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The best 10 geums for a joyful spring garden

Last May I was filming in the floral marquee at the Malvern flower show. The aim was to surprise the nurseryman and grower Roger Proud, of the Cumbria-based East of Eden nurseries, and talk to him about his fab range of geums. I did the classic surprise walk-up from a distance … he would suspect nothing … but he wasn't there! He'd nipped off to grab a cup of coffee. There was a decent queue of people holding plants and waiting to pay. Sadly I didn't know how to use Proud's contactless machine but I managed to stall the shoppers by immediately turning into a second-hand car salesman (it's in my locker), waxing lyrical about the qualities of geums and what a great price