Verbascum phoeniceum | Violetta Floret’s farm Astrantia rubra is slower to

Astrantia rubra is slower to bulk up that Astrantia major

Orientalis has many varieties

green pods are filled with seeds that have downy parachute tufts like Dandelions which will float away in the breeze to land and find a new home to germinate

flower beds or for the Flower Farmer for cut flowers

Verbascum phoeniceum | Violetta Floret’s farm Astrantia rubra is slower toAn evergreen perennial this very pretty Verbascum Violetta has flat faced rich violet coloured flowers held on airy spikey stems. Flowering from late spring to summer the flowers stems rise proudly above the flat rosette of leaves. This Verbascum is shorter than many we do but still a stunning addition to the garden. Vita Sackville West wrote in 1936 that her verbascums looked as though 'a colony of tiny butterflies had settled all over them'.