Biting Hard
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I have never enjoyed going to the dentist (that would be perverse), but equally I’ve never feared the experience either. Generally my twice-yearly visits […]
Container gardening
My Top 10 Indoor / Outdoor Foliage Plants
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So I forgot. Today’s the day that the London Evening Standard publishes a feature on neon-coloured foliage and I am not even in […]
An Extraordinary Autumn
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There comes a moment every autumn when I leave home and return again under the cover of darkness. Since I have been living full […]
In Search of the Surreal
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No visit to Cornwall is complete without a spot of plant shopping. The nurseries in the county I consider home are among the best […]
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 […]
Perfect Partners: Tradescantia ‘Purple Sabre’ & Begonia ‘Martin Johnson’
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You would not believe the ideas I have for this blog. They are stored up in my head and occasionally committed to paper. […]
Plant Profile: Solenostemon ‘Henna’
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My garden is so jam-packed with plants by early autumn that I can barely move around outside. Far from holding plants back, a […