The Garden 
that We Made 
“lamb’s ear,’’ with woolly leaves as soft as velvet; the 
plume poppy (. Bocconia cordala), a tall plant which is quite 
easy to cultivate though its homeland is Japan — it blooms 
in July ; Yucca jilamentosa , with white, waxen, bell-shaped 
flowers and lance- shaped leaves pointing upwards ; the 
thistle-like sea-holly ( Eryngium alpinum ) ; Salvia sclarea , 
a peculiar plant with decorative leaves, and milk-white 
clusters of blossoms (it was formerly called Oculus C/iristi) ; 
Hyacinthus candicans , lily-white in colour ; lavender cotton, 
with its graceful, pale-grey foliage ; and many others in 
addition to these I have mentioned. All of these have 
either bluish-grey flowers or grey foliage, and the general 
effect is beautiful as well as rare. 
The Grey Flower Border. 
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