Perennial memories

Now is the time to enjoy a host of blooming perennials and there’s a great range to choose from, says Peter Dowdall.

June and July really are the months to enjoy the perennials in your garden at their best and let’s hope this run of fine weather, that we’ve been enjoying will continue so we can spend more time outdoors.

All the plants seem so much healthier in this sunshine — not rain-sodden with buds unopened and stems pushed to the ground by high winds. So much nicer to see them in full bloom and holding their heads up to the sun god.