, erect racemes of creamy-white flowers from late spring into summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Aconitum carmichaelii (Wilsonii Group) (Monk's hood)
Other names: Aconitum wilsonii, Aconitum carmichaelii 'Wilsonii Group' , Aconitum carmichaelii 'Wilsonii'
A. carmichaelii (Wilsonii Group) is an erect, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with ovate, deeply lobed, leathery, dark green leaves and strong stems bearing dense, branched panicles of hooded, mid-blue flowers in early autumn.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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