I have a new favourite perennial  – Disporum flavens commonly know as Yellow fairy bells.  009006

This plant is quite perfect in structure, foliage and flower, with a  graceful arching stem and the most exquisite lemon yellow flower, and lives very happily in one of my customers gardens. If you possess  even the smallest area of dappled shade  with moisture retentive and well drained soil you really ought to plant one.  Believe me you will not be disappointed.

My greenhouse is full to brimming with seeds and cuttings  – nothing new there then.  I still have a fair amount which is yet to be sown.  I think I need a  greenhouse extension!

I wonder what previously unseen and new must have plants will catch my eye at Chelsea this year ? Only  23 days to go, not that my sister and I are counting down …