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5 Perennial Plants for late colour in the garden – Part 3
And so to my final five perennial plants for late colour in the garden. When we get to September it’s easy to start thinking the garden season is coming to an end as many plants begin to die back, but with the right perennial plants mixed into your borders, you can go on having colour right into winter. I have all five of these plants in various forms and although some are only just about holding on to a few flowers, others are still flowering profusely here in November. As our climate warms up and we have less severe frosts, the late flowering plants go on and on which is…
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Pulmonaria – Perfect plant for a shady border
If you are looking for, a ridiculously easy to grow; hardy plant; with beautifully coloured flowers; a long period of interest, and something that grows in shade, then look no further. ‘Pulmonaria’ – or its rather unpleasant common name, ‘Lungwort’ – is the plant for you! When most perennials haven’t even started to wake up, and only the small snowdrop and crocus bulbs are out. Pulmonaria’s have shot their little flower spikes up and are flowering profusely. I hadn’t come across this fabulously good value plant until we moved here in summer 2013. There weren’t many flowering plants in the garden considering it’s size. A few nice bulbs, some grasses,…
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Finally Growing Angelica ‘Gigas’
I’ve lost count of how long I’ve been trying to grow Angelica ‘Gigas’. From when I first saw a picture of one, I knew I had to have it in the garden. I love tall plants anyway, and this statues plant can grow up to two and a half metres high. With its red stems and stunning dark plum-purple domed flower heads, it was an absolute must have! Angelica is a biennial plant, meaning it doesn’t flower in its first year. It puts its roots down, ready to flower the following year. Once it has flowered it dies completely, hopefully having set seeds to create next years plants. Take One…