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Plant of the Day

Saturday 14 November 2020

The seed heads of herbaceous perennials and ornamental grasses look great in the autumn sunshine. Here the grey foreground verticals are the old flower stalks of Salvia × sylvestris 'Blauhügel' (wood sage), the drama is provided by the giant Cynara cardunculus (globe artichoke) and a shimmering background is provided by Deschampsia cespitosa 'Goldtau' (tufted hair grass).

Plant of the Day

Sunday 17 June 2018

The dark purple flowered Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' (Balkan clary) was working well associated with the paler flowered Salvia x sylvestris ‘Blauhügel' (wood sage) at the front of the rose garden borders at Cambridge Botanic Garden, UK. These herbaceous perennials make an eye-catching display for weeks in a sunny border, they are drought-tolerant once established and are popular with bees.