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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

Tulip ‘Apricot Beauty’

Close up of a rain soaked Tulip Apricot Beauty with a bee resting on one of its petals

Apricot petals with a delicious tinge of pink that radiate warmth and elegance. You can tell I like this tulip!

Filed Under: Plant of the month April Spring

Clivia miniata (Natal lily)

Clivia Miniata (natal Lily) has orange red petals and thick long dark green leaves

March is usually a very yellow month with cheery daffodils and forsythia in full bloom. Orange flowers are harder to find, unless you head indoors that is.

Filed Under: Plant of the month March Spring

Geranium ‘Stephanie’

Close up of the geranium stephanie's five petal lavendar coloured petals, with thin dark blue veins eminationg formth epale yellow centre

This pretty, early flowering hardy geranium is a hybrid between a Greek species (G. peloponnesiacum) and G. renardii.

Filed Under: Plant of the month May Spring

Lamprocapnos spectabilis (Bleeding Heart)

Bleeding Heart IMG 7191

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.

Filed Under: Plant of the month April Spring

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Plant of the month

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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