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Plant of the Day

Thursday 25 April 2024

A striking container display of tulips in yellow and purple with cultivars Tulipa ‘Green Mile’, Tulipa ‘Curly Sue’ and Tulipa ‘Akebono’.

Jill Raggett

#Tulipa #tulip #tulips #containers #yellow flowers #purple flowers #plants #bulbs #bulbous #horticulture #gardens #essex #garden #RHS Hyde Hall

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Plant of the Day

Wednesday 24 April 2024

This container was filled with a display of Muscari aucheri 'White Magic' (grape hyacinth). This clump-forming, bulbous perennial is great for a container and can then be planted out at the front of a border.

Jill Raggett

#Muscari #grape hyacinth #white flowers #container #bulbous #bulbs #plants #horticulture #garden #community garden #marengo #orkney

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Plant of the Day

Tuesday 23 April 2024

The blossom of Prunus padus 'Watereri' (bird cherry) appears as drooping racemes of small, fragrant white flowers. After flowering small, black berries appear.

Jill Raggett

#prunus #bird cherry #white flowers #blossom #cherry #cherry blossom #tree #deciduous #plants #horticulture #gardens #garden #essex #RHS Hyde Hall

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Plant of the Day

Monday 22 April 2024

The delicate flowers of Tulipa acuminata (species tulip, horned tulip) mean the bulbs need careful placement to ensure that their display is not overpowered by the surrounding planting.

Jill Raggett

#Tulipa #tulip #tulips #species tulip #horned tulip #plants #horticulture #gardens #garden #essex #dry garden #RHS Hyde Hall #red flowers

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Plant of the Day

Sunday 21 April 2024

In this community garden in Dunkeld, Scotland, the Muscari latifolium (broad-leaved grape hyacinth) was creating a display. This perennial has a single leaf to each bulb, with deep blue-black flowers, topped by a crown of pale sterile flowers.

Jill Raggett

#Muscari #broad-leaved grape hyacinth #blue flowers #bulbs #bulbous #community garden #dunkeld #scotland #plants #horticulture #gardens #garden

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Plant of the Day

Saturday 20 April 2024

On the beach at Deal, Kent, is a Malus domestica (apple) tree growing in the shelter of a fishing hut. This has probably grown from a seed from an abandoned apple core and shows how tolerant of growing conditions this species can be.

Jill Raggett

#Malus #apple #fruit trees #horticulture #plants #beach #kent #deal #tree #pink buds #blossom

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Plant of the Day

Friday 19 April 2024

In the shade of a woodland garden the Anemone blanda (winter windflower, Balkan anemone) were flowering. The flowers are an intense blue, but the species can produce shades of pink and white. This spreading perennial here contrasts with the silver evergreen foliage of Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver' (spotted deadnettle).

Jill Raggett

#anemone #winter windflower #Balkan anemone #Lamium #spotted deadnettle #blue flowers #silver foliage #woodland garden #shade garden #plants #horticulture #gardens #garden #Dunkeld #scotland

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Plant of the Day

Thursday 18 April 2024

In the shelter of a Polycrub I really enjoy growing tulips as a cut flower. The star at the moment is Tulipa 'Rasta Parrot' (tulip) which provides an explosion of colour with twisted, curling petals, of irregular shape and in unusual patterns.

Jill Raggett

#Tulipa #tulip #tulips #cut flower #bulbs #orange flowers #parrot tulip #plants #horticulture #polycrub #garden #orkney #container

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Plant of the Day

Wednesday 17 April 2024

The sub-shrub perennial Erysimum mutabile (changeable wall-flower) produces a woody base covered with slender, lax stems that produce flowers in yellow, pink and purple. This species will thrive on a well drained location for a few years but is easily replaced by growing further plants from cuttings.

Jill Raggett

#Erysimum #perennial wallflower #changeable wall-flower #yellow flowers #pink flowers #subshrub #dry garden #plants #horticulture #gardens #garden #essex #gravel garden #RHS Hyde Hall

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Plant of the Day

Tuesday 16 April 2024

The flower buds of the deciduous shrub Viburnum × burkwoodii 'Mohawk' (arrowwood) are bright pink and open to be fragrant, tubular white flowers. If pollinated the flowers will produce red fruits which ripen to black in autumn.

Jill Raggett

#viburnum #arrowwood #deciduous #shrub #fragrantblossoms #white flowers #pink buds #fragrant #plants #horticulture #gardens #garden #RHS Hyde Hall #essex

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Plant of the Day

Monday 15 April 2024

The compact, semi-evergreen perennial Acorus gramineus 'Ōgon' (slender sweet flag) has been used to edge this container of woven Salix (willow) cultivars to create a winter display.

Jill Raggett

#Acorus #slender sweet flag #salix #willow #foliage #container #plants #horticulture #gardens #garden #essex #RHS Hyde Hall

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Plant of the Day

Sunday 14 April 2024

A useful small-leaved hedging plant is Lonicera ligustrina var. pileata (box-leaved honeysuckle). This low spreading evergreen shrub responds well to clipping and has small tubular cream flowers in late spring, followed by purple berries.

Jill Raggett

#lonicera #box-leaved honeysuckle #foliage #hedge #front garden #path #front door #plants #horticulture #gardens #garden #kent #deal #evergreen #shrub

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Plant of the Day

Saturday 13 April 2024

An early flowering rose, Rosa xanthina 'Canary Bird' (shrub rose), has wonderful arching stems that have small, fern-like leaves and are dotted with single, bright yellow flowers.

Jill Raggett

#rosa #rose #shrub rose #yellow flowers #plants #horticulture #gardens #garden #essex #RHS Hyde Hall

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Plant of the Day

Friday 12 April 2024

The early magenta-pink flowers of Bergenia cordifolia 'Purpurea' (elephant's ears) always look very exotic. This clump forming perennial is ideal for a dry garden with free draining conditions. The large, rounded evergreen leaves take on a purplish shade in winter.

Jill Raggett

#bergenia #elephant's ears #pink flowers #evergreen #perennial #dry garden #horticulture #plants #garden #gardens #essex #RHS Hyde Hall

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Plant of the Day

Thursday 11 April 2024

These containers had great ‘cages’ made from the colourful woven stems of Salix (willow) and Cornus (dogwood) species. The planting included the pale coloured flowers of Narcissus 'Thalia' (daffodil) and contrasting dark purple blooms of a Helleborus x hybridus cultivar.

Jill Raggett

#salix #willow #cornus #dogwood #narcissus #daffodil #white flowers #purple flowers #plants #containers #horticulture #gardens #garden #essex #herbaceousperennial #bulbous #bulbs #RHS Hyde Hall

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Plant of the Day

Wednesday 10 April 2024

Great for a delicate display in a meadow, border or in a woodland garden is Tulipa sylvestris (wild tulip). This bulb only reaches a height of around 25cm and has yellow, lemon-scented flowers, in early spring.

Jill Raggett

#Tulipa #tulip #wild tulip #yellow flowers #scented #plants #bulbs #bulbous #perennial #horticulture #gardens #garden #essex

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Plant of the Day

Tuesday 9 April 2024

In this sheltered garden it was great to see that Anemone coronaria De Caen Group (garden anemone) had naturalised in the lawn. These tuberous perennials need a moist but well-drained soil, in partial shade or sun.

Jill Raggett

#anemone #garden anemone #De Caen Group #pink flowers #red flowers #tuberous perennial #plants #horticulture #garden #gardens #well drained soil #kent #deal #lawn #meadow #naturalised