Introducing … Scilla peruviana
Reading time 6 minutes
The adage ‘it takes all sorts’ applies just as accurately to plants as is does to people. Some plants hide their light under […]
Beautiful Strangers
Getting Some Air …. Plants
Reading time 10 minutes
Inspired by my visit to Steve Edney’s garden at Sweetbriar, where a striped bromeliad sat astride the branches of an old cordyline, I […]
Tales from the Garden Room
Reading time 7 minutes
“If one is going to tell a story with plants, it may as well be an adventure story.” I love all […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2017: Beneath a Mexican Sky
Reading time 11 minutes
Ah, the vagaries of the British weather. Last week: wind and torrential rain, this week: clear skies and temperatures in the twenties centigrade. […]
Daily Flower Candy: Asarum delavayi ‘Giant’
Reading time 5 minutes
Asarum delavayi ‘Giant’*: Giant Wild Ginger, Panda face ginger As an antidote to my post about Vita Sackville-West’s macabre ‘Box of the Dead’ […]
Running Late
Reading time 7 minutes
As someone who usually extols the virtues of timeliness, I have been letting myself down rather a lot lately. I planted my spring-flowering […]
First Notes of Spring
Reading time 7 minutes
Today was a day of firsts. It was the first time I’d spent a whole day in the garden since autumn; the first […]
Daily Flower Candy: Megaskepasma erythrochlamys
Reading time 3 minutes
Megaskepasma erythrochlamys: Brazilian red cloak It must appear to those less familiar with the plant world that botanists sometimes take the mickey when it […]
Worth The Wait
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In gardening, there are times for instant satisfaction and times to be patient; there are instances when playing it safe is the wisest option, […]
Daily Flower Candy: Euphorbia mellifera AGM*
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Euphorbia mellifera: canary spurge, honey spurge To have taken so long to feature Euphorbia mellifera in my regular Flower Candy spot is an unforgivable oversight. […]
Daily Flower Candy: Balanophora harlandii
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My knowledge of parasitic plants is limited to say the least. It extends no further than dodder (Cuscuta epithymum) and toothwort (Lathraea clandestina). But […]
Plants and Peace on The Peak
Reading time 8 minutes
One of the many wonderful things about writing this blog is that I am slowly building up an invaulable record of what I did […]