Daily Flower Candy: Fuchsia ‘Rose of Castile’
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Cascading from the ornate iron supports of the Edwardian conservatory at Wallington Hall, this superb fuchsia is named ‘Rose of Castile’. Bred in Kent […]
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Hangers-On
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It’s midweek and already my brain has turned to blancmange. So for everyone’s sake, I’ll keep today’s post simple. Living by the seaside, we […]
Summer Serendipity
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The English language is full of wonderful words, if only one can find the opportunity to use them. Thought to be one of the […]
Daily Flower Candy: Veratrum album
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One of my favourite sculptural plants, Veratrum album, is also a pretty nasty poison, with a long history of accidental and deliberate death. Alexander […]
The Evening Crowns The Day
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‘The evening crowns the day’ was one of my grandmother’s favourite sayings. As is so often the case in Cornwall where she lived, a […]
Daily Flower Candy: Lone Poppy
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Poppies are resourceful little plants, seeding themselves everywhere and living their short, glorious lives in the fast lane. Putting little effort into producing […]
A Little Bit of Paradise
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At the end of July we travelled north to the cathedral city of Durham. My partner (aka ‘Him Indoors’) grew up on a picture-perfect […]
Plants Portraits: Acanthus spinosus
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It’s not often that I make time to really study a plant or flower in detail. Last weekend, whilst staying with family, I seized […]
Herterton House, Cambo, Northumberland
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To my great shame I have never visited Northumberland before, although I once pretend to for a school project on organic farming. Sorry Mrs […]