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Continuing our occasional look at the plants most widely available in the new RHS Plant finder…. Fiery colours used to be ignored or even despised in favour of soft pastel shades, but not any more. And one of the most widely grown new plants in this years RHS Plantfinder is a very sparky looking perennial...
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Sometimes a plant breeder sets out with an aim in mind - and ends up creating an entirely different plant. That was the case with this dramatic new geum. Plant breeder Tim Crowther tells the story. “What I was looking for in 1988 was a compact free flowering clone that I could take further and use to...
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On this the last day of the year, I'm looking ahead to 2010 and picking out five perennials to watch for in the coming year (click the picture to enlarge it). One or two may have been available in very restricted quantities recently, but I expect all to become available by mail order during the year...
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