THIS week’s free seeds are for a traditional favourite that is incredibly easy to sow and grow and will self-seed with happy abandon if you let it (and I thoroughly recommend that you do).
Sarah Raven’s Larkspur ‘Giant Imperial Mixed’ seeds grow to a stately 3ft (90cm) tall and will bless your borders with elegant spires of pinks, purples and blues, each one with a small rear ‘spur’ that gives the plant its name.
This story is from the August 28, 2021 edition of Amateur Gardening.
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