Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 1 JuneA young garden sage in a square black plastic pot on the blue lid of a tote, downy grey-green leaves above dark compost, a printed nursery label at the front and a coiled green hose behind.Week of 13 JulyLooking down on a plant of broad, soft, silver-grey leaves, so densely furred they look dusty, in a black pot on a nursery tray in the grass.Week of 3 AugustA rosette of broad, thickly furred silver-grey leaves, densely veined and quilted, filling a pot on gravel beside black seed trays. Mown grass fills the top of the frame.Week of 24 AugustA low rosette of very large soft leaves, so thickly felted white-woolly on both faces that the green barely shows, oval and blunt with finely scalloped edges, splayed flat over grass and gravel from a small pot.
