PLANT OF THE WEEK #100: Euphorbia ‘Copton Ash’
One of the great ‘discoveries’ of my unwatered ‘steppe’ garden has been Euphorbia ‘Copton Ash’. I’d admired it, from a distance, for several years. It’s always hard to recall why you overlooked...
View ArticlePLANT OF THE WEEK #101: Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus ‘Cosmopolitan’
So there are miscanthuses that fall into a ‘landscape’ category – that look fabulous en masse, or repeated about – and there are ‘novelty’ miscanthuses that should stand alone – that you only need one...
View ArticleLost, But Happy
I spent last week in the second-most remote community on the continent. Which must make it one of the most remote communities in the world. Besides loving the work I was doing, assisting with an arts...
View ArticlePLANT OF THE WEEK #102: Penstemon ‘Blackbird’
I’ve always been in two minds – maybe more than two – in regard to penstemons. Yes, they’re generous in bloom, and yes, they come in a good range of colours. They flower for an incredibly long time,...
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