purple haze

A 'trip' to the garden centre today... We thought we would like to add some colour to the patio again this year... And, as almost every time before, we left with nothing.

It's like another world in there, where do you start? I am supposed to know all this stuff at my age surely, but whenever I step inside a garden centre, I am a fish out of water.

We wander around, empty handed, passing green fingered couples with overloaded trolleys, gradually feeling more and more inadequate... Time for a coffee!

So this purple haze is aubrieta sometimes called aubretia - It is a low, spreading plant, hardy, evergreen and perennial, with small violet, pink or white flowers, and inhabits rocks and banks. It prefers light, well-drained soil, is tolerant of a wide pH range, and can grow in partial shade or full sun.

And despite all that information I still have absolutely no idea whether we should get it!