My Own Private Keukenhof
Reading time 6 minutes
Tulips are a special passion of mine. They are inexpensive, easy to grow, endlessly colourful and, most importantly, good to look at. I am […]
Bulbs
In Bud
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How often do we take the time to appraise a flower’s bud in quite the same we would its open bloom? Not often enough I’d […]
Getting to Grips – Part 2
Reading time 8 minutes
Weather wise, the start of 2016 is beginning to feel like a re-run of 2015 – a mild winter followed by a chilly spring […]
How to Create a Spring Bulb Theatre
Reading time 18 minutes
One can never plant too many spring-flowering bulbs. However tedious the chore may seem in late summer and autumn, planting spring bulbs is one […]
Daily Flower Candy: Narcissus ‘Elka’ AGM
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Narcissus: daffodil, daffadowndilly, jonquil, Lenten lily Daffodils are synonymous with Easter. In England they are associated with Lent and occasionally referred to as Lenten […]
Bending the Rules
Reading time 6 minutes
In the world of gardening there are correct ways of doing things (as outlined in serious text books such as the RHS Encyclopaedia of […]
The First Day Of Spring
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Early each year comes that single, magical, joyful, often unexpected day when winter turns to spring. It doesn’t come when the astronomers or meterologists […]
Daily Flower Candy: Iris histrioides ‘George’ AGM
Reading time 5 minutes
I don’t know about you, but my green fingers fail me when it comes to keeping early spring irises flowering from one season to […]
Three Seagulls
Reading time 4 minutes
I am not sure how I feel about the new convention of naming winter storms. Is it just me, or could it be that […]
Winter Warmer
Reading time 4 minutes
I’ve had a cough or a cold for nearly six weeks now, which has severely curtailed the amount of gardening I’ve been able to […]
Daily Flower Candy: Ranunculus Pon-Pon Series
Reading time 4 minutes
Ranunculus asiaticus: Persian Buttercup I am not sure I have the patience to be a plant breeder, nor the stamina to go hunting for […]
Daily Flower Candy: Eranthis hyemalis
Reading time 3 minutes
Eranthis hyemalis: winter aconite, winter hellebore, winter wolf’s bane. Jack Frost has arrived in the south of England, wrapping his icy arms around our […]