Cuttings not cakes: The sublime story of the Secret Orchard Nursery

Cuttings not cakes: The sublime story of the Secret Orchard Nursery

You'd be forgiven for associating the Derbyshire Dales with purple heather, a stalwart flower for this most romantic, beloved, yet hardy part of the British Isles. When I was a child, however, it was in Derbyshire that I used to marvel at tropical passionflowers, cannas and spiked lobelias, all thanks to the green fingers of plantswoman Julie Soghomonian. I remember her stand of plants, quite casually, but commandingly, arranged like a floral sw…