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Pulsatilla vulgaris

Pulsatilla vulgaris has purple petals with a golden yellow centre

This is a plant for full sun that will take a baking.

Filed Under: Plant of the month April Spring

Marsh-marigold (Caltha palustris)

Close up of bee on a bright yellow Marsh-marigold

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

Filed Under: Plant of the month April Spring

Veronica umbrosa ‘Georgia Blue’

A host of small blue flowerheads form this striking bush

Its stems, young foliage and flowers are an unusual and distinctive combination

Filed Under: Plant of the month April Spring

Ranunculus ficaria ‘Brazen Hussy’ (Lesser Celandine)

Small bright yellow petals contrast against the deep browny/green foliage

I came back from a visit to the nursery at Great Dixter with several new plants and discovered that an additional plant had made its way into a pot.

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Lathyrus vernus

Lathyrus vernus

A low-growing, bushy perennial that produces a very pretty display of purple blue pea-like flowers from March to May

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August
A bumble bee settles on a lilac blue Agastache

Agastache ‘Black Adder’

his giant hyssop has fluffy, lilac blue flower spikes on straight stems that grow to about 90cm high.

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