Daily details from the garden to bring you inspiration throughout the year
I cannot for the life of me work out why Ligularia dentata ‘Desdemona’ is known as the ‘leopard plant’. Perhaps someone will enlighten me – it’s not as though it has obvious spots. Rather, its stand-out features are large, leathery leaves, purplish above with red undersides; bright orange, somewhat rough-and-ready looking daisy flowers above, and a liking for damp spots in the garden. Each of which should be sufficient to recommend it to the gardener, though I confess my favourite time of year with this plant is just now, when the seed heads turn into buff-coloured pompoms atop long, red liquorice stems.
Garden coaching with Andrew O’Brien
Just to let you know, I’ll shortly be opening up a few spaces for one-to-one online garden coaching. The final details are still being tweaked, but if this sounds like something you’d be interested in, let me know on this page so I can tell you as soon as booking opens.
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Hello! I’m Andrew, gardener, blogger, podcaster, and owner of a too-loud laugh, and I’m so pleased you’ve found your way to Gardens, weeds & words. You can read a more in-depth profile of me on the About page, or by clicking the image above.
