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An octopus’s gardenImagine, if you would, an under-sea world populatedby brightly striped fishes, tap-dancing lobsters and anoctopus wearing a cravat. In the background, bobbingwith the tide, are exotic sea anemones, which lookjust like Thalictrum aquilegiifolium with many wavingfingers of perfect sugar pink on whippet-legged stems.DETAILS Grows to around 1m, but needs staking in exposed areas • Looks bestabove architecturally leaved plants and livens up hardy geraniums and shrubswith darker foliage • Likes rich soil in sun or part shade • Divide plants in autumnPHOTO: richard bloomJune 2008www.gardenersworld.com 17