RHS London Plant and Design Show
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A reminder that next week, on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd February, the RHS will be marking the imminent arrival of spring with their […]
The Frustrated Gardener
Bruges, Venice of the North
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Judging by the number of tourists visiting Bruges annually, reckoned at 2 million, this Flemish city needs little introduction. If you are looking for […]
Daily Flower Candy: Iris reticulata ‘Katherine Hodgkin’
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Not many plants break the rules when it comes to flower colour. Fewer still manage to do it successfully:’ blue’ roses for example. Just […]
Daily Flower Candy: Schizostylis ‘Pink Princess’
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Like a bemused child that has awoken with a start, the blushing, innocent flowers of Schizostylis ‘Pink Princess’ have opened their eyes during the […]
Miraculous Mosses
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Along with ducks, umbrella salesmen and water companies, mosses are among the few things enjoying this frightful spell of wet weather. The rain brings […]
Bruges to the Sound of Bells
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Winter exposes Bruges in all its architectural splendour. With fewer tourists under one’s feet and nature taking a back seat, the city’s fine medieval […]
Daily Flower Candy: Helleborus argutifolius
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Easy to overlook for half the gardening year, Helleborus argutifolius, the Corsican hellebore, is coming into its own right now. From mounds of jade […]
Seeing White
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Perhaps it is just me, but it seems that every gardening publication I open this month is packed with features on snowdrops (Galanthus spp.) and lists […]
Between the Storms
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To call this winter a wash-out would be something of an understatement. Parts of the country have experienced double the average amount of rainfall […]
Daily Flower Candy: Sarcococca ruscifolia
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Venturing out of the terrace doors this morning I am hit, full frontal, by the scent of Christmas Box, Sarcococca ruscifolia. The fragrance coming […]
Trevoolery
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We do not get back to Cornwall often enough, but the arrival of my sister’s new baby spurred us into making the five hour […]
Daily Flower Candy: Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’
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So often winter flowering shrubs are big on fragrance but lacking in flower power. The likes of Lonicera x purpusii, Viburnum x bodnantense and […]