Great Dixter: Pots of Plenty
Reading time 11 minutes
The recent chilly weather has had its pros and cons. The downside for eager gardeners who have been nurturing seedlings and planting out […]
Bulbs
Daily Flower Candy: Iris bucharica AGM
Reading time 4 minutes
Despite being a plantaholic, the existence of certain plants eludes me. Then, all of a sudden, a ‘new’ discovery will burst onto the scene, […]
The Great Dixter Dozen
Reading time 3 minutes
It’s rare that I sacrifice commentary for imagery, but as I look back over the photographs I took at Great Dixter last weekend, […]
Great Dixter Spring Plant Fair 2017
Reading time 10 minutes
Every visit to Great Dixter is a treat, but when the additional carrot of a plant fair is dangled in front of my […]
Spring at The Salutation
Reading time 9 minutes
If I were to win the lottery, The Salutation is the house I’d want to live in. I’d spend every spring and summer […]
Running to Stand Still
Reading time 6 minutes
With April bright on the horizon I am already having to get a wiggle on to keep up with what needs doing in […]
Spring Comes to Sissinghurst
Reading time 13 minutes
How fortunate that my first visit to Sissinghurst this year should coincide with the warmest day of the spring so far. As the […]
Golden Wonder
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This solitary, banana-shaped bud belongs to the one and only yellow pleione species, P. forrestii, just one of which has found its way […]
Signs of Spring
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I’ve been out of town this weekend, enjoying the delights of Surrey’s innumerable hostelries in the company of my university friends. It’s the […]
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 […]
RHS London Early Spring Plant Fair 2017
Reading time 9 minutes
The RHS London shows ought to be a pleasure for me to visit; they take place just five minutes from my office and […]
Goodnestone Rising
Reading time 8 minutes
It was possibly a little too early to go out snowdrop spotting. In another year it might almost have been too late, but […]