Firey Lucifer!

  If you want bright, hot colour in the garden in July, Crocosmia ‘Lucifer is just spectacular. It’s incredibly easy Continue reading →

Brightest Yellow!

Bright yellow is often often scorned in the summer garden, but I like it… it can be a stimulating, daring, Continue reading →

Rocking rocket!

Rocket has to be my favourite multi-functional salad leaf! It grows amongst the rhubarb all year round. Pick the young leaves Continue reading →

Easy, lazy veggies!

I’m fairly lazy when it comes to growing my own food, but rhubarb is so easy! I don’t have to Continue reading →

Bronze babies!

                I love this colour combination – the salmon-pink of Saxifraga x geum Continue reading →

Wonderful weed!

Corydalis lutea is a plant most people consider to be a weed, but if the definition of a weed is Continue reading →

Inky Iris!

I love this chunky grey-green leaved iris. My parents used to have masses of them and I’ve taken a piece Continue reading →

Sow some wild oats!

The common form of wild oats is a menace to farmers in the UK, but the giant variety, golden oats Continue reading →