PHOTO: PAUL DEBOIS. THANKS TO RHS WISLEY, SURREY
“In February there is everything to hope for and nothing to regret”
STAR OF THE MONTH
Salix gracilistyla ‘Mount Aso’
I bought one of these last spring as I had admired the little pink tipped catkins in someone else’s garden. “Ah ha”, thought I, “I’ll have some of that”. It arrived in a box looking a little sorry for itself (as most plants bought in winter tend to do), but with minimal inter vention on my part it has shouldered its way through summer and is poised for action. As I write this I can see it from my desk, while the catkins turn from quite a stern grey to jelly bean red – unusual and defnitely one to liven up a dreary Wednesday.