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! My last ones are Mrs Bradshaw Geums - knew it would come to me in the end! Thanks chicky hope i have better look tried two packets of rudbeckia from seed this year with no luck dont think the seeds have had a cold period for them to germinate

, while ScotiaLass chose Skimmia 'Rubella', honeysuckle, philadelphus and the old cottage garden pink 'Mrs Sinkins'.Lili went for spring-flowering viburnum ("the smell is exquisite"), while Diane recommended jasmine. Others favoured lilies, geum, nicotiana

Dear all, I took advantage of a GW special offer and just the other week, received my seedlings as follows - Echinacea primadonna, lavender hidcote, Penstemon tubular bells, Geum Mrs bradshaw, Delphinium Pacific Giants and Digitalis Excelsior. I

in the wild (or from what I remembered from childhood) were quite dainty little things. I think I'm likely now to get more unexpected things appearing.  Ah well.  I'm happy with it and conditions must suit it.   Mystery is - there was a gorgeous orange geum

admiringly at roses and bob deferentially to paeonies. One of my favourite combinations is Geum 'Mrs J. Bradshaw' with Stipa tenuissima.As we reach the dog days the grasses step from the shadows and become stars. I could drone on for ages but I'll give you

That's it really: I have a west-facing (and a little eat sun first thing) L shaped raised bed (sleepers) with in it a Mexican Orange Blossom, an Acer palmatum, Iceberg rose, a hebe, lithospermum plus some geums, anemones and a honeysuckle that has

of the leaves is spectacular.     Wants to go reaaaaaaly formal?  A cypress! With some care (and I´ve seen it), you can alternate buxus with some flowering shrubs like potentilla, geum, azaleas... Or low annuals (to highlight the buxus): aubrieta, snow

’t seed itself.Verbena hastata - I have written about this fabulous plant here before.Helianthus salicifolia - about the last thing to flower before autumn really hits. About eight feet tall with narrow willowy leaves.Geum 'Prinses Juliana' - I've always

', blue clouds of catmint and Russian sage.Planting companionsSome shrubs also make great companions, such as euphorbias, geums and Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing' with the warmer-coloured iris flowers, or cistus and artemisia for the cool blues

plants like miscanthus sinensis zebrinus (zebra grass) and lupins, phlox scabious,geums. Have a good evening, ThaiGer. try the following it works on roses and seems to be the same type of problem. when the rain lands on the rose leaves it causes