Paeonia 'Royal Blush' spring-2025 Helleborus niger brings a quiet

Helleborus niger brings a quiet radiance to the garden just when it’s needed most

and the speckled throats are irresistible to bees who clearly appreciate a well-decorated doorway

Happily drought tolerant once established

Reaching 80cm

Crocosmia 'Montbretia Mix' copes well with most soils and thrives in sun or light shade

Paeonia 'Royal Blush' spring-2025 Helleborus niger brings a quietPaeonia 'Royal Blush' is a rare Itoh hybrid peony with a particularly graceful way with colour, as though it has been lit from within by a soft June sunset. Bred by the respected American peony breeder Roger F. Anderson, Paeonia 'Royal Blush' carries single to semi double flowers in an elegant cream to apricot base, each petal brushed at the edges with salmon pink to antique rose. The centre adds a lively flourish, with deep red pink markings gathered