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[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Sunday 15 August 2021

A traditional cottage garden perennial, Dianthus barbatus (sweet william) is a short-lived perennial, but is usually grown as a biennial. The flowers come in a range of colours but Dianthus barbatus ‘Temarisou’ ('Green Trick') is a non-flowering form with vibrant green pompom heads which are great as a cut flower or, as here, in a container.

Jill Raggett

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Thursday 11 June 2020

The sculptural flowers of Eryngium giganteum (Miss Willmott's ghost, tall eryngo) have cone-like umbels of tiny blue flowers sitting within a rosette of spiny silvery-grey bracts. This biennial or short-lived perennial self-seeds freely and is ideal for a dry, sunny location. The common name, Miss Willmott's ghost, comes from the tale that the nineteenth-century gardener, Ellen Wilmott, who liked to secretly scatter the seeds of this plant in other people's gardens.

Jill Raggett