25th August

…‘Robusta’ Echinacea ‘White Meditation’ – yet another ‘new’ one. Who is breeding so many new colours? This one chubby but unremarkable! Echinacea ‘White Meditation’ Echinacea ‘White Meditation’ 2015 – CHW…

24th July

Echinacea ‘Tomato Soup’ – stunning red. Echinacea ‘Tomato Soup’ Echinacea ‘Tomato Soup’ Agapanthus ‘Inkspots’ – another new name to us. Not that startling. Agapanthus ‘Inkspots’ Agapanthus ‘Inkspots’ Helenium ‘Sahins Early…

8th September

…with seeds. Pseudopanax with seeds Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie Glow’ in full flower. Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie Glow’ Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie Glow’ Echinacea purpurea Echinacea purpurea Echinacea purpurea Kniphofia ‘Little Maid’ rather…

24th August

…things looking good in the nursery with flowers or foliage:Tricyrtus hirta Tricyrtus hirta Kniphofia ‘Ice Queen’ Kniphofia ‘Ice Queen’ Rehmannia elata Rehmannia elata Echinacea ‘Green Jewel’ Echinacea ‘Green Jewel’ Imperata…

27th June

…last with pale blue flowers contrasting with the yellow variegation. Nicer than I expected. Agapanthus ‘Golden Drop’ Echinacea ‘Firebird’ is a good red. Echinacea ‘Firebird’ Lampranthus orange – not obliging…

3rd August

…‘Dark Silk’ Echinacea ‘Green Twister’ – very odd. Echinacea ‘Green Twister’ Angelica gigas ‘Ebony’ – strange but a blackish flower covering rather than the green one I photographed yesterday in…