Originally from the olive groves of the Mediterranean and now naturalised in parts of southern England and the Silly Isles, this beautiful Gladiolus is an easy garden plant and makes excellent cut flowers. It works very well in borders or in grass, w...

The Dog's Tooth Violet (Erythronium 'Pagoda') is perfect for a lightly shaded area in the garden. Woodland or under deciduous shrubs is ideal, but any shady spot works. Clumps of glossy green leaves, often mottled with brown, produce tall s...

Primula bulleyana is known as the Candelabra Primula, or Bulley's Primrose. It's an easy to grow primula with rosettes of mid-green leaves and candelabra-shaped whorls of orange-yellow flowers, on erect tall stems, up to 50cm, from May to July. It wi...