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There are a number of awkward corners in the garden where I need something strong and perennial
(and hopefully interesting) that will occupy space and stop anything else getting in. I have been thinking about Acanthus and the only way to see if it will work is to try - so I leapt on this when I was offered it. I was promised that it is a pure white flowered form of the species which is usually shaded with brown-lilac in the calyx. It is very beautiful, but this promised to be fantastic. It has suffered a bit in the first winter but I have high hopes for a mound of large shiny green leaves to support the towering spikes of purest white flowers. The first stage in any plan is having a plan, and I am prepared to be flexible about the outcome. Larch Cottage Nursery say: "Acanthus mollis ‘Alba’ is a semi evergreen, stately perennial. Ht 4-5ft (120-150cm).. Deeply cut bright green leaves. Spikes of funnel-shaped, white flws. Flws: Jun-Jul and sometimes later. Any garden soil. Full sun or part shade, flws best in sun." |
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