Summer Flowering Plant Profile: Mackaya bella & Delphinium requienii.

This week on The Horti-Culturalists we take a trip to Corsica and Southern Africa to look at two sensational summer flowering plants. Delphinium requienii is a bi-annual from Corsica, Sardinia and Southern France with a knack of turning up in a garden 30 thirty years after it was last seen! We then take a quick detour to look at Mentha requienii, or Corsican mint, which was named after the same French botanist as Delphinium requienii, before heading to South Africa and the very beautiful Mackaya bella. This large shrub is drought tolerant, shade tolerant, easy to propagate, has beautiful foliage AND gorgeous flowers; what more could you want!?
00:00 introduction
00:49 Mackaya bella
5:56 Delphinium requienii
7:12 Mentha requienii
7:31 Delphinium requienii continued

[@apricus4038]

Each of these guys have such different personalities, both enjoyable to watch. I'm so glad that Stephen and Matthew got together for this series.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

So are we! Thanks for watching!

[@solangeunzurrunzaga3816]

Thanks for another really interesting video!! you always introduce interesting plants that are not mainstream in gardening trends; that adds a lot of interest to your programmes!!! Gracias from Spain!!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thank you for the kind words and we promise to keep talking about plants that are different and interesting. Regards Stephen

Really love your channel. Good knowledge presented so well by two wonderful people. I found you from a flyer tucked into a parcel I received today from White House Nursery - very glad they did that.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Welcome aboard! Regards Stephen

[@lorrainehawdon2637]

We used to grow Mackaya bella in our nursery on the Central Coast of NSW. It was classed as "rare" as no one else was growing it. One of my all time favourite hardy shrubs. Brilliant under trees and for screening in the shade. 🙏

[@thehorti-culturalists]

You are so right and it still seems fairly uncommon. Regards Stephen

[@Kay-qt2id]

I wish you two would post more often, love the info. I was out walking around 10 years ago when I spotted a shrub I didn’t recognise, to my surprise the little cutting ( reacher a snapped off piece than a cutting … maybe a snapping) flourished and it has since been a garden staple. Never knew anything about it except the name so thanks for filling me on my Bella

[@thehorti-culturalists]

That’s a pleasure but I don’t think we could keep up the pace if we posted more often than we do. Regards Stephen