Grandma’s perennial peony companion collection

The Shrike narcissus draws attention from a distance with its unusual flowers, which combine pure white with warm shades of orange. The flowers gradually transition to a richer apricot color, and as the bloom ages, the color fades into softer apricot tones. The central petals are distinctly wavy and ruffled. Occasionally, they even reach the very edge of the flower or playfully alternate with the white petals, creating a rich and fluffy appearance. The plant reaches a height of about forty centimeters and will brighten up any spring flower bed during April and May. Its pleasant scent reliably attracts the first spring bees and other pollinators. In the garden, this narcissus stands out both in large groups and in combination with other spring bulbs or lower perennials. The bulb you receive will grow into a healthy plant that does not need support and is resistant to common diseases. Thanks to their sturdy stems, the flowers are absolutely ideal for cutting into spring bouquets, where their unusual shape and fragrance will bring much joy.

The Precocious narcissus will reliably brighten up your garden in the spring with its elegant and original color combination. Its simple, pure white petals create a perfect contrast with the deep salmon-colored ruffled center. The flowers appear during April and May on sturdy stems that grow to a height of about forty to forty-five centimeters. The entire plant looks very polished and brings fresh dynamics to the waking spring garden. Moreover, these early flowers serve as a welcome attraction for the first bees and other pollinators. In the garden, this narcissus works well in more formal flower beds as well as in naturalistic plantings. It looks excellent alongside early-blooming perennials or smaller bulbs, where its striking centers nicely break up the uniform greenery. At the same time, it is an excellent choice for lovers of cut flowers. Thanks to its strong stems, which do not break and do not need support, it stays fresh in a vase for a surprisingly long time. You will receive top-quality bulbs of the largest available size from us. In our opinion, it is simply a reliable piece for every flower bed.

Mountain cornflower brings to our gardens the charm of wild meadows and bright clearings of central and southern Europe, where it has its natural home. Thanks to its mountain origin, it is an exceptionally resilient and undemanding plant that can easily handle harsher conditions and severe frosts. Its unmistakable blue-purple flowers appear from May to July and reliably attract bees and other pollinators, for whom they are a valuable food source. In the garden, it is best utilized in natural plantings or rural submontane gardens, where it looks great in the company of other robust species. If you like to decorate your home with fresh flowers, you will be pleased to know that it is suitable for cutting and lasts about a week in a vase. It is a rewarding plant that easily self-seeds in a suitable location, creating natural, wild-looking nooks.

Nigella 'Miss Jekyll Sky Blue' is an absolute classic among annuals and will bring enchanting shades of deep sky and royal blue to your garden. Originally from the Mediterranean, it immediately catches the eye with its delicate foliage, which creates a fluffy green cloud. From May to August, striking blue flowers peek out from it. It grows to a height of between fifty and one hundred centimeters, making it easy to create an eye-catching structure in the flower bed. The flowers act as a reliable attractant for bees and bumblebees. Nigella is a spring beauty, but its seed pods are also great for harvesting, meaning it will last in the garden well into summer. These original, inflated seed pods are a sought-after material for florists. Fresh flowering stems beautifully liven up summer bouquets in a vase, while the dried pods perfectly complement autumn decorations, as they retain their shape for a long time.

Baby's breath Snowflake is an absolute classic that should not be missing in any traditional or modern garden. This perennial plant originally comes from the sandy steppes and sunny slopes of southern Europe and Central Asia, which predestines it to love full sun and well-drained, even sandy soil. It has been grown in botanical gardens since the eighteenth century, and thanks to its low maintenance, it quickly found its way into private gardens as well. It forms rich, airy clumps that look like white clouds when in bloom and bring a unique lightness to flower beds. The Snowflake variety stands out with a flood of pure white, mostly double flowers that appear from June to August. It is an ideal plant for modern steppe plantings, where it perfectly complements ornamental grasses and drought-tolerant perennials, but it is also traditionally planted as a delicate companion to roses. For florists, baby's breath is indispensable. It is excellent for cutting into fresh bouquets, where it adds volume and softens the overall impression, and it can just as well be dried for winter decorations. The plant is frost-hardy and long-lived, so it will bring you joy in the garden for many years.

Bred feverfew, the inflorescence consists only of tubular florets, i.e., a center without ray florets or petals. Baya is a commonly grown species in Holland and sells great at the flower exchange. It is therefore professional seed, but don't worry, we tested it and it can be grown both outdoors and in a polytunnel; both work perfectly. Baya has oval-cut flowers with a line in the middle; the color is creamy white.

Tiny white buttons of flowers that look like small Strawflowers make the three-veined everlasting an unmissable part of any drought-tolerant garden. This adaptable perennial naturally grows on the mountain slopes of the Himalayas, which is why a sunny location with well-drained sandy soil suits it best. It is exceptionally tough, tolerates drought and frosts well, and will please you with the fact that diseases and pests avoid it. The silvery-grey leaves bring a sense of calm to the plantings and harmonize beautifully with summer flowers. Bees love to feast on its flowers, and it is literally a treasure for florists. Fresh stems with blooming edible flowers perfectly liven up summer bouquets, where they stay fresh for a long time. However, you will fully utilize its beauty when drying it. Dried everlasting does not lose its radiant white color and will become a great foundation for your winter dry arrangements and wreaths.

