cornflower

Six on Saturday – Annual Report

On today’s SoS I thought I’d tackle the sometimes contentious issue of annuals. There are some who believe them to be unworthy of the grown-up garden, these fleeting fly by nights are surely only for small children and the unimaginative. Clients can seem a little disappointed when told that a particular plant won’t return theContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Annual Report”

Dandy

Sometimes it works out just dandy.

Really, truly, can you do much better than a cornflower? It is blue in the best possible way, tough as boot leather but supremely delicate, reliable as a pimple before a hot date but never tedious, fits in well with everyone in the border but stands alone as a special one. If one flower couldContinue reading “Cornflower”