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Blueberry
‘Pink Lemonade’ Tasty flowers to try…
One of the many merits of a
blueberry is its striking ornamental Eat these border blooms
value. This means you can quite
happily grow one in an acidic spot
in your garden, or as an individual Tulbaghia violacea
specimen in an ericaceous container. A very prey member of the allium
This unusual ‘pinkberry’, which is just family with pungent, garlicky leaves
as tasty as its blue cousins, needs a and flowers – some say it shouldn’t be
sunny spot; pinkish flowers become used as a cut flower for this reason!
pink berries, deepening to a darker An easy container or border plant
colour. Plant now and feed in spring. that will pep up salads and other
Supplier: www.lubera.co.uk. cooking, like chives do. Its common
name is ‘society garlic’ as it’s said
the aroma and taste is less socially
unacceptable; perfect for society
functions! It can be used a companion
plant to deter pests, much like
onions and garlic. Order dormant
roots now for planting in May.
Supplier: www.unwins.co.uk.

Alamy

Viola odorata
Sweet violets have a heavenly scent
throughout early spring and are an
excellent garnish for salads and pasta
dishes, but a classic way to use them is
to crystalise them in sugar and use as
cake toppers. A swathe of these
growing in a dappled woodland shady
Lubera
Actinidia arguta ‘Issai’ spot in your garden will bring
sumptuous scent to your plot. Bare
A fantastic, hardy, lile snacking kiwi root plants supplied for planting now.
that can be grown outside in our winters. Supplier: www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk.
Smooth-skinned fruit the size of plums,
Photos: Shuerstock, unless stated
there’s no peeling necessary! It fruits in
late summer and doesn’t need a fertilising
companion. Supplied as a poed plant to
get in the ground now in a sunny spot. Aquilegia vulgaris
Supplier: www.bakker.com.
Lovely purple, spurred bonnet blooms of
this common columbine, which naturalise
fantastically in part shade. Short-lived
flowers in May and June but so worth it! Its
flowers are edible and sweet to taste. Sown
directly in March they’ll flower next year.
Supplier: Seeds from www.crocus.co.uk.

Hemerocallis
‘Stella de Oro’

Daylilies are lile known
excellent edibles, and some
gardeners swear by their
blooms, which can be added to
salads and other dishes much
like courgee flowers. A hardy,
vigorous, late summer bloomer
for a beautiful border. Order
now to plant in mid-spring for
blooms in July and August.
Supplier: www.agroforestry.co.uk.

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