If I had to make the choice of having only one plant in the garden, I thing this is the one I would choose.
A few years ago during a cleaning up operation I planted a Anemone honorine jobert in the corner of the Mediterranean bed by the timber fence that separates the front and back gardens. This was done on the spur of the moment, rather than through the plant in the bin. Try as I might I have never been able to eradicate it from that space, but although it is a weed in that position I have something of a soft spot for its large white flowers at this time of the year when everything else is looking tired.
I also have a plant of the pink one called September charm planted by the fence at the back of the alpine house, but it is keeping to its own allotted space for the present anyway.
A plant of Cyathea australis (tree fern) is still sitting on the back patio because I cannot decide where to plant it. But the evening sun shining through the long fronds cast such lovely shadows on the silver leaves of a large plant of Helichrysum arwae, that I am reluctant to move it just yet.
The two Clematis that were pruned back to ground level when erecting the new fence have now covered the fence again and are in full bloom. I just tacked a piece of chicken wire on the fence for to give them support and boy did they take advantage of all the space. I reckon they must be one of the best value for money climbing plants available today, and the colour range is astounding. The red one I have is called Ernest markham and blue one, The President. I was so taken with all the new varieties available that I planted a row of them at the back of my Camellia hedge that was pruned down to six feet in the summer.
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