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Plant of the Month: The pollinator-friendly Diervilla 'Honeybee'

10 Jun 2019
Tags: plants

I bet you had never heard of Diervilla until now. I certainly hadn't! It's one of those 'invisible plants', oft used in landscaping schemes. However, it turns out that it's one of the most bee friendly plants you'll find. But, it took a change of colour to get itself noticed! Introducing Diervilla 'Honeybee'.

The surprising Chelsea Flower Show winner: Sedum 'Atlantis'

06 Jun 2019
Tags: plants

Sedum 'Atlantis' is a hardy outdoor succulent; strong, resilient and self-sufficient. It's also a 'succulent', you only have to open Instagram to see how they send the millennial crazy!

7 plants that dad would love

05 Jun 2019
Tags: plants

Father's Day 2019 is coming up on Sunday 16th June, and it's the perfect time to encourage dad's love of plants!

Plant of the month: The many faces of Sedum Sunsparkler

14 May 2019
Tags: plants

These beautiful Sedum Sunsparklers, with their many variations, are the result of a 20 year labour of love by breeder Chris Hansen!

Nepeta 'Neptune': The backyard social butterfly

07 Apr 2019
Tags: plants

Nepeta 'Neptune' is like that guy at the party who moves from group to group, you know the type, a bit of a social butterfly..? Because, what you see before you may look like herbaceous perennial, but that certainly shouldn't limit where it spends its time in your garden.