Bloom Magazine UK

In my garden

SHRUBS

ο Helichrysum italicum: a brilliant and resilient small, silvery shrub with yellow summer flowers; dot through the border.
ο Lupinus arboreus 
ο Potentilla fruticosa ‘White Lady’

PERENNIALS

ο Benton series irises: ο : a speedy giant, filling space with silver-blue foliage and bee-magnet blooms. ο ‘Bishop of York’ ο ‘Beatrice’ ο   ο   ο (Atropurpureum Group) ο   ο ‘Rozanne’ ο a classic for good reason. You get two seasons: lime green in summer, maroon in autumn. ο : long flowering during the spring to summer gap, and durable. ο ‘Alba’ ο ‘Six Hills Giant’ ο   ο   ο ‘The Pilgrim’ ο var. : bold colour, unfussy, very quick growing and long flowering. ο   ο × ‘Blauhügel’ ο : a truly fantastic, bright pink, long-lasting perennial with good height. ο   ο : unknown white cultivar, bought at a local WI plant fair. ο subsp.

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