Bending THE RULES

When Emma Plunket moved into her new flat in London’s Shepherds Bush, the walled, west-facing garden that came with it was a large part of the appeal. As a garden designer, she relished the opportunity to put her skills into practice in a garden of her own, but as well as employing all the small garden design rules, she bent a few, too.

One of the garden’s most eye-catching features is a line of tall x ‘Red Robin’ lollipops, their sprightly pink-red young leaves making a real statement as they emerge in spring, followed by clouds of white flowers. “They are unusual,”