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(Patron Saint of Gardeners) never impulse shopped in nurseries. I had not seen the plant before, all I knew was that it was quite large and had been planted in the middle of my carefully planned flower bed. Hmmmm...some designers would have thrown a bit

a line of the wonderful tall grass, Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea 'Windspiel', that by this time of year has turned the colour of ripened corn. It should stand for at least another month but looking at the plant now it looks as if it got

Persicaria officinalis. I met this plant for the first time at the RHS Show at the Inner Temple a week or so ago. It formed the backbone of some spectacular annual beds - along with Ricinis communis (the castor oil plant), which is also on my wish list