‘The grandest of all silverlings’ is how Graham Stuart Thomas, one of the most renown garden writers, described artichokes. If you are growing them in your garden, you will…
Read moreLavender in pots
Glazed, swirling-colour pots, filled with flowers, shine out from a small gravel yard that is my neighbour’s garden area. Lilies, lobelia, miniature roses, strawberry plants, stocks and lavender are lush…
Read moreNight scented stock, Matthiola bicornis
Night scented stock, Matthiola bicornis, is already in flower in gardens where it was sown last month. It is one of the easiest annuals to grow for perfume, and seed…
Read moreErysimum ‘Bowles’ Mauve’
Erysimum ‘Bowles’ Mauve’ is in full bloom. Its sturdy stems of purple flowers have been a feature in the garden since the middle of March, and it will continue to…
Read moreWhite foxgloves
The native foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, is well known and immediately recognisable. In cottage and woodland gardens, drifts of tall and slender spires of foxglove blossom create a dreamy, reaching-for-the-sky effect.…
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