Good plant #114 - Sanguisorba 'Menziesii'

This is an early flowering perennial variety. It is reliable and floriferous. The oval flowers rise above clumps of bluey-grey leaves. Looks nice with stipa tenuissima.

It prefers moist soil and will tolerate sunny and shady-ish sites.

You can divide it in spring, which I recommend as it is a rapid spreader.

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Good plant #113 - Leucanthemum Superbum 'Snowcap'

This is a long-flowering perennial daisy. The flowers last up to three months. Dead heading will encourage more flowers in the growing season.

You cut back all the old growth in winter.

It will tolerate most fertile-ish soils and sunny and part shady sites.

You can divide this plant in spring.

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Good plant #112 - Nepeta Racemosa 'Walker's Low'

This is a less rampant variety of nepeta. It sometimes produces a mass of blue flowers twice if you cut it back after the first flush of flowers.

It prefers well drained soil and a sunny-ish site.

Cut back hard in early spring to encourage compact growth.

Divide large clumps in spring to maintain vigour and create new plants.

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Good plant #111 - Lavandula

Even people who don't like gardening like the hardy types of lavenders. Why? Because they require very little maintenance to look brilliant and will even look good if you do nothing. Three of my favourites are 'Grosso', 'Hidcote' and 'Folgate' - great scent and compact shape.

They key for looking after lavenders is very well drained soil and a sunny position. This means adding plenty of grit to the planting hole soil mix - almost 50:50. If you do not do this, the plants can be short-lived.

If you want a compact shape, you can either trim in autumn or spring. I do it in early autumn. You should never trim back into old wood.

Be careful not to buy tender lavenders.

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Good plant #110 - Solenostemon 'Henna'

This coleus is one of the less garish varieties - it's still quite vivid though. Whilst it can be a perennial, unless you've got a heated greeenhouse or are prepared to keep it indoors over winter, it's best treated as an annual foliage plant.

It does really well in a pot provided it's kept moist and will trail a little if confined to a deep but narrow diameter one.

This group of plants prefer sunnyish sites and moist well-drained soil.

If you buy one early in the season, its worth taking cuttings to increase your plants for a more spectacular display.

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Good plant #109 - Heuchera Licorice

Most gardeners have a favourite heuchera. This one has particularly dark foliage which is slightly ruffled. The flowers are small and white.

It forms a lovely compact clump from which expands year on year. Heucheras like a mulch of compost every spring.

Heucheras prefer moist fertile, well-drained soil and will tolerate both sunny and shady-ish sites.

The best time to divide heucheras is mid Autumn.

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Good plant #108 - Mesembryanthemum

This low growing tender annual is ideal for a very hot dry sunny site. It works very well in pots and is a good centre piece for an outdoor eating table. Its leathery foliage turns from green to red from late spring through summer.

They are very easy to grow from seed and are cheap to buy as small plants. The flowers are only open in the sunlight.

They prefer well-drained and impoverished soil and must have a sunny site.

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