Blooms to lift the gloom
“Shady places are peaceful places but secretive too and full of magic”
We still have a small sign, gold on black, in perfect calligraphy, executed by my friend Dick Thorne for one of our Chelsea exhibits. It reads: “Everyone has some shade in their gardens but rather than think of it as a problem we should look at it as an opportunity to grow some of the most exquisite plants on the planet.”
The great majority of us gardeners in the UK have to contend with shady conditions somewhere in our gardens. “Contend” is not the right word though, “are
