"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!)

Why do they have to be from seed?

The cheapest and quickest way is find people to give you rooted cuttings.
Going to the local National Garden Scheme open gardens are also a good and
economical way of purchasing plants.

Another large leaved plant that hasn't already been mentioned is Acanthus
Mollis.

Natalie