Anna Pavord: Tall plants

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Memo to self. Do not grow so many tall plants next year. Unfortunately, self has a way of disregarding memos if it happens to suit. But as I was dismantling the flower garden ready for winter, I was forced to confront the fact that an awful lot of it was propped up on canes eight or 10 feet long. It's not even a very big border, but the plants I like – angelica, fennel, ammi, the magnificent late-flowering Salvia dombeyi – all want to tickle the clouds. Even the excellent agastache 'Blackadder', newly introduced to the garden this year, has grown to over two metres.










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