Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 3 AugustA row of nursery pots on a gravel path, stems trained over arched bamboo hoops, with two open white flowers each showing a dark centre among leaves that are largely dry and brown. More potted plants and a lawn recede behind.Week of 7 SeptemberForty or more two-lipped flowers hide the foliage in a shallow terracotta bowl on 7 September — magenta-purple lobes over a white throat with one egg-yolk blotch at its mouth, the pale stamens arching up to meet in a fine bridge across each opening.
