Top Left : A pure white camellia (name long forgotten) has a gently weeping habit which adds to its charms

Top Right: Crocus Ruby Glow is a cultivar of  tommassinianus with richer colouring

Mid Left: A  carpet of Crocus tommassinianus – in this morning’s warm sun it was humming with bees

Mid Right:  Pots of iris reticulata tucked in to sunny cormers of the garden are now in full flower

Bottom Left:  After weeks of inactivity, the gutter-sown peas are on the move

Bottom right: In the greenhouse a pot of Anemone Mr Fokker has sent up its first bloom

Harvey’s Garden Plants is a family run nursery in Suffolk that grows a wonderful range of hardy herbaceous plants, specializing in perennials not commonly found in garden centres. There’s a wide range of woodland plants including Helleborus, Epimedium, and Anemone as well as Euphorbia, Monarda and Grasses. They have developed a new strain of helleborus called Bradfield hybrids. Since they moved to their current site a few years ago they have started to develop extensive gardens.  Talks and events are held in The Orchard Room which is also the venue coffee, lunches and afternoon tea on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. www.harveysgardenplants.co.uk