Paeonia 'Royal Blush' spring-2025 The flower cones start off

The flower cones start off a fresh

Ideal as a feature shrub

which explains why Crocosmia 'Montbretia Mix' is so widely favoured by landscapers and designers

surrounding a mass of similarly coloured smaller petals with a canary yellow collar

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

Paeonia 'Royal Blush' spring-2025 The flower cones start offPaeonia '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