13 Saturday Jul 2019
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Choosing a plant of the month at this time of year is a little like choosing your favourite child. Daucus carota, the wild annual carrot, flowering in the blue border mainly from self sown plants is my choice. I grew it two years ago from seed, there was none in the garden last year, now this year…
A simple drought tolerant plant, easy and cheap to grow, used by herbalists, loved by the pollinators and ideal for wildlife friendly gardening.
Do you currently have a favourite flower?
23 Tuesday Apr 2019
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The White and Green garden, Lunaria annua ‘Alba’ and Tulip ‘Spring Green’.
Lunaria annua ‘Rosemary Verey’ and Cytisus ‘Golden Cascade’
Cytisus praecox Albus
Clematis alp. ‘ Broughton Bride ‘
Primulas
Tulip ‘Angelique’ and violas.
You can see more April Top Ten by visiting The Blooming Garden
Do you have a favourite or a top ten of your own?
28 Thursday Mar 2019
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Vinca have a bad reputation with gardeners as being very invasive. This is more true of ‘major’, the smaller ‘minor’, known as the Lesser Periwinkle is, I think, an excellent plant for dry, shady areas. It is not often considered for planters, although it can look particularly good in urns or large pots, trailing over the sides like a green waterfall.
Available in colours other than blue, it can be a garden worthy plant.
The double blue, grows in ourgarden@19 in urns either side of the banana bench.
An attractive alternative is the purple form, here in a large terracotta pot.
A white one lives happily in a small Cotswold Stone pot in the White and Green garden.
The star of our Vinca family is ‘Jenny Pym’ with its delicate pink and white colours…
…scrambling through our Spring Bed…
…does pink and yellow go together?
25 Monday Mar 2019
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The plant family, Ranunculus, includes buttercups and lesser celandine, plants that most gardeners would not welcome into their garden. However with these looks and the name of ‘Brazen Hussy’, I have made an exception.
Ranunculus ‘Brazen Hussy’
It was discovered and named by Christopher Lloyd growing in the woods at Great Dixter.
Here, enjoying the sunshine, it has brazenly self seeded into some cracks in the path. What is being ‘Brazen’ in your garden?
