Anthriscus sylvestris ‘Ravenswing’

I love to see the frothy white blooms of this dark leaved variety of the wild cow parsley. They sway and swoon in the breeze, one metre high, forming a layer like a billowing cloud below the mountain tops of larger shrubs, shadowing the lower growth of late summer perennials. When they finish flowering inContinue reading “Anthriscus sylvestris ‘Ravenswing’”

Well done to the rare un-staked! – Herbaceous Perennials that stand up for themselves…

I love gardening but there are some jobs that are laborious and feel like a waste of one’s good time if they have to be done too often, cutting the grass is one such task, staking herbaceous perennials is another. The former job is reduced by having less grass areas and more plants, and inContinue reading “Well done to the rare un-staked! – Herbaceous Perennials that stand up for themselves…”