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Plant Profile - Godetias

These Californian natives produce brightly coloured flowers for the summer border or for cutting. The plants are compact, with mid-green, pointed leaves, and bear trumpet-shaped blooms of red, cerise, peach or pink, often edged with white.


Rudbeckia

Rudbeckia - bright yellow or orange flowers with contrasting dark centres are eye-catching candidates for the border and make good cut flowers.


Nemesia

The velvety flowers of nemesia are like a smaller version of antirrhinums, and come in an equally dazzling range of colours suitable for the summer border.


Petunias

Petunias -Summer bedding would not be the same without the trumpet shaped flowers of petunia hybrids providing a focus of colour that is vivid without being gaudy.


Gypsophilia - known as baby's breath or chalk plant

Commonly known as baby's breath or chalk plant, Gypsophila elegans is-covered with masses of tiny white or pink flowers throughout the summer.


Cosmos

Native to South America, these daisy-like flowers bring vivid colour to borders or containers well into the autumn. Varieties are available in shades of yellow and pink.


Tagetes Patula, The French Marigold

Tagetes patula, the French marigold, is in fact a native of Mexico. Various strains produce flowers of yellow and orange, sometimes blotched with crimson or bronze, some with double flowers.


Gazania

Gazania - The brilliant daisy-like flowers of cream, yellow, orange, crimson or mauve will only open in direct sunlight. The narrow leaves are grey on the underside.