
Nitrogen helps plants with photosynthesis, regulates uptake of potassium, and promotes leafy growth. The plants are adapted to survive in harsh conditions, but this first year of establishment is important. His concern is that there is next to no nitrogen in the concrete and sand mix. James considered applying a nitrogen feed in a powdered form of hoof-and-horn, which lingers longer in the substrate than the quick hit of man-made fertiliser.

The spiky-necked, burr-headed sea holly ( Eryngium maritime) gives a lovely contrast with its metallic blue hues. Acid yellow flowers of the dwarf and Siberian spurges ( Euphorbia characius ‘Humpty Dumpty’ and Euphorbia nicaeensis) sprawl and bob amongst their grey green leaves. They have a wonderful way of opening their myriad star-shaped flowers from the bottom of the flowering spear and slowly working their way to the tip, giving a constantly changing two-tone effect. These flowering yellow-orange bushy wands are repeated all through the stony ridge of James Hitchmough’s section of the planting design. The white spires of Himalayan foxtail lily ( Eremurus himalaicus ) have already burst and browned but still make impressive two-metre structural features next to the shorter narrow-leaved foxtail lily, Eremurus stenopyhyllus.

It's a job to familiarise ourselves with all 831 taxa and their stories.

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