How do you choose plants? Surely it’s the easiest part of gardening. You go to the garden centre, find something you like and then you buy it. Well, actually, no. There’s more to plants than just the colour and size, and it’s good to learn this sooner rather than later.
It’s a matter of some embarrassment to me that the most successful plants in our garden were chosen – in fact insisted upon – by the Partner.
A few years ago, when I was arguing for a huge bank of Gypsophila, he ignored me and put half a dozen Mexican Orange Blossoms in the trolley. They’ve grown dense, bright foliage, covered themselves in scented white flowers and insisted that no, thank you, they really don’t need anything.
Had I prevailed,…
