Lamium Beacon Silver

Low, semi evergreen, ground hugging carpets of silver foliage with narrow green margins make excellent ground cover in light shade. Short spikes of pink flowers throughout spring and early summer

Lamium Herman's Pride

30cm. Neat, clump forming, non-creeping member of dead nettle family. Gorgeous semi evergreen silver foliage with prominant green veining and hooded lemon yellow flowers in spring. Attractive ground cover for light shade

Lamium orvala

Bushy clumps form over time and from late April/early May are topped by spikes of large dusky pink hooded flowers, arranged in whorls around stems and accompanied by a pair of heart shaped textured leaves.

Does best in light shade, out of strong midday sun on any reasonable soil. Good early forage for bees

Lathyrus vernus

Short, bushy perennial member of the sweet pea family. From April sprays of pea like flowers open in shades of purple, violet orpink and brighten a shady border on any reasonable soil. Sometimes self seeds where happy

Lathyrus vernus Rosenelfe

Short, bushy perennial member of the sweet pea family. From April sprays of pea like flowers open in shades of pale pink and brighten a shady border on any reasonable soil. Sometimes self seeds where happy

Leucanthemum Fiona Coghill

Commonly known as Shasta Daisy. Large fully double white flowers with green yellow centres at the top of 60cm stems have a loely fresh look to them. Easy, likes sun or light shade on any reasonable soil

Leucanthemum Real Dream

A clump-forming herbaceous perennial with dark green, toothed, lance shaped leaves. Fringed creamy white, semi-double flowers with yellow centres, flowering for a long period in the summer if dead-headed regularly.
Grow in sun or part shade on any reasonable soil

Leucanthemum TE Killin

A vigorous herbaceous perennial to 90cm tall, with narrow dark green leaves and double white flowers 10cm wide, the centres with short white florets.
Grow in sun or part shade on any reasonable soil

Ligusticum scoticum

'Scots Lovage'. British native perennial umbellifer. Flat heads of white flowers held at the top of wine red stems above clumps of shiny deep green leaves with red tints to the undersides.
Likes sun or light shade on any reasonable soil

Linaria Peachy

Slender, upright stems are clothed in needle like grey green leaves and topped by spikes of small snap dragon flowers that open heavily tinted in pink and fade to pale yellow as they age down the spike

Likes full sun on well drained soil

Linaria purpurea Canon Went

Upright perennial of slender habit, with linear leaves and long racemes of pale pink flowers in summer and autumn.
Grow in sun on well drained soil. Not very long lived but self seeds freely and is, therefore, reliable

Linaria triornithophora

From June until early autumn, pale pink flowers open arranged in clusters of 3 or 4 at intervals up the stems and likened to small budgerigars (!). From Spain and Portugal this this a delightful, sometimes short lived but self seeding perennial that enjoys full sun on well drained soil

Lobelia Starship Rose

Clump forming perennial for a sunny spot on retentive soil. Rosettes of purple tinted leaves send up dark stained stems that are form into spikes of deep pink flowers in late summer. Sells on sight when in flower!

Lychnis coronaria

Low, tight clumps of silver grey felty leaves send up silver branching stems topped by deep cerise pink flowers from July-August. Likes sun on well drained soil and tolerates drought once established. Often self seeds

Lychnis flos cuculi White Robin

British native, naturally growing in light shade on retentive soil. Low, tight clumps of bright green basal foliage send up branching stems topped by clusters of persil white flowers May-June and again later if first flush is cut back. Buds and stems often have nice dark purple flush

Lysimachia ciliata Firecracker

Clump forming perennial with deepest beetroot purple stems and foliage and weirdly contrasting bright yellow flowers from mid summer om stems to 75cm. Enjoys sun or light shade on retentive soil

Lysimachia clethroides

Vigorous herbaceous perennial forming an extensive colony of erect stems to 1m in height, with narrow, greyish leaves. Small greyish-white flowers are borne in slender terminal spikes that each have a distinctive kink in them.
Grow in sun or part shade on any reasonable soil

Lythrum salicaria Blush

Upright clumps to 90cm are topped by candy pink flower spikes July Aug. Likes sun on a retentive soil and will cope with heavy clay and bog gardens too. Good for butterflies

Lythrum salicaria Robert

Upright clumps are topped by densely packed spikes of deep pink flowers July-Aug to 80cm. Likes a sunny spot on a retentive soil. Nice seed heads too

Liriope muscari

Evergreen tuberous perennial forming a dense clump of narrow, arching, leathery, dark green leaves, with small violet-purple flowers carried in dense, erect spikes to 30cm in height in autumn, followed by black berries