Simon Wallace has sent us some striking photos of the verbascums  on his allotment and has promised to follow-up with some words on why we should all be growing them on our own plots.

Enigmatically; Simon also included a picture of Jack Straw, which your humble website-editor has no idea how this is connected – maybe because I’m from Kent! So a prize (well, maybe a website mention) to the first person who can explain the connection to me.