New perennials

A new perennial can shift the direction of an established border without asking you to start again. This season’s new perennials bring together varieties recently introduced to our collection, from flowering plants chosen for a particular colour or form to foliage plants, grasses and more unusual perennial varieties that offer a different way to build through the garden. Some will fit naturally between familiar favourites, while others may suggest an entirely new planting combination.

Look beyond the first flower when choosing new perennial plants. Height, habit, foliage and flowering time all determine how a plant will settle into the wider scheme. A later-flowering perennial can carry a border further into autumn, a compact variety may find its place beside a path or in a container, while plants with strong leaves or seed heads can continue contributing after flowering has passed. Match each variety to the light, soil and moisture available in your garden, then allow it time to establish and show how it develops across the seasons.

Perennials reward that longer view. Many hardy varieties return each year, gradually becoming part of the structure of a border rather than a temporary display. Our selection of new perennial varieties gives you the chance to introduce something less familiar while still planting with the future in mind, whether you are extending an existing scheme, filling a particular gap or simply finding a plant you have not grown before. Each new choice becomes part of what the garden will look like next year as well as this one.