Daily Flower Candy – An Unknown Auricula
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I am falling ever further behind with my list of posts to write, which on balance is a lot better than having nothing to say […]
Container gardening
Daily Flower Candy – Muscari aucheri ‘Blue Magic’
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Today I am beating the Monday blues with a little bit of sorcery, in the form of Muscari aucheri ‘Blue Magic’. Better known as grape […]
Golden
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Like a juggernaut, spring is now on a roll. A few nights of cold weather may put the breaks on, but nothing can stop […]
Three New Projects
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In my current job, holidays are pretty much an impossibility between October and the end of March. The plus side to the inevitable fatigue […]
Looking Ahead
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I have been uncharacteristically quiet for the last three days, and for good reason; I have been hard at work signing off our range […]
Daily Flower Candy: Crocus ‘Snow Bunting’ AGM
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The problem with crocuses is that no sun + strong winds = flattened blooms that never progress beyond promising buds. Hailing from central Europe […]
Daily Flower Candy: Iris reticulata ‘Katherine Hodgkin’
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Not many plants break the rules when it comes to flower colour. Fewer still manage to do it successfully:’ blue’ roses for example. Just […]
Daily Flower Candy: Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’
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So often winter flowering shrubs are big on fragrance but lacking in flower power. The likes of Lonicera x purpusii, Viburnum x bodnantense and […]
Aeonium Envy
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I have loved a great many aeoniums, and lost a few too. Not to frost, which is is their main enemy in UK gardens, […]
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 […]
Daily Flower Candy: Pansy ‘Matrix Cassis’
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The candy jar has been rather empty of late, so I am topping it up today with pansy ‘Matrix Cassis’, planted in a pot […]
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 […]