Make mum’s day blossom
I’m probably biased but I love the idea of lots of flowers on Mother’s Day.
The best ones are the little bunches that are picked from your own garden. Either that, or a new pot plant that will give flowers for many years to come.
Apparently there is an increase in theft of roses from front gardens on the Mother’s Day weekend, so I’m encouraging people to buy their own rather than knock off your neighbour’s roses.
There is a beautiful hybrid tea rose called Mothers Love. It has creamy pale pink blooms and a lovely sweet fragrance, a wonderful picking rose. It’s a good bloomer and grows to about 150cm tall.
If you are looking for something really special, get her a climbing clematis as they are stunning. You will probably only have them for a few years but, boy, it will knock your socks off.
If it’s nanna plants you are looking for, how about the Chain of Hearts ceropegia or the very unusual hoya.
Another oldie but goodie is the moon creeper Ipomea alba, with a huge perfumed white flower that opens up at sunset. It is very hard to get hold of these days but Guildford Town Garden Centre is bringing back many of the older plants listed above to educate new gardeners about the joys of those beautiful plants that have disappeared over time.
Many wonderful plants are only found in back gardens that belong to someone’s nanna or mum. They are still there because they are resilient and survivors of hard times — this goes for the plants and the nannas. They knew a thing or two; we need to honour their knowledge and tenacity for life.
