Key plants in the Big Picture Garden

The garden is vibrant and productive with a profusion of home grown produce and richly coloured blooms including deep blues and violets, punchy reds and oranges specifically chosen to work with maximum contrast against a dark inky blue painted backdrop

Curcubita moschata ‘Tromboncino’

<i>Curcubita moschata</i> ‘Tromboncino’

A quirky, interesting courgette to demonstrate vertical food growing opportunities.

Lathyrus odoratus

Sweetpeas ‘Dalesman’ ‘Dave Thomas’ and ‘Alan Hodgson’ will create a fragrant screen.

Lathyrus odoratus &#39;Dave Thomas&#39;

Gladiolus ‘Performer’

Gladiolus &#39;Purple Flora&#39;

Sword-like leaves and upright flower spikes for height and rich saturated colour.

Pictured: Gladiolus ‘Purple Flora’

Rosa ‘Warm Welcome’

Small sprays of slightly fragrant, semi-double, orange-red flowers from July to September and masses of dark green leaves. This miniature climbing rose is perfect for an open, sunny site with fertile, moist, well-drained soil. 

<i>Rosa</i> ‘Warm Welcome’

© Krzysztof Ziarnek

Echinacea ‘Tomato Soup’

Echinacea ‘Tomato Soup’

A vigorous, recently introduced cultivar, which flowers over a long period from midsummer. Emerging with an orange flush, the flowerheads mature to a bright red and grow up to 12cm across on the upright, branching stems. These are very appealing to all kinds of wildlife. If you remove the spent flowers as they fade it will encourage lots more to follow, and therefore prolong the display well into autumn.

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