Having
visited Chelsea Flower Show last week it became clear there are still a number
of flowers that really draw in the crowds. Here is a run-down of the hottest
plants on show and how you can get your hands on them!
Geums
Geums
are reliable perennials loved by bees and a must in any cottage garden
scheme.
Geum
6 variety Collection - £19.99
Digitalis
Flowering
from Spring through to Summer, these varieties are clump-forming, evergreen to
semi-evergreen perennials with oblong to inversely lance-shaped, veined,
glossy, dark green leaves and narrow, tubular, flowers.
Digitalis Foxy
Perennial Collection - 3 varieties / 6 Plants - £24.99
International plants
Much
like Paul’s conceptual garden on BBC Two’s The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge,
international plants were again a key feature.
Carex Buchananii
(AGM) - £3.99
Crocosmia Emily
McKenzie - £4.49
Rudbeckia
fulgida speciosa - £4.20
Kniphofia
Drummore Apricot - £5.49