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A registered charity promoting hardy herbaceous plants, we grow and study these plants in our own gardens, and try to keep rarer varieties in cultivation. We share our knowledge and love of these plants with other gardeners whether they're experts, beginners or somewhere in between.
 Something to look out for - and if you're a member it’ll be popping through your letter box in the next week. It’s the 184th edition of the Hardy Plant Society’s national newsletter and you can look forward to... - A chance to win one of two £125 prizes of spring bulbs from experts Peter Nyssen… |
I am always spoiled for choice on June star plants in the garden. This year I’ve chosen an Oriental Poppy (Papaver Orientale) from 14 June 2021 – with self-seeded Geranium endressii round it – it’s a slightly pinkier version of the red Oriental Poppy I have elsewhere in the garden, which I bought from a Yellow Book garden one year without knowing what colour it might come out.
Plants seem much happier now and nearly grow before my eyes with more and more flowers opening everywhere. Papaver orientale has huge flowers which add a real wow factor to the allotment
May is the time of year I am excitedly dashing out to the hotbed in the greenhouse each day watching the HPS seeds I sowed in April for signs of germination and growth.
Soldanella montana comprises exquisite delicate nodding violet/blue flowers, the undersides are greyish in colour, with fringed petals. This little gem will flower from April - May, and can be planted in any good soil, and thrives in part shade.
