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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...

Iris pallida subsp. pallida (Orris root, bearded iris)

Several purple iris pallida in full flower in a garden border.

Ipheion have delicate looking pale blue or white flowers that have a silvery, silk-like sheen about them.

Filed Under: Plant of the month May Spring

Ipheion uniflorum (spring starflower)

A cluster of white starshaped Ipheion uniflorum in a garden border.

Ipheion have delicate looking pale blue or white flowers that have a silvery, silk-like sheen about them.

Filed Under: Plant of the month April Spring

Camellia ‘China Clay’

A honey bee rests on the white petals of the camellia

It flowers reliably in March/April with semi double white flowers and is now about 5m high.

Filed Under: Plant of the month March Spring

Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop)

Close-up of blooming Galanthus Nivalis snowdrop flowers with white petals and green markings, surrounded by green leaves, in a sunny garden setting.

The reliable common snowdrop has been flowering for a while and reminds us that spring is round the corner.

Filed Under: Plant of the month February Winter

Leucothoe Scarletta (Dog hobble)

Close up of Leucothoe Scarletta showing the elongated leaves both in red and green

The leaves of the Leucothoe turn shades of bronze and red once the temperature drops in the autumn.

Filed Under: Plant of the month January Winter

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