Long-lasting in the vase especially if you add a splosh of vinegar and don’t make the water too deep.Īrthur likes ‘Sooty’ – a beautiful dark crimson. Sarah loves sweet Williams such as Dianthus ‘Electron Mix’ for their cottage simplicity. Digitalis x mertonensis – a crushed strawberry pink, first year flowering, perennial foxglove.Sutton’s Apricot – a lovely soft pink foxglove, adored by bees.Pam’s Choice – both Sarah and Arthur love this white foxglove, splotched with crimson.A very easy going biennial that needs almost zero organic matter to get going and will grow in between the cracks of paving stones. The beautiful mauve froth from the honesty complementing the William Morris pastel pinks and greens from the tulips.Įuphorbia lathyris, which Sarah calls the dinosaur plant as the foliage reminds her of brontosaurus heads.
He was very happy with the results when he planted plugs of honesty through our Farmhouse Tulip Collection in his granny Sheila’s garden. Here are some of Sarah and Arthur’s favourite varieties and planting ideas.Īrthur wants lots of honesty and is doing an experiment, scattering honesty seeds in with his cosmos to see if this will work.
They are excellent value if sown from seed and add so much scale and drama to the garden.īiennials include honesty, foxgloves, Icelandic poppies, wallflowers, sweet Williams, sweet rocket and stocks. They are perfect for filling the May gap in the garden when the tulips have finished but the roses, sweet peas and other summer plants are yet to get going. Biennials really became important to Sarah when she began growing cut flowers as a business.
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