I keep wanting to try A.Buxton but I think the winter wet will see it off here, I will pick a plant up when I come across one . Do they divide well @Marlorena ?
@Perki ..they are so easy to strike from cuttings, once you have one plant you need never buy another... they form an evergreen clump and I take cuttings just a few inches long from anywhere on the plant in late winter/early spring, pop into a small pot of compost or even in situ where you want them to flower... by summer you have a new bushy plant to flower well the first year..
I can't imagine my summer border to be without them to be honest..
I only discovered this plant in recent years when visiting Bluebell Cottage Garden in Cheshire and saw it dominating the edge of one of the beds. I fell instantly in love with it and bought the last three plants from their nursery.
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
ASTRANTIA 'Roma'... flowers all summer, sun or shade..
..the white one is 'Warren Hills'.. less vigorous,.. long flowering.. ALLIUM stipitatum 'Mt. Everest'... I grow this for the bees, they swarm around it.. large, strapping grey/green foliage, tall spikes of flowers..
Thankyou Marlorena your pictures and chats inspire! Just what we all need and another idea to grow for our garden here in South Wales 'Anthemis ' Thankyou.
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..they are so easy to strike from cuttings, once you have one plant you need never buy another... they form an evergreen clump and I take cuttings just a few inches long from anywhere on the plant in late winter/early spring, pop into a small pot of compost or even in situ where you want them to flower... by summer you have a new bushy plant to flower well the first year..
I can't imagine my summer border to be without them to be honest..
Neither can I @Marlorena
I only discovered this plant in recent years when visiting Bluebell Cottage Garden in Cheshire and saw it dominating the edge of one of the beds. I fell instantly in love with it and bought the last three plants from their nursery.
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
ASTRANTIA 'Roma'... flowers all summer, sun or shade..
..the white one is 'Warren Hills'.. less vigorous,.. long flowering..
ALLIUM stipitatum 'Mt. Everest'... I grow this for the bees, they swarm around it.. large, strapping grey/green foliage, tall spikes of flowers..
..more later..