Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady Garden From their failed endeavours

From their failed endeavours

The leaves are fleshy and succulent like and the first flowers appear in autumn with flat heads of flowers that gradually open to produce pinkish flowers that gradually turn to bronze then rust red

You need to ensure that you prune the flowers from these plants to keep them looking bushy

it survives mild frosts

Also a very useful food plant for butterflies

Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady Garden From their failed endeavoursWho doesn't know this lovely book! Rizzoli publishers have bought this beautifully illustrated original diary of Edith Holden back to life. Filled with a naturalists masterful paintings and delightful observations chronicling the English countryside throughout 1906. As one of the few true records of the time in print, the handwritten thoughts and paintings contained in The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady transport readers to a more refined,