Jun 15, 2023
Plant of the Day
Friday 16 June 2023
There are various cultivars of Sambucus nigra 'Purpurea' (purple leaved elder) but they all have pink coloured flowers instead of the white found on the green leaved plants.
Jill Raggett
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Plant of the Day
Friday 16 June 2023
There are various cultivars of Sambucus nigra 'Purpurea' (purple leaved elder) but they all have pink coloured flowers instead of the white found on the green leaved plants.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Tuesday 7 March 2023
On a cafe windowsill in the Unorthodox Roasters in Kinross the houseplant Oxalis triangularis subsp. papilionacea (purple leaf false shamrock, purple wood sorrel) was growing. This frost-tender bulbous plant can be kept year-round in a cool conservatory or room producing purple foliage and pale-pink flowers. It requires a moisture retentive but well-drained growing media.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Friday 3 June 2022
The Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show, 2022 Plant of the Year was a succulent the purple leaved x Semponium 'Destiny'. This is a hybrid between the genera Aeonium and Sempervivum (houseleek, hen and chicks). There was also a green foliage hybrid x Semponium ‘Diamond’.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Thursday 20 October 2022
In my friend’s garden Heuchera villosa 'Palace Purple' (alum root) is still producing small pale pink flowers above the smart mounds of metallic bronze-purple leaves. This is a great ground-cover plant especially for the front of a border.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Thursday 15 September 2022
The vigorous and floriferous herbaceous Geranium 'Gerwat' (geranium Rozanne, hardy geranium, cranesbill) is scrambling through the deciduous shrub Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea (purple Japanese barberry). What a great combination of dependable plants.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Saturday 20 August 2022
The fine, wiry branches of Verbena officinalis var. grandiflora 'Bampton' (vervain) support a mist of small purplish-pink flowers which contrast well with the dark green-purple leaves. These plants withstand drought well and continue to bloom.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Monday 24 October 2022
Here a curly kale variety, probably Brassica oleracea (Acephala Group) 'Redbor’ has been used to provide colour and texture to this cottage garden. A great way to integrate edibles with ornamentals in a border.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Saturday 24 September 2022
A vigorous herbaceous perennial Lysimachia ciliata 'Firecracker' (purple loosestrife) will spread to form a large colony especially in a moist soil in full sun or partial shade.
Jill Raggett