This seaside container garden, made from an old sink and jazzed up with a blue and white dinner plate, stone hearts and seashells, is doorstep gardening at its cutest!
Hidden in Plain Sight: Primrose Hearts
When I saw these common primroses hidden under a shrub in the gardens at Bridgemere Garden Centre yesterday, I marvelled that each petal is a heart. They looked so dainty and exquisite that I wondered if I was looking at one of the latest new cultivars.
I’d been admiring the Victorian-style, gold and silver lace primulas and some ruffled, rose-like doubles on the garden centre benches just a few minutes earlier – and, I confess, wrinkling my nose at a couple of the less dainty cultivars that are being offered this season.
Checking online, I see that every common primula (Primula vulgaris) has heart-shaped petals. How could I have forgotten in just a few months? Continue reading “Hidden in Plain Sight: Primrose Hearts”
Susan Rushton 