Geum
If you cut back the flowered stems when they’ve finished, you get another flush, and they flower on and off pretty much all the way through the summer. Grow them in a mixed border, she suggests, as they have an informal look about them which makes them good companions for many other border plants.
“I would choose Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’. It’s the perfect bridging plant because it comes up in late spring. I’ve already got lovely leaves on mine, so it’s already adding something to the garden and you get those very slender stems with little orange flowers on the tips. “The foliage is attractive but it’s also well behaved, forming a ring around the base.They send up these long flowering stems high above the leaves which dance in the wind.They are great for softening a planting scheme and contrast well with purples.”
RHS Malvern Spring Festival runs from May 8 – 11.
Photo: Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’
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