Andy Monaghan: Why Perennials are the star performers in every garden - Episode 292

Andy Monaghan is a wonderfully creative soul both in the garden and beyond it, sharing his talents as a professional dancer and spending his “off season” knee‑deep in tulips, zinnias and prairie perennials.
In this episode, Sarah is joined by Andy, a florist, flower grower and dancer, to choose the finest tulips for a collection that will come back year after year. They talk perennial tulips, resilient planting for hot dry summers, and the quiet joy of designing gardens that can cope with a changing climate.
In this episode, discover:
• How Andy built a three‑tulip collection around perennial performers like ‘Artist’, ‘Don Pedro’ and the ‘Sarah Raven’ tulip
• Practical ways to choose tulips and perennials that cope better with heat, drought and changing weather
• The reality of juggling two creative careers across seasons of the year
• Which plants thrived in a hot summer, from zinnias and prairie perennials to dahlias and phlox
• Ideas for designing both larger flower plots and small town gardens
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Tulip ‘Artist’:
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Tulip ‘Dom Pedro’ (Tulipa ‘Don Pedro’):
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Tulip ‘Sarah Raven’:
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Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’:
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Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’:
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Acanthus mollis ‘Rue Ledan’:
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