A trip back to Denmark brings much-needed colour and poignant plantings
Finally, happily, reunited with a favourite flower. Deep scarlet Tagetes ildkongen (‘fire king’) came to us early in our allotment life, courtesy of a Danish seed collective. We sowed them every year. Then one day they were gone. We mourned their loss.
We have since discovered another source for the summerhouse meadow. We sow seed at Easter, perhaps a little early, but there’s plenty more in case of failure. We are here to refresh the flowers by Ina’s grave, planting blue lupins and pansies with Henri’s brother.
