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Lupins
Lupins are spectacular, inexpensive flowers that will brighten any border and add tons of personality. Every year they just get bigger and better! They die down in winter and returning in the summer with a bang!
Thrift
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This is a seaside plant – a little hairy clump of leaves sending out amazing lollipop spikes of pink or white flowers like fireworks. They grow almost anywhere and look great in rockeries. And they’re cheap to buy. They were one of my childhood plants and bring back fond memories.
Honeysuckle
This is a phenomenal semi-evergreen with all the Fs – flowers, fragrance and foliage. If you plant early and late varieties together, you’ll get flowers from May to September. They are also good for companion planting – two plants in the same hole.
Chocolate Cosmos
This is famous for its chocolate scent! It has a striking burgundy flower borne on tall stems over dark green leaves. Once native to Mexico, it’ll look, and smell, very special in your garden.
David Domoney is a Chartered Horticulturalist, Broadcaster, and Author. David has worked with a number of the UK’s leading garden retailers as a plant buyer and strategic consultant. With more than 30 years experience, in horticulture, David is as passionate about plants now as he was when he bought his first plant at a village fete.
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