Might be nothing to you...but to me!

Hi Barnaby, always good to hear from you, my friend. Actually, that particular Crocosmia is "Spitfire" which I bought over 15 years ago from Geoff Hamilton's Barnsdale Plant Nursery when I was in the area. I also bought Crocosmia "Citronella" {Yellow} and Crocosmia "Meteore" [Bi-coloured} from there at the same time. I did want to buy "Lucifer" but they hadn't got it in stock, so I bought that elsewhere later on. I think in all I have 9 different varieties of them, some doing better than others!

Would you believe that the "yellow daisy" is, in fact, Rudbeckia "Goldsturm", which is a favourite of mine. There's also Rudbeckia "Harvest Moon" right at the back. I like Echinacea's too and so grow as many of them as I can, but have to treat them as Annuals as they don't last more than a season or two in my garden. Monarda's are something I have a passion for so I also grow them. But anything thing that looks like a big Daisy is something I will always plant. As you know, my borders are somewhat chaotic when it comes to planting.:D

 

I agree with you, Graham. I think it's a mistake just have a just one particular variety of plant on it's own with bare soil around it/them in a border. I confess that I mix plants in a unplanned chaotic way leaving no spaces between the plants so hopefully it becomes just a blaze of colour. I mix Shasta Daisies, Crocosmia, Monarda, Rudbeckias. Poppies, Salvias, Helianthus, Helenium and everything else.........and it seems to work.:D











It works for me, anyway:D