June 2025
Viper’s Bugloss grows wild on the chalk grasslands of Southern England. This garden cultivar – Echium Blue Bedder – is easily grown from seed in late spring. It is drought tolerant, a magnet for insects and will happily self-seed around the garden – so once you have it, you will probably keep it forever!
May 2025
Pink and lilac roses with newly planted dry south facing slope. The planting scheme includes perennials such as Nepeta racemosa “Walkers Low” and Monarda fistulosa (bee balm) with Ammi majus, Echium vulgare “Blue Bedder” and Phacelia tanacetifolia all grown from seed. Soft pastel colours that work well together and the bees, hoverflies and moths love it too!
Causican crosswort (Phuopsis stylosa) is a really pretty plant that provides all important ground cover in hot dry sunny spots where little else may grow. Dainty pink flowers held high above bright green foliage and incredibly drought tolerant. You don’t often see it for sale, but easy to grow from seed, and once you get it going, you’ll have it forever!
April 2025
Tulip sylvestris or the Woodland Tulip grows wild throughout Eurasia. Bright yellow blooms that move in the breeze held aloft by delicate stems, the flowers smell of honey and attract pollinators. These look amazing planted in grass such as here in the orchard, and should hopefully spread year on year.
March 2025
Hellebores, daffodils and primrose, soon to be joined by scillas and wood anenomes -although the days are still bone chillingly grey and cold, the spring garden is finally coming alive. Hellebores are a great choice for areas of dappled shade and come in a variety of shapes and colours, brightening up the gloomy days and providing useful pollen for foraging insects
Wildside 