The common columbine is a versatile perennial that will reliably inhabit both rural and modern flowerbeds. In the wild, it grows on the edges of forests and in light groves across all of Europe, which is why it thrives best in the garden in full sun to partial shade and ordinary loamy soil rich in humus. Its main charm lies in its unusually shaped flowers, but it is also valuable for its very early sprouting green leaves, which awaken the garden after winter. You will receive a beautifully grown seedling in a pot from us, which you just need to transplant to your chosen spot. Although the plant is poisonous, it represents a huge asset for gardeners. Even complete beginners can manage growing it, pests avoid it, and it easily survives severe frosts dropping to minus thirty-four degrees. During May and June, delicate flowers bloom on sturdy, sixty to eighty-centimeter-tall stems, bringing typical airiness and lightness to the planting. The 'Kristall' cultivar is a large-flowered variety that stands out with pure white flowers and prominent spurs. These act as a reliable magnet for bees, bumblebees, and other beneficial pollinators. Keep in mind that in a favorable location, columbine very willingly self-seeds, taking care of natural-looking wild stands. It works well in perennial beds and as an undergrowth beneath taller shrubs. If you like bringing a piece of the garden home, columbine certainly won't disappoint you. It is perfectly suited for cutting and will bring a novel structure to spring bouquets. Fresh flowers will bring you joy in a vase for about seven days. If you leave some of the flowers to finish blooming on the flowerbed, they will form interesting seed pods, which are highly popular among florists for creating various natural decorations and can also be dried well. Just watch out for the occasional occurrence of powdery mildew during the drier months, but otherwise, the plant needs almost no care.

Dark mullein is a native perennial and a popular medicinal herb that will bring a piece of unbridled nature into your garden. Its natural home is found on sunny slopes, embankments, and roadsides, which is why it thrives best in our gardens in full sun, in well-drained and rather sandy soil. It can handle longer periods of drought and easily survives frosts down to minus twenty-three degrees. It forms a neat basal rosette of dark green leaves, from which sturdy stems over a meter tall emerge in May and June. While the original wild species blooms yellow, this exceptional var. album form boasts pure white flowers cleverly decorated with purple and finely hairy stamens. These flowers act literally as a magnet for bees and other beneficial pollinators. Although it is a short-lived perennial, if it likes it at your place, it will reliably take care of new seedlings and grow in the same spot in the following years. In a flowerbed, it perfectly complements drought-tolerant grasses and fits beautifully into naturally styled plantings. You can also confidently cut the sturdy, tall flower stems for a vase, where they will look stunning for several days, and they serve as an unconventional element in summer bouquets. Mullein does not require any complicated care, and generally does not suffer from pests or diseases, so even complete beginners can grow it without any trouble.

Rose campion is a striking perennial that will bring a bold color contrast and a unique texture to the garden. It originally comes from the sunny and dry regions of southern Europe and Asia, where it grows on rocky and poor soils. Thanks to this, it is exceptionally undemanding and will handle even harsh frosts without problems here. It forms clumps with silver, softly felted stems and gray-green leaves that look decorative even before blooming. During June and July, vibrant fuchsia-pink to purple flowers appear on the stems. Rose campion blooms for a very long time, as a new little flower blooms every day and replaces the previous one. It is a short-lived perennial, but in a suitable location, it easily self-seeds. It does not suffer from any diseases or pests, which will be appreciated especially by beginner growers. It is perfectly suited for cutting into summer bouquets.

The Pam's Choice foxglove cultivar is an unmissable classic of both country and modern gardens, bringing the magic of nature into your flower beds. It is a native species to Central Europe, where it grows in forest clearings and light forest margins. Therefore, it thrives best in partial shade or full sun with slightly moist but well-drained loamy soil. You will receive a grown seedling in a pot from us, which you simply transplant directly into your flower bed. It usually behaves as a biennial or short-lived perennial, easily handling frosts down to minus twenty-eight degrees Celsius and not suffering from diseases. From a basal rosette of leaves, it sends up sturdy stems up to one hundred and twenty centimeters tall. These carry creamy white bell-shaped flowers with breathtaking dark burgundy marbling inside the throat. The flowers reliably attract bees and bumblebees. Although the entire plant is poisonous, for growers it is a completely undemanding species that is also popular for cutting. In a vase, the stems stay fresh for six to eight days. After blooming, the foxglove reliably self-seeds in a suitable location.

✨ A color mix created at Loukykvět ✨ Chinese forget-me-not, a wonderful substitute for the forget-me-not! And now newly in a pink and blue color combination. If you can't decide which one you like more, this mix is a great choice. The blue is a very deep, unique blue, very rare among flowers. Compared to the classic water forget-me-not we all know, this species has robust and long stems perfectly suited for arranging. Easy to collect seeds.

Spurges are suitable for growing in sunny gravel beds. They form shrubby hemispherical clumps with fine, narrow grey-green leaves on slender stems. They bloom later than other spurges and then flower for a very long time, remaining fresh green until autumn.

The Eros allium is an elegant, medium-height cultivar of a native North American species that brings softness and an interesting structure to the garden. Despite its common name (the 'one-leaved' allium), it usually has two to three flat green leaves. During June and July, it produces charming inflorescences on sturdy stems reaching about thirty to thirty-five centimeters in height. The flowers, roughly ten centimeters in diameter, consist of dozens of tiny stars in pastel pink and lilac shades. You will receive a high-quality bulb from us that you can simply plant directly into your flower bed. In sunny spots, this ornamental garlic quickly becomes a favorite feature. Its aromatic flowers reliably attract bees, bumblebees, and butterflies, providing them with valuable nourishment. Thanks to its compact growth, it fits perfectly into the front of mixed plantings, where it pairs beautifully with shorter ornamental grasses. Florists will appreciate it as an excellent cut flower, as it stays fresh for a very long time in a vase. Furthermore, the inflorescences are easy to dry for winter decorations, and the entire plant is even fully edible.

A garden cultivar created by crossing the Himalayan geranium and our native meadow geranium. Its great advantage is the large blue flowers that appear from May and throughout the summer. It creates wide cushion-like clumps, and its leaves turn warm orange-red tones in autumn.

Peonies are valued in gardens for their large and imposing flowers. They are long-lived perennials for patient gardeners. It takes them several years to grow into their full beauty and for you to see abundant blooming. Therefore, a blooming peony in the very first year after planting is rather an exception, definitely not the rule. For blooming, it needs the right conditions in addition to time. Study our growing instructions. Herbaceous garden peonies are one of the longest cultivated garden plants and most cultivars have their origins in Chinese and common peonies, which have long been part of monastery gardens. Today, we combine them with perennials, grasses, and bulbs. But we always give them plenty of space in the flowerbed. Peony Sarah Bernhardt was bred in 1906 and remains one of the most popular peonies on the flower market. The pink color of its flowers is compared to the color of peach blossoms. It is a late-blooming variety and its flowers are double and fragrant. Potted peonies can be planted from spring to autumn.

Orlaya is a floral variety somewhere between Ammi and ornamental carrot. However, it also has outer flowers with large petals, creating the impression of lace or embroidery. The stems are strong and straight, fitting beautifully into bouquets. And after flowering, tiny seed heads form which are also beautifully decorative and do not wilt; we love harvesting those too.

Our favorite foliage and filler. It grows beautifully and binds famously! The flowers are yellowish, so they don't color-match every bouquet, but we still never have enough of it! And after flowering, tiny seed pods form which are also beautifully decorative and don't wilt; we love collecting those too.

Soapwort is an exceptionally hardy and undemanding perennial that will bring a flood of flowers and a delicate sweet scent to the garden. The original wild species grows in sunny and semi-shaded places with loamy or sandy soil, where it forms rich stands and easily survives even very severe frosts. While the wild form can spread too aggressively in flowerbeds, the cultivated double-flowered variants are much more considerate to other plants and stay in their place. From June to September, it reliably attracts bees and butterflies. In the garden, it perfectly complements mixed perennial beds, where it requires no special care or support. It is excellently suited for cutting into summer bouquets. We recommend harvesting the stems when about a third of the flowers are open; then they will stay beautiful in your vase for a full seven days. You will receive a grown seedling in a pot from us, which you simply transplant into the bed. The 'Rosea Plena' cultivar will enchant you with its double flowers in a gorgeous light pink shade and a record-long blooming period.

This species of iris probably originates from the Mediterranean. A long-favored ornamental garden plant, bred into many cultivars. Allegedly grown by the Celts, it was popular in the Middle Ages and became a heraldic plant. It lasts 3–7 days in a vase. The flowers of the Lovely Again cultivar are a beautiful cool blue and fragrant.

Allium stipitatum 'Mount Everest' is a remarkable result of Dutch breeding that brings an extraordinary architectural element to the garden. Its individual snow-white florets with narrow petals form giant, shapely spheres. You will receive the largest bulbs, which will grow into sturdy, upright stems reaching a height of over one meter. These easily withstand wind and do not require support. The white flower heads are accompanied by typical green leaves that emit a characteristic aroma. In the garden, this variety is absolutely unmissable, especially in larger groups. It attracts attention in May and June and perfectly softens plantings of ornamental grasses or colorful perennials. The flowers act as a magnet for bees, bumblebees, and butterflies, and are also edible, making them perfect for playful food garnishing. The sturdy stems stay fresh for a long time in a vase and are excellent for drying into dried arrangements. It is definitely worth leaving the faded heads in the garden, where they look beautiful in winter when covered in frost.