Before we return to a string of wonderful guests from the horticultural world, we must take a moment to savour the treasures currently on show at East Ruston Old Vicarage, a thirty-two acre wonderland on the Norfolk coast.

From the big, bold and brilliant Brumansias to the tumble of climbers filling up the walls on the house and a look at some of the stars in the Desert Wash, owner Alan Gray is joined by Thordis for a meander through some of the best bits in the garden this summer.

PLANT LIST

Salvia 'Kisses and Wishes'

Heliotropium arborescens 'Lord Roberts'

Pelargonium 'Gazelle'

Erigeron karvinskianus 'Lavender Lady'

Petunia exserta

Verbena bonariensis

Eschscholzia californica

Lychnis coronaria

Geranium incanum

Aloiampelos striatula/Aloe striatula

Musa basjoo

Berkheya purpurea

Nolina longifolia

Echium pininana

Pelargonium 'Paul Crampel' 

Lantana camara

Limnanthes douglasii

Alstroemeria 'Indian Summer'

Helichrysum

Lychnis coronaria 'Gardeners' World'

Astrantia 'Roma'

Astrantia major 'Ruby Wedding'

Astrantia major 'Shaggy'

Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty'

Hosta 'Empress Wu'

Hosta plantaginea

Fuchsia microphylla ssp. hemsleyana 'Silver Lining'

Athyrium otophorum 'Okanum'

Blechnum chilense

Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'

Eragrostis 'Totnes Burgundy'

Phlebodium aureum 'Davana' 

Coniogramme emeiensis

Dahlia 'Karma Choc'

Rosa x odorata 'Bengal Crimson'

Nicotiana glauca

Punica granatum

Abutilon 'Ashford Red'

Lobelia tupa

Dahlia coccinea

Cuphea ignea

Cuphea cyanea

Cuphea 'Roxy' 

Vitis coignetiae

Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Rex'

Salvia patens 'Giant form'

Phuopsis stylosa 

Begonia rex 'Black Knight'

Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Pink Chaos'

Adiantum venustum

Solenostemon Kong Series

Impatiens walleriana/Impatiens sultanii