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GARDENING Summer borders Zinging Zinnias and fragrant Pinks As the first shoots of bindweed surface and the ground-elder starts to erupt in the border, take comfort in those fresh young seedlings emerging in the seed trays demanding to be potted up. Such vigorous and optimistic growth bursting to get on with painting the summer red… and purple, orange! My Zinnias are of deep purple and a pure orange, and will blaze in the borders sending shock waves down the garden path. When potting-on try to grip the plain seed leaf – that is, the very first leaf – gently, and dangle the root into the pot as you pile in the compost. This avoids bending the delicate roots and helps the plant to establish quickly. Keep them under cover for a week or so, then stand them in the cold frame for a further couple of weeks. Plant them where you want a real splash of colour. They will become tall and vigorous so provide a little staking: pea sticks will do. As long as you keep up the deadheading their bold flowers will bloom profusely for the rest of the summer. It is a common misconception that Pinks are called Pinks because they are pink. They’re not. Well, not always. ‘Mrs Sinkins’ is pure white, whilst ‘Susan’ is a gaudy salmon red. The name actually refers to the act of ‘pinking’ using cotton pinking shears, which make a zigzag cut to prevent fraying: a pattern reflected in the jagged edges of the fragrant petals. Pinks have a special place at Charleston. One of the finest pictures of the garden, showing it at its very best, is in the Tate collection. Painted by Duncan Grant in the 1940s, this shows a blossom-filled garden with rich herbaceous borders and a silvery ruff of Pinks running down the length of the main path. Vanessa Bell wrote in 1940, ‘It’s a hot summer evening, I have pulled up the wallflowers regretfully and now the pinks are making the whole place smell’. The picture was painted in May 1944, before the pinks were flowering, so sourcing the historically correct variety has been a challenge. Allwoods, a family-run nursery, based in Hassocks, have been specialist growers of Pinks since 1910. Though many of the old varieties have disappeared, Allwoods Nursery still hold over 400 and their knowledge is second to none. I showed a painting of Pinks by Vanessa Bell to the proprietor and she was immediately able to identify the three varieties in the flower arrangement including ‘Alice’, bred by Allwoods in 1930. Today, two years later, I have finally finished propagating enough ‘Alice’ to reinstate this lovely border. This month, the scent can once again be found lingering in the warm, still air of the walled garden. Fiona Dennis is Head Gardener at Charleston Photo of Fiona Dennis by Maggie Tran 86
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