Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 6 JulyWild bergamot on 7 July with exactly one head open in the whole clump, a tuft of pale lilac florets pushing up out of a spiky green whorl while every other stem still holds a tight bud, the square stems below them deep maroon.Week of 20 JulyWild bergamot on 20 July, one free-standing clump carrying well over a hundred shaggy lavender mop heads at once, styles arching out of every one, on slender reddish stems from a single crown with the grass worn bare around its base.Week of 27 JulyWild bergamot on 28 July, each head a shaggy ruff of tubular lilac florets throwing their stamens clear of the mouth and the spent ones already down to a bare green knob, the ground behind falling away to grass burnt half tan in midday sun.
