This month Alan Gray has come along with an arm full of Show and Tell, from his container-planting stalwarts to an eye-catching Crinum! I bet you'll be ooh-ing and aah-ing as much as his Talking Dirty co-presenter Thordis.

PLANT LIST

Phlox drummondii grandiflora 'Sugar Stars'

Phlox drummondii grandiflora 'Crème Brûlée'

Dahlia coccinea var. palmeri

Tagetes 'Cinnabar'

Amaranthus cruentus 'Hot Biscuits'

Ageratum petiolatum

Eutrochium maculatum syn. Eupatorium purpureum subsp. maculatum

Clerodendrum bungei

Cleome spinosa

Crinum moorei

Helichrysum petiolare 'Limelight'

Tradescantia 'Maiden's Blush'

Oxalis vulcanicola 'Plum Crazy'

Iresine herbstii

Iresine herbstii 'Aureoreticulata'

Tithonia rotundifolia

Clematis addisonii

Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides

Bomarea multiflora syn. Bomarea caldasii

From gap-fillers to planting for climate change, here's a meander through Alan Gray's latest escapades at East Ruston Old Vicarage, alongside his Talking Dirty co-presenter Thordis.

PLANT LIST

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Madame Emile Mouillère'

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Ayesha'

Hydrangea 'Runaway Bride'

Amaranthus cruentus 'Hot Biscuits'

Amaranthus cruentus 'Foxtail'

Lantana camara

Ficus carica 'White Ischia'

Plumbago auriculata

Leonotis leonurus

Fuchsia 'Delta's Sara'

Fuchsia procumbens

Tagetes patula 'Konstance'

Erythrina crista-galli

Punica granatum

Malus transitoria

Salvia darcyi

Nearly the end of June already, past the Summer solstice and plenty to talk about at East Ruston Old Vicarage, particularly Alan Gray's latest planty purchases from their summer plant fair! Get ready to have some FLOMO*!

*FLOMO = FLoral/plant-based fear Of Missing Out

PLANT LIST

Eucomis pole-evansii

Eucomis pole-evansii 'Dark Desire'

Rosa x beanii

Verbascum roripifolium

Iris tectorum

Berkheya radula

Berkheya purpurea

Puya × berteroniana

Beschorneria yuccoides

Agave montana

Phoenix canariensis

Podophyllum versipelle 'Spotty Dotty'

Abutilon 'Red Tiger'

Desmodium yunnanense