Alchemilla erythropoda | Dwarf Lady's Mantle Libby Walden It looks striking with Solidago

It looks striking with Solidago

This delightful double rudbeckia laciniata is actually a very old style plant which actually dates back to the Victorian era

Butterflies love them and they're a great cut flower too

open beds and borders for shady areas

About the AuthorMieko Sakaguchi is a floral designer and the founder of the flower school FB Palette in Tokyo

Alchemilla erythropoda | Dwarf Lady's Mantle Libby Walden It looks striking with SolidagoA dwarf version of Alchemilla mollis! How cute is this wee treasure! She grows just 15cm tall and wide and is just perfect for pots, rockeries, tiny gardens, even into fairy gardens. The apple green leaves have the familiar fan shape with fine hairs over them which enables them to collect rainwater and hold it in the middle of the leaf, looking like molten silver or diamonds. In the summer the tiniest blooms of frothy yellowy green hold themselves up