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...

Lamprocapnos spectabilis (Bleeding Heart)

I knew this plant as Dicentra spectabilis. It takes me a while to get used to new names but, whatever it’s called, it’s still a beautiful, elegant plant.

Leucojum vernum (Spring snowflake)

In the garden of my childhood home in north London, what my parents called ‘giant snowdrops’ grew at the bottom of our garden and I was often tasked with picking some for a tall vase in late spring.