We love November plants
Star of the month “Think pink! Think pink! Pick that quell if you like.” So sings Kay Thompson in the wonderful 1957 film Funny Face, starring the dream partnership of Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. Those lyrics always remind me of nerins. This spectacular pink variety is named after Athelstan Hall Cornish-Bowden, a surveyor in South Africa who sent bulbs to his mother. She gave some to Kew Gardens with the request that they be named after her son. It’s about the last bulb to bloom in our gardens and takes us well into autumn. Needs a warm sheltered wall to thrive. Divide the bulbs after flowering. Height x spread 50cm x 10cm. 1. Heads Up - Aruncus ‘Horatio’ A clever cross between the very tall Aruncus dioica and the compact A. estusifolius, it makes a fine garden plant. Fluffy and light in summer with small white flowers and bronze stems, as you can see here, skeletal and structured in winter. Definitely not something you should think about cutting back to a minimum Feb
