Daily details from the garden to bring you inspiration throughout the year
The anchor plant, or Colletia paradoxa, is such a garden oddity – a shrub that seems to bear more affinity with a dinosaur than a vegetable. Its leathery blue grey stems merge into the triangular leaves from which its common names derive (it’s also known as the crucifixion thorn or Thorn of the Cross), each tipped with a tiny spine, and covered – just as autumn turns to winter – in small white, fragrant flowers. Although it prefers a sheltered position, it’s hardy and fairly trouble free, and while in time this South American native could achieve a height of three to four metres, it will tolerate a good pruning. Which only leaves one question – why aren’t more of us growing it?
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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.
