Echinacea pallida and E. paradoxa
Two reliable species conflowers to add to garden borders.
Top Perennials
The best perennial plants for Perennial Meadows.
A small geranium to complement your planting schemes in a big way
I have just discovered that it was back in 2012 when I last wrote about Geranium tuberosum. Inspired by what I have just seem in the garden, my plan was to write something similar now, but having reread my earlier effort, I have decided to save time and repost it below. You may ask, “why …
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Top Perennials
Geranium tuberosum Over time we all develop a list of plants that we know we can rely upon and which will grow well in various situations. Some designers end up using the same plants in every garden and proudly call them their signature plants! The characteristics often stated for a top perennial are not the …
Hemerocallis dumortieri – the earliest flowering daylily
Hemerocallis dumortieri is the earliest flowering daylily in my garden and for this reason alone it deserves our attention. Daylilies are deservedly popular as they are easily grown perennials that flower over a long summer season. In America their popularity has reached epidemic proportions with a preference for large flowered cultivars in many colours which …
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Pachyphragma machrophyllum a white flowered ground-cover perennial for spring gardens.
Some plants are recommended time and again whilst others, even though they are better, are completely ignored. This is I suppose not only the province of plants, people are also victims of such narrow vision. It is time to sing the praises of Pachyphragma machrophyllum which can more than hold its own along side the …
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Red Tulips, Green Garden
Red tulip flowers have dramatic impact in spring when surrounded by their complementary colour green and tulips in whatever colour have to be the ultimate complementary plants to add to a perennial meadow and awaken your gardener’s spirits in early, mid and late springtime. Apart from true black and blue, tulips are available in a …
Aruncus ‘Horatio’
In this occasional series of posts I will share with you those perennials that I can not be without. This is a goat’s beard, Aruncus, introduced by the famous German nurseryman Ernst Pagels. He once told me how, no matter how good a plant might be, he would not introduce it to the market unless …
Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Overdam’
The ornamental grass, Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Overdam’, is a plant I use more than any other in my own garden as well as being a theme plant in many of the perennial meadows I design. It forms a dense clump of arching leaves very early in spring. This is a characteristic of those grasses that …