Plant of the month

Each month I choose one of my favourite plants relevant for the season. So many to choose from, so little time...

Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’ (Korean lilac)

Lilac time has come early this year – the warm, dry April has encouraged many shrubs into flowering.

Marsh-marigold (Caltha palustris)

Its bright yellow, cup-shaped blooms gleam above lush, scalloped shaped leaves and the flowers are irristible to insects.

Prunus incisa ‘Kojo-no-mai’ (Dwarf Fuji cherry)

This delicate-looking shrub defies the bleak weather by bursting into blossom in late winter

Crocus tommasinianus

The woodland, or early crocus, is a welcome sight in late winter.

Kale ‘Redbor’

Looking good in allotments and cottage gardens right now.