Last But Not Least

Helen Keys has a penchant for late-bloomers. Indeed, of the many flowers she grows at Malthouse Farm they are among her favourites. She has designed her garden to be full of interest all year round, but it is now that it excites her the most, when the colours in the hot borders are at their vibrant best and vivid plants compete with one another to be the most eye-catching. Dahlias, salvias and tithonias stand almost as tall as the sunflowers at the backs of the borders, while lower-growing plants in the foreground, including penstemons, sedums and nepetas, are interwoven with grasses and follow the curves of the lawn.

But, as glorious as the hot borders are, there is far more