I nearly missed Carol’s wonderful GBBD this month, between recovering from the Malvern Spring Show, giving the allotment some much needed TLC and catching up with blogs. When I saw GBBD posts appearing in my inbox this morning I almost decided to give it a miss, but it is such a valuable record of what…
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This combines really well with Kanutia macedonica and Stipa tenuissima. The young growth looks like chives or baby leeks, providing great vertical accents even before the flower heads appear. When they do, they start to blush purple from the top down, eventually turning in to beautiful deep magenta drumsticks that look great with other perennials….
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