Daily Flower Candy: Iris reticulata ‘Katherine Hodgkin’
Reading time 2 minutes
Not many plants break the rules when it comes to flower colour. Fewer still manage to do it successfully:’ blue’ roses for example. Just […]
Bulbs
Daily Flower Candy: Schizostylis ‘Pink Princess’
Reading time 2 minutes
Like a bemused child that has awoken with a start, the blushing, innocent flowers of Schizostylis ‘Pink Princess’ have opened their eyes during the […]
Seeing White
Reading time 5 minutes
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 […]
Daily Flower Candy: Narcissus ‘Soleil d’Or’
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I am used to grim weather on my birthday, but today’s meteorological maelstrom has been especially miserable. Yet out in the Atlantic on the […]
Daily Flower Candy: Hippeastrum (Amaryllis)
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They are big, brash, uncompromising flowers, but I love them. Hailing from South America, Hippeastrums are often confused with their South African cousins the Amaryllis. […]
New Beginnings
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Last night my sister Katherine gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, so today I am a very proud and excited uncle. Until now […]
Daily Flower Candy: Schizostylis coccinea
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Relishing our mild wet winter (so far – I have probably spoken too soon!) is the South African flower Schizostylis coccinea or Hesperantha coccinea. Both […]
Pesky Paperwhites
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Once again, I’ve mistimed my paperwhite narcissi. Just three weeks after planting they are in full bloom, filling every corner of the house with […]
Bagging a Bargain
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It’s the time of year when garden centres abandon horticulture for the glittering commercial opportunity that Christmas offers. For gardeners that are prepared to […]
Undecided
Reading time 5 minutes
The plants in our two gardens seem divided on the question of whether autumn has arrived or not. The majority are getting a bit […]
A Schoolboy Error
Reading time 4 minutes
After a night of torrential rain – the kind of deluge that you’d imagine might signal the end of the world – it was […]
Daily Flower Candy: Colchicum autumnale
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In this debauched scene, naked ladies cavort in the damp grass, collapsing hither and thither in gay abandon. Also known as meadow saffron or […]