Val Bourne will always be one of our absolute favourite guests on the podcast - never failing to deliver a real plantswoman's crop of treasures for us all to grow at home. This week she's sharing her love of bulb lawns with Alan Gray (East Ruston Old Vicarage) and Thordis, including some of the varieties she's naturalised in her own miniature meadows at home. Plus the monocarpic tendencies of some plants (don't worry - it's not catching!), the patience needed to grow Trilliums from seed, and Thordis and Val share their experiences of 'the one that got away'!

PLANT LIST

Erigeron karvinskianus  

Erigeron karvinskianus 'Lavender Lady'  

Erythronium oregonum x revolutum  

Erythronium californicum 'White Beauty'  

Erythronium 'Pagoda'  

Erythronium 'Joanna'  

Trillium sessile var gigantium  

Trillium kurabayashii  

Euphorbia rigida  

Primula veris hose-in-hose

Fritillaria pyrenaica

Fritillaria acmopetala  

Fritillaria pontica  

Fritillaria elwesii  

Tulipa 'Queen of Night'  

Narcissus 'Thalia'  

Tulipa sylvestris  

Tulipa sprengeri  

Scilla siberica  

Scilla bithynica  

Scilla bifolia 

Melica uniflora f. albida

Teucrium scorodonia 'Crispum'  

Scilla lingulata  

Acis autumnalis  

Crocus goulimyi

Cyclamen coum  

Galanthus nivalis sandersii  

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'  

Scabiosa graminifolia  

Geranium harveyi  

Saxifraga 'Tumbling Waters'  

Rosemary 'Foxtail'

Crocus chrysanthus

Dierama

Miscanthus nepalensis

Paeonia tenuifolia

Stachys byzantina 'Primrose Heron'

Matthiola incana 'Alba'  

Lunaria 'Somerset Marble'  

Narcissus 'Blushing Lady'

Sanguisorba minor 'Little Angel'

Sanguisorba officinalis 'Martin's Mulberry'

Sanguisorba 'Red Busby'

Phlox paniculata 'Norah Leigh'