Plants Flowering in August

Wonderful tall multicoloured spikes starting purple, turning bright pink and yellow.

Purple with orange markings

Sky-blue flowers in profusion

Pure white flowers from cream buds

Pink with white flag

Clear orange-red flowers with dark purple leaves

Star-shaped, scarlet flowers on stiff stems

Erect woody silvery-grey stems and purple-red or wine-red flowers

Pure white flowers

Spiny arching stems and clusters of purple flowers in summer followed by egg-shaped orange berries

All JUL-AUG

Spreading, hardy perennial with purple leaves and star-shaped yellow flowers in summer

White flower spikes in summer on leafy, upright stems

Pale lilac tubular flowers from the leaf axils.

Glossy green leaves with wavy margins. Flowers are pink or white followed by woody edible fruits. Requires winter protection and needs a hot sunny sheltered position

Coral-pink flowers, greyish green foliage

The most spectacular of all Chinese evergreen magnolias. Fragrant white flowers which fade to cream persistantly from JUN-NOV. In windier spots it is best grown against a wall

Best grown as a wall shrub. Large rounded leaves. Lime tolerant with massive creamy white flowers which are highly scented in the evenings. Easily pruned

Very hardy variety. Columnar in habit. Dark green shiny leaves and rust coloured indumentum. White fragrant flowers

Upright habit, dark green leaves with rich coppery indumentum on the undersides

Large fragrant creamy yellow flowers late summer and autumn

Rich rusty red indumentum on the underside of the leaves and an upright habit

Compact habit. Deep green rounded leaves with cinnamon-brown indumentum. Creamy white fragrant flowers

Leaves reddish brown underneath, very hardy. Very large creamy white flowers

An increasingly popular variety with large flowers and rippled foliage that emerges pink

Large, pure white, double flowers.

Narrow columnar habit and small white flowers. Leaves heavily felted rust.

Columnar habit with large lemon scented creamy-white flowers

Grows to around 6 metres, compact habit and striking indumentum on the leaf undersides

The largest leafed magnolia of all with greyish leaves, glaucous underneath and fragrant white flowers