Abundant rainfall has provided the perfect habitat for a 'Slug's Diner', plant platters of perennials and roses have topped the a la carte menu. Our sultry purple under-planting for the white wood has all but disappeared so we now need to take action and re-plant.
My trusty friend, plantswoman Helen Johnson, has found a beautiful new recruit from our favorite Cornish Nursery, Pococks. Aptly named, Ebb Tide, this plum-purple rose has a compact habit and an enchanting fragrance. The photo on Pocock's website is glorious, hopefully by next year our bare-root recruit will be posing for snapshots - Great Expectations!
