Plant of the Day
Friday 1 February 2019
The Australian native Hardenbergia violacea (vine lilac, Australian lilac, Australian sarsparilla, coral pea) can be grown in Britain in a warm or unheated conservatory. This evergreen climber has twining stems up to 2m long and in late winter is covered in purple, or occasionally pink or white, flowers. Here it was growing in the beautifully restored, heated glasshouse of Myddleton House, Enfield, UK.
Jill Raggett














