Tag: High Garden Nurseries

Aster × frikartii ‘Mönch’

Post author By Kris
Post date 01/08/2020
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An interesting little Aster. I’ve not had much success with these in the past, but this one had run away and is throwing out lovely flowers within a month. I really like it.

Tags Aster, Aster × frikartii, Asteraceae, Bought as a Plant in a Pot, Flower Colour: Light Blue, Flower Colour: Yellow, Flower Season: Summer, Herbaceous, Herbaceous Perennial, High Garden Nurseries, Leaf Colour: Green, Main Bed, Perennial, Planted: 2020-08, RHS AGM

Garden Garden Plants

A really pretty Salvia which has been declared one of the top 10 new plants of recent years. I bought it on impulse as I needed a new blue flower for my main bed and this looked like it fitted the bill. It’s not fully hardy though, so may not last the winter. I’ll try […]

Tags Bought as a Plant in a Pot, Flower Colour: Dark Blue, Flower Season: Summer, Half-Hardy, Half-Hardy Perennial, High Garden Nurseries, Lamiaceae, Leaf Colour: Green, Main Bed, Planted: 2020-08, RHS AGM, Sage, Salvia

Garden Garden Plants

Dahlia ‘David Howard’

A lovely dark leaved dahlia with lots of bright orange flowers. Really striking. I had it in a pot which previously held one of our sad peonies. It looked a bit sad as it was probably a bit cramped. Tried to keep it fed and it did flower well. This was lifted on 7 November […]

Tags Asteraceae, Bought as a Tuber, Dahlia, Decorative Dahlia, Flower Colour: Orange, Flower Season: Summer, High Garden Nurseries, Leaf Colour: Dark Green, Perennial, Planted in a Pot, Planted: 2020-08, Tuber, Tuberous Perennial