To 1 metre. Large rounded, heads of reddish flowers. Tall perennial phloxes are best in sun/part shade. Fragrant, popular, mid summer flowering, Ground cover, clump forming. May need collected /trimmed back. Winter dormant.

To 30 cms in flower. Large bright scarlet red saucers from mid-summer. 3 segmented, grey green, margins precisely toothed, glossy, silky hairy foliage, white tomentose beneath. Ornamental foliage plant for rock garden. Moist soil, sun. Winter dormant.

25 to 30 cms. Plants form a low mound of strawberry-like leaves, bearing branches of cup-shaped flowers, beginning in early summer. This compact form has blooms of cherry pink, with a contrasting crimson eye. Plants should be sheared back after blooming, to rejuvenate the foliage. Worth considering for mixed tubs or containers. Best in full sun. Normal or sandy soil. Winter dormant. 

(Painted Daisy). To 90 cms. Deep crimson, single daisy flowers late spring/summer. Finely-cut, somewhat ferny foliage in a mound. Sun/semi-shade. Cut flowers last well. Cottage garden, mixed border. Dormant in winter.

To 1.5m. Handsome, attractively bronze tinted leaves and small star-shaped bright pink flowers in large conical panicles in summer. Suits near ponds in sun/semi shade. Moisture loving and clump forming. Winter dormant.

To 20 cms. Alpine with two-tone pink/purple hooded and lipped flowers late spring/summer/early autumn. Suitable for trough or alpine house, some shade is best. Winter dormant.

To over 2 metres. Flowers are up to 10 cms across with cone-shaped, greenish-yellow centres and back-tilted, golden-yellow rays. Sun or part shade. Moist well-drained soil. Impressive for back of border. Winter dormant.

To 75 cms. RARE. Racemes of purple lipped, yellow flowers in summer. The leaves are large, deep-green, ovate or trianagular-ovate, deeply wrinkled and slightly hairy. Well-drained soil, sun.  Winter dormant.