Centaurea montana alba
Mat-forming robust perennial with narrow mid-green leaves woolly beneath. Woolly stems white flowerheads.
Centaurea montana carnea
Mat-forming robust perennial with narrow mid-green leaves woolly beneath. Woolly stems carry pink flowerheads.
Centaurea scabiosa
Clump-forming perennial with narrow leaves. Purple flowers surrounded by blackish brown bracts from mid-summer.
Centaurea simplicicaulis
Dense mat-forming perennial with hairy, mid-green leaves. Elongated buds covered in white-tipped bracts, open to silvery rose-pink flowerheads.
Centaurea triumfettii ssp. stricta
Dense mat-forming perennial with grey-woolly leaves. Buds covered in brown, white-tipped bracts, open to clear blue and reddish violet flowerheads.
Centranthus ruber
An old cottage garden plant often seen growing on walls and dry, stony banks. Attractive fragrant red flowers above bright green leaves.
Centranthus ruber albus
An old cottage garden plant often seen growing on walls and dry, stony banks. Attractive fragrant white flowers above bright light green leaves.
Centranthus ruber coccineus
An old cottage garden plant often seen growing on walls and dry, stony banks. Attractive fragrant scarlet-red flowers above bright green leaves.
Cephalaria alpina
Clump-forming perennial with basal leaves. Long stalked, pale yellow flowerheads.
Cephalaria gigantea
Large clumps of dark green divided leaves topped with wiry branched stems with large pale primrose yellow flowers.
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Spreading perennial with slender red stems and bright, green leaves, with wavy margins, tinted red in autumn. Brilliant blue flowers.
Chaenorrhinum origanifolium ‘Blue Dream’
A erect perennial with many stems of blue flowers in summer.