Blackcurrant fruit is ready to harvest in late Summer

garden border

Most tea bushes are trimmed into a fan shape with a flat-topped ‘plucking table’ at a comfortable height

Buddleia plants give out a sweet strong honey-scented fragrance that lures butterflies

pink flowers are fully double

Ceanothus 'Dark Star' Bergenia 'Bressingham Ruby' Blackcurrant fruit is ready toA very showy variety of Ceanothus with dense flowering throughout the foliage. The Ceanothus Dark Star is a spreading, evergreen species of Californian Lilac with ovate, dark green leaves and striking deep blue flowers which appear in all over the plant in rounded clusters from late Spring. The tiny, richly coloured flowers are quite fragrant and contrast nicely with the darker foliage surrounding them. A great low maintenance shrub suitable for most