Suggestions please!

Cosmos !

Woops ! Just realised you wanted perrenials. How about Verbena bonariensis, Dierama pulcherrimum (Angels fishing rod), Giant scabious and Thalictrum

Thanks tiggy I should have saud that we have a fair few verbena and I keep planting Angel's Fishing Rods and they disappear. I spent £12 on some last month and they are looking very poorly I love them.

saud said!

How about Sanguisorba, Veronicastrum or Filipendula rubra?

And Smyrnium perfoliatum. In the book it says biennial but in my garden seems to be an annual but just keeps coming every year. I could let you have some seeds later on in the year if you wanted some. I would need reminding though !!

Gauras are lovely, and if their conditions are good they can get very tall. They flower quite late, so extend the season. It looks like lots of butterflies flitting about.

I use them, also alliums (there are some tall spindly varieties), many of the varieties suggested, but also white lychnis - lychnis coronaria alba. With silvery foliage as well, it has a long season of interest and gets to a nice height. I have a whole bank of it in front of a pond, I like to see through it to the plants on the other side of the pond.

Salvias are nice and wafty and there's a huge variety to choose from. There's also the added bonus of fragrant foliage.

How about bronze fennel. It grows quite large and the leaves are beautiful. If it seeds everywhere, you can just pull them up.x

Some good suggestions there - thank you!

Just realised Chelsea is on next week!