Right perennial, Right place
HE secret to successful gardening is actually quite simple: give a plant the same conditions that it enjoys in the wild and it will reward you by thriving – this is particularly true of perennials, which will come back year after year if happy. Recognising the importance of replicating these natural growing conditions, the late, great gardener Beth Chatto and her ecologist husband Andrew developed the ‘right plant in the right place’ philosophy when creating their gardens in Essex in the 1960s. Working with what they had, rather than against it, they chose plants according to the
