"Gareth Jones" wrote in message
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Hi folks!

Right.... our new house is getting to the stage where the garden
needs
to be filled :-)

As I've got rather a large area to cover and the overall scale is a
bit
on the 'big' side, I'm going to be ordering some seeds this weekend
to
initially fill these areas, so I'm looking for perennials that look
good
massed and are 'big and clumpy' like geraniums or large and
statuesque
like a gunnera (I do have a passion for large leaves!)
They need to be fairly fast growing and preferably not that picky on
germination (so that rules out the gunnera - I have just given up on
trying these!)

Anyone care to suggest any?


Gareth,

Salvia forskaohlei is tall, has lovely flowers and huge furry leaves.
Easy to grow from seed and is very hardy.

Picture he

http://homepage2.nifty.com/~yoji/sal...skaohlei_2.jpg

Regards
Iris McCanna