Daily Flower Candy: Crocus chrysanthus ‘Herald’
Reading time 3 minutes
I wished for snow, and it came, although not the right kind of snow. It began promisingly, fine and dusty, but rapidly transformed itself into […]
Container gardening
Planting Containers for Winter Colour
Reading time 10 minutes
January can be a bleak month for us gardeners, our outdoor spaces painfully devoid of colour and working conditions far from ideal. The less […]
Maybe Moss?
Reading time 6 minutes
Our garden table in Broadstairs has always been graced by central pot or trough of flowers. We opt for hardy cyclamen or violas in winter, followed by narcissi […]
Rouge Rogue
Reading time 1 minute
A little tongue twister for you on this chilly Saturday afternoon! I refer to a certain magenta marauder that’s found its way into a bowl […]
Going Potty
Reading time 3 minutes
October and November are second only to May and June in terms of the amount there is to do in our garden. All four months […]
The Winds of Change
Reading time 4 minutes
I’ve just come in from the garden, where the temperature has dropped dramatically since lunchtime. A brisk, rain-laden breeze has whipped up, carrying away summer’s last […]
Daily Flower Candy: Colchicum ‘Waterlily’
Reading time 3 minutes
These flowers may faintly resemble those of a Nymphaea, but here the resemblance of Colchicum ‘Waterlily’ to an aquatic plant ends. Like other colchicums, the flowers […]
Sissinghurst – Crazy for Colchicums
Reading time 7 minutes
I am guilty, guilty of having twice visited Sissinghurst this year and not having posted anything about it. Had this been any other garden I […]
Book Review – The Plant Lover’s Guide to Dahlias
Reading time 6 minutes
“I don’t just like dahlias: I love them” asserts Andy Vernon on the opening page of his new book, The Plant Lover’s Guide to […]
Plant Portraits: Aeonium arboreum ‘Zwartkop’
Reading time 5 minutes
Succulent plants are not everyone’s cup of tea, but one which attracted a lot of admiring glances when we opened our garden for the […]
Daily Flower Candy: Dahlia ‘Firepot’
Reading time 3 minutes
If ever a dahlia deserved the classification ‘waterlily’, describing the shape of the blooms, it’s Dahlia ‘Firepot’. The juicy-fruit colours might have given Monet […]
Dazzling Dixter
Reading time 11 minutes
Having been utterly engrossed in our own garden for the last few weeks it was a relief to get out and about and start the […]