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Plant of the Day
Tuesday 14 June 2022
Hakonechloa macra (Japanese forest grass, hakone grass, ornamental grass) forms clumps of elegant arching foliage and grows well in moist, humus-rich soil in cool shade. It works well edging a path, underplanting shrubs or in containers.
Jill Raggett
Textures in Tom Stuart-Smith’s beautiful show garden in the middle of the marquee at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show. CarexTours: http://www.carexdesign.com/tours/
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Plant of the Day
Monday 6 June 2022
The white flowers of Crataegus × lavalleei 'Carrierei' (hybrid cockspur thorn, Lavallée’s hawthorn) are popular with pollinators. This is a hybrid between Crataegus mexicana and Crataegus calodendron that originated in the 1870’s. The small deciduous tree has a dense crown with glossy leaves turning red in late autumn, after flowering there are large, orange-red fruit.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Tuesday 31 May 2022
In ‘A Garden Sanctuary’ display garden at the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show the path is edged at one point with the spreading semi-evergreen perennial Phlox divaricata 'May Breeze' (perennial sweet william). The clusters of almost pure white flowers are very fragrant and as with many white flowers they look wonderful at twilight when they seem to glow. This was my favourite garden at the Show this year, but it is so hard to choose!
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Monday 11 October 2021
A late flowering from the upright herbaceous perennial Thalictrum delavayi 'Hewitt's Double' (Chinese meadow rue) at the recent Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show, London.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Wednesday 29 September 2021
Like shooting stars the flowers of Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Alba' (white-flowered red bistort) illuminated the borders of the show gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show, London. This upright, clump-forming perennial is ideal for a damp soil conditions.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Monday 3 June 2019
A Geum (avens) flower was the eye catcher in this floral installation at the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Show, London, and many Geum cultivars were featured in the show gardens, including the popular Geum 'Totally Tangerine’. These rhizomatous herbaceous perennials have a basal rosette of lobed leaves and send up airy stalks with saucer-shaped flowers in loose groups. They thrive in a moist soil in sun or partial shade.
Jill Raggett
