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Com Need a back issue? 01202 440840 Subscriptions: 020 3148 6340 Editor: Tim Rumball Features editor: Sally Charrett Gardening editor: Ruth Hayes Consumer editor: Julia Heaton News editor: Marc Rosenberg Art editor: Bob Kemp Designers: Al Rigger, Del Shults, Katherine Miller Editor’s PA/ Admin manager: Jenny Bagshaw Picture library: Judith Everitt A rose by any other name I’VE taken to growing some weeds as special specimens. For example, this two foot tall dandelion is growing against a south facing wall.
The paler, primrose yellows of plants such as Sisyrinchium striatum and Phlomis russeliana work well when planted alongside the mauve of Verbena rigida, the purple of Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’, the silvery foliage of Stachys byzantina and the zingy greens of euphorbias. If you fancy something a little bolder, try the half-hardy annual Cosmos ‘Xanthos’, with its pale lemon flowers, planted alongside the rich blue of Saliva patens or the deep purple of Salvia ‘Amistad’. The bolder yellows of Helenium ‘The Bishop’ and rudbeckias lend themselves to the colours of late summer and early autumn, combining well with burnt oranges, deep rich reds and chocolatey Fothergills Shutterstock 5 spring yellows to perk up your plot Aquilegia chrysantha ‘Yellow Queen’ Whorls of pale yellow flowers are held on tall stems.
