Garden Small Ideas

  Japanese anemones are stalwarts of cottage gardens and perennial borders. This superb collection brings together three well-known varieties that will bring plenty of late-summer interest to your garden. A host of delicate windflowers rise above the attractive green foliage, attracting pollinating insects to their nectarrich blooms. Hardy and resilient, these undemanding perennials will return year after year, requiring very little maintenance. The collection, which is despatched from January onwards, comprises 1.  Anemone hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’: A classic anemone which is incredibly easy to grow and gives impressive displays from late summer to autumn. H&S: 90cm. 2. Anemone hybrida ‘September Charm’: Rose-pink blooms, with outer petals softly tinted in purple, will revive fading borders right through to early autumn. H: 90cm, S: 40cm . 3. Anemone hupehensis japonica ‘Prinz Heinrich’: From late summer, each tightly rounded bud reveals semi-double flowers, ...

  Syringa vulgaris ‘Charles Joly’ Perfume fills the air in spring thanks to the dense, dark purple clusters of double flowers on this lilac planted close to the seating area, with green heart-shaped leaves adding to its attraction. H&S: 4m. Ox-eye daisies A prominent feature of the meadowstyle plantings, swathes of these toughas- boots daisies flower their socks off from May to July. They’re also loved by pollinators. H: 90cm, S: 60cm. Symphyotrichum ‘Little Carlow’ Brightening the late-summer and autumn garden, this shade-loving aster produces masses of dazzling,violet-blue daisy flowers with cheerful yellow centres. H: 90cm, S: 45cm. Cornus alba ‘Sibirica Vibrant red stems provide a warming glow in winter on a deciduous shrub with oval leaves and small creamywhite flowers in early summer. Prune hard for best stem colour. H&S: 2.5m.

 This salvia has serious flower power In 2020, as part of annual trials at the University of Tennessee Garden in Jackson, we grew 'White Flame' salvia, which was sent to us as a model plant. It was a great performer and earned us our "Best Show" award at the end of the season. Like other "annual" salvias, we expected it to die back in the winter. But to my great surprise, it returned the following year - as it does every year, even though our temperatures sometimes drop below zero. If you like salvias in general, you're going to love 'White Flame'. The Plants are bushy and compact, with pure white 4- to 6-inch flow-over spikes appearing profusely from planting time until killing frost.Calyxes are bee magnets, and are enjoyed by hummingbirds and butterflies. Unlike many "annual" salvias produced fresh vegetatively, this selection blooms during summer in the South and does not cycle out. 'White Flame' Salvia loves hea...