Plant selection | The Kingsland Gardener

I’ve grown comfrey for many years as a crop in my vegetable garden

by Gardener1 | Apr 24, 2024 | Plant selection

I’ve grown comfrey for many years as a crop in my vegetable garden, dedicating an entire bed for it. (This helps to keep it contained! 😁). Comfrey is such a beautiful plant that has loads of different benefits: – it flowers all season if deadheaded regularly...

Green alkanet (‘wild borage’) – do you love it or loathe it?

by Gardener1 | Apr 23, 2024 | Plant selection

Green alkanet (‘wild borage’) – do you love it or loathe it? I love it, leaving patches to grow wild in my own garden, but also encouraging clients to retain it, too, especially in shady areas – bees & butterflies love it, it can flower for months...

Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’ complimenting Spirea japonica ‘Goldflame’ in the background

by Gardener1 | Apr 18, 2024 | Garden Design, Plant selection

Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’ complimenting Spirea japonica ‘Goldflame’ in the background. Both plants provide a cheerful splash of colour in this east-facing mixed border, as well as offering a great food source for bees & other pollinating...

Love leaving aubretia to flow down an old stone wall

by Gardener1 | Apr 10, 2024 | Garden Design, Plant selection

Love leaving aubretia to flow down an old stone wall, letting it drape across planters & self-seed onto edges of driveway…such pretty soft planting & lots of shelter for all sorts of insects & other garden...

I was so pleased to see that we hadn’t missed our Exochorda × macrantha ‘The Bride’ flowering

by Gardener1 | Apr 8, 2024 | Garden Design, Plant selection

After time away over the Easter school holidays, I was so pleased to see that we hadn’t missed our Exochorda × macrantha ‘The Bride’ flowering when arriving home! It always puts on such a beautiful display every spring. I keep the stem pruned clear, as it provides an...