Perfect Partners: Lobelia tupa & Lilium regale ‘Album’
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The beauty of growing plants in pots is that they can be shuffled around endlessly until the most pleasing associations are made. I do […]
Bulbs
Plant Profile: Lilium ‘Whistler’
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This spring I potted up more lilies than ever before. My intention was to bridge that awkward gap between the tulips fading and the […]
The Watch House in Early May
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I’m a little bit stuck at the moment. I don’t so much have writers’ block as writers’ constipation; that is, lots of posts backing […]
Getting to Grips with Hardy Orchids
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I can see a new addiction coming from a mile off, so on the whole I steer well clear of orchids. Over the ages […]
April Showers
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Unpredictability is the name of the game when it comes to British weather, but one old proverb certainly promises to ring true in 2019: […]
National Garden Scheme Snowdrop Festival 2019
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Galanthophiles rejoice, snowdrop season is upon us once again. In recent years snowdrop appreciation has become a mainstream activity with hundreds of gardens throwing […]
Action Stations!
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One can be excused for inactivity during January – after all, Christmas is exhausting – but with the arrival of February the garden begins […]
Togetherness
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Since my new fella has been on the scene, I have been enjoying an activity that I have rarely experienced before – gardening ‘à […]
Last Vestiges
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I returned from China to a garden clinging valiantly on to the glories of summer. It was a heart-warming homecoming, but the gift […]
Bulb Porn
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Each year, ‘order bulbs’ goes on my to-do list in July and each year it is still there in early September. By then there […]
How to Grow Ornamental Gingers in UK Gardens
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Ornamental gingers – we’ve admired them whilst on holiday in tropical countries, or seen them curated in the glasshouses of botanical gardens, but […]
Plant Profile: Dahlia ‘Nicholas’
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I should have predicted it. I take a holiday, I unwind (sort of), and up creeps the dreaded tonsillitis. It happens every time, […]