36 KEY PLANTS FROM AVON BULBS

1 Allium ‘Purple

Rain’

Probably the best allium in a recent RHS trial, Increases quickly with long-lasting flowers of a particularly good purple-pink colour. 90cm. AGM*. RHS H5, USDA 4a-9b^† .

2 Gladiolus tristis

Forms clumps of fine foliage atop which night-scented, creamy yellow-throated flowers are produced. Good when grown in a pot. 80cm. RHS H4, USDA 4a-8b.

3 Scilla peruviana

A plant that favours a sunny, sheltered site with free-draining soil. During the winter it makes whirls of fleshy leaves from which squat, conical racemes of flowers are produced. 30cm. RHS H4, USDA 4a-8b.

4 Allium siculum subsp. dioscoridis x A. tripedale

Known as Sicilian honey garlic, this robust perennial produces