Plants Flowering in October

Rarer variegated form with white or gold edging to the leaves

Evergreen, conservatory species with large hairy green leaves and large drooping bunches of sealing-wax red flowers. Needs to be cut back hard each year for best results

Tall, white hyacinth-like flowers, scented

Soft lilac-pink

Rhizomatous clump-forming perennial with purplish-pink flowers in loose clumps

Pure white flowers, floriferous and tough

Clear salmon-pink

RHS PLANT OF THE CENTENARY. This tall growing variety has a very long flowering season. Upward facing blue flowers with paler centres

Compact habit. Sky blue flowers have white centres

('Compacta') - prostrate, dwarf form with an attractive bushy habit and pinkish red and cream flowers.

This species which is South African grows to around 2 feet and has green flower spikes from August

Crimson buds

Blood red flowers, compact

Deep purplish-pink flowers

Yellow-green foliage and white flowers

Double white flowers

Lilac flowers

Double red flowers

Golden foliage and white flowers

Foliage green tipped cream, white flowers

Foliage green tipped orange, mauve flowers

Gold/red foliage, pink flowers

White

Pale pink

Rose-pink, greyish foliage

Lilac-pink flowers and orange tips in spring

Deep cerise flowers

All Flower JUN-OCT

Grey and cream variegated

('Paddy's Pride') - leaves suffused & splashed gold