Alan Gray and Thordis Fridriksson return with a look at the plants causing a sensation at East Ruston Old Vicarage this September, after a long and droughty summer.

PLANT LIST

Brugmansia × candida 'Shredded White Fantasy'

Iresine herbstii 'Brilliantissima'

Begonia 'Richmondensis'

Begonia grandis

Prunus 'Tai-haku'

Bupleurum fruticosum

Amsonia

Ceratostigma willmottianum

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides

Petunia exserta

Salvia involucrata 'Bethellii'

Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus 'Cosmopolitan'

Tragopogon balcanicus

With apologies for long absence, Alan Gray and Thordis return for more planty joy - with some 'Show and Tell' of what's looking great at East Ruston Old Vicarage at the moment!

PLANT LIST

Rosa 'Climbing Pompon de Paris'

Rosa 'Guy de Savoy'

Rosa 'La Rose de Petit Prince'

Rosa 'American Pillar'

Solanum crispum 'Glasnevin'

Clematis 'Tie Dye'

Fuchsia arborescens

Fuchsia procumbens

Plumbago auriculata

Zantedeschia 'Kiwi Blush'

Phygelius capensis

Kniphofia rufa

Punica granatum 'Flore Plena'

Salvia 'Tropicolor Sunrise'

Salvia 'Amistad'

Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue'

Abelia chinensis

Erigeron annuus

Tagetes 'Cinnabar' (Dixter Strain)

Laurus nobilis 'Aurea'

Tradescantia 'Maiden's Blush'

Dianthus 'Chomley Farran'

Lathyrus odoratus 'Henry Eckford'

Echium vulgare

Dianthus carthusianorum

Lonicera etrusca 'Michael Rosse'

A new year and plenty to talk about. Join Alan Gray as he takes you and Thordis on a 'wander' through the plants wowing at East Ruston Old Vicarage this month.

PLANT LIST

Clianthus puniceus ‘Kākā King’

Lachenalia rubida

Fuchsia 'Wapenveld's Bloei'

Tropaeolum majus 'Hermine Grashoff'

Tropaeolum majus 'Margaret Long'

Tropaeolum majus 'Darjeeling Gold' syn 'Darjeeling Double'

Phlebodium aureum 'Davana'

Viola hederacea

Carex buchananii

Galanthus plicatus 'Wandlebury Ring'

Iris unguicularis

Iris lazica

Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation'

Narcissus 'Pueblo'

Prunus mume 'Beni-chidori'

Malva arborea 'Variegata'

Salix alba var. vitellina 'Britzensis'

Arum 'Hungarian Rhapsody'

Galanthus 'Wasp'

Galanthus 'Glimmer of Gold'

Galanthus plicatus 'Golden Fleece'

Galanthus 'Primrose Warburg'