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Plant of the Day
Monday 31 May 2021
In this sunny border at Helmingham Hall, Suffolk, UK, the rhizomatous perennial Iris 'Sable' (bearded iris) was starting to flower. The plants have fans of sword-shaped leaves and fragrant flowers with deep purple standards, very dark purple falls, and orange-tipped, purple beards. One clump of plants was by a very large snail, thankfully it was a topiary Taxus baccata (yew).
Jill Raggett
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Plant of the Day
Friday 4 June 2021
Sheltered by this wall Paeonia rockii (Rock's tree peony) was thriving and covered in flowers. This deciduous shrub has distinctive dark green, divided foliage and semi-double white flowers with each petal having a bold deep maroon blotch at the base.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Friday 11 June 2021
A hybrid from Japan Paeonia 'Oukan' (tree peony) produces large yellow semi-double flowers with a red flare at the base of the petals. There is a lemon fragrance similar to one of its parents, Paeonia 'High Noon'.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Saturday 5 June 2021
The dramatic semi double, mahogany-red flowers of Paeonia ‘Black Pirate’ (tree peony) were stopping visitors to Helmingham Hall, Suffolk, UK. This cultivar was introduced in 1948 by the renown peony breeder Professor Saunders.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Monday 7 June 2021
Lots of careful preparation has gone into the planting of this tunnel of Lathyrus odoratus (sweet pea) and in the coming months it will be filled with fragrant flowers. This annual will climb to about 2m using tendrils with the flowers being produced all summer and into early autumn provided the old flower heads are removed so the plant does not set seed.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Sunday 6 June 2021
In this meadow it was easy to overlook the green flowered Neottia ovata (common twayblade, eggleaf twayblade). This native orchid to the UK is seen in the woodlands, scrub and grasslands on chalky soils. Pollination is carried out by a variety of small insects including sawflies, beetles and parasitic wasps.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Wednesday 23 September 2020
Between the walled garden and deer park of Helmingham Hall, Suffolk, is an avenue of Malus domestica (apple) and Pyrus communis (pear) tree cultivars. This year the sunny, warm spring has resulted in lots of fruit for autumn.
Jill Raggett
