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June is the most quintessentially English month. Country gardens are brimming with hollyhocks, lupins, delphiniums, peonies, irises and, of course, roses. Here’s how to get the most enjoyment from your garden this month.
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I imagine I have a lot to deal with at The Watch House, but being the custodian of a large, historic garden is a […]
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If my blog did not already have a title, ‘The Diary of a Plant Addict’ would be a strong candidate. I’ve had the most […]
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O THE month of May, the merry month of May, So frolic, so gay, and so green, so green, so green! O, and then […]
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It’s a good year for agapanthus here at The Watch House. A rough count of the flower heads produced by Agapanthus africanus tops […]
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How fortunate that my first visit to Sissinghurst this year should coincide with the warmest day of the spring so far. As the […]
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I am guilty, guilty of having twice visited Sissinghurst this year and not having posted anything about it. Had this been any other garden I […]
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Today I am beating the Monday blues with a little bit of sorcery, in the form of Muscari aucheri ‘Blue Magic’. Better known as grape […]
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I embark on my review of 2014 with a degree of trepidation, as this year did not turn out to be quite as joyful as […]
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This is a comprehensive list of plants that reside in my two diminutive courtyard gardens. All will tolerate a certain amount of buffeting by […]
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There was such an extraordinary amount going on in May that I am now working through a draft post pile-up. In contrast to the scarcity […]
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The gardens of Sissinghurst Castle in Kent must be amond the best known in England, if not the whole of Europe. They are the […]
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