With long upright flower spikes covered in pale pink blooms each of a delicate and intriguing shape this graceful flower goes by the rather mundane name of toadflax it brings colour to a cottage garden herbaceous border or gravel garden from june right through to september butterflies love the nectar45rich flowers and long flowering period so it is perfect in a wildlife garden too it also makes a great cut flower linaria purpurea 39cannon j went39 is easy to grow and thrives on