Butterflies and Top July Plants with Organic Gardener Val Bourne

Val Bourne returns to The Talking Dirty Podcast to share some of her top plants of the moment with Alan Gray (East Ruston Old Vicarage) and Thordis , plus bumper Butterfly chat and cracking Crocosmia care tips!

PLANT LIST

Origanum vulgare

Clematis 'Elsa Späth'

Buddleja x weyeriana 'Pink Pagoda'

Bupleurum fruticosum

Daucus carota 'Dara'

Clematis tibetana subsp. vernayi 'Glasnevin Dusk'

Clematis 'Little Bas' Crocosmia 'Hellfire'

Crocosmia 'Paul's Best Yellow'

Crocosmia 'Lucifer'

Crocosmia 'Scorchio' (Firestars Series)

Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora 'George Davison'

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Columbus'

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Norwich Canary'

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Star of the East'

Crocosmia 'Walberton's® Bright Eyes'

Agapanthus 'Northern Star'

Agapanthus 'Alan Street'

Agapanthus 'Poppin' Purple'

Tulbaghia 'John May's Special'

Gladiolus cardinalis

Gladiolus dalenii

Gladiolus 'Ruby' (papilio hybrid)

Gladiolus 'Evergreen'

Gladiolus 'Green Star'

Alstroemeria 'Indian Summer'

Alstroemeria psittacina

Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra 'Summer Nights'

Kniphofia thomsonii 'Kichocheo'

Kniphofia rooperi 

Kniphofia 'Prince Igor'

Kniphofia 'Little Maid' 

Kniphofia 'Penny Rockets'

Kniphofia 'Percy's Pride'

Phlox paniculata 'Eva Cullum' 

Geranium (Cinereum Group) 'Laurence Flatman' 

Dianthus carthusianorum

Dianthus cruentus

Cephalaria gigantea

Cephalaria tatarica