I'm just stumped. Anything and everything was star given the garden is new this year. If I had to pick one, though, it would be the mallow, Lavatera trimistris. It's so beautiful, with gorgeous seed heads, and has just kept going and going. And I don't even know where it came from, one plant appeared last year and I kept seeds from it.
Had a think and now realise that my star is not a flower but my supermarket squish vittoria tomatoes A few kilos of very tasty tomatoes despite late sowing and my best efforts to avoid a glut. I would advise anyone to give it a go with any variety you like. What have you got to lose?
Mine was purple angelonia. It has been going nonstop since April. It's technically a tender perennial so I'm hoping it is root hardy here. I've overwintered pelargoniums and begonias and dahlias in the same bed so there's at least a chance. I'm quite inept at propagation, but I've taken some cuttings anyway.
My star plant this year isn't the same as last year, although last year's Short and Sassy Helenium in My French garden is still going strong. It has been overtaken by Alstromeria Indian Summer, which has repeat flowered several times. I have it in France and in OH's Norfolk garden. Looks very exotic but has survived 3 winters.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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I would advise anyone to give it a go with any variety you like. What have you got to lose?