…lobata – a perennial grown here as an annual. Ipomoea lobata A tremendous display of Saponaria officinalis which flops over as flowering finishes. Saponaria officinalis Saponaria officinalis Cynara cardunculus in…

…through the summer. Japanese anemones contrast nicely too with nearly over nepeta Cynara scotomus ready for picking. Cynara scotomus Cynara cardunculus with its purple thistle heads also ripe for the…

…Queen’ Cynara cardunculus and Verbena bonariensis. Cynara cardunculus Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Heavenly Blue’ and Ceratostigma willmottianum. Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Heavenly Blue’ Agapanthus ‘Africanus Albus’ and Trachelospermum jasminoides. Agapanthus ‘Africanus Albus’…

…Gardening for butterflies with Cynara cardunculus (flowers unpicked or eaten) and Buddleia ‘White Knight’. It was however too early in the morning for them to be up and about. Cynara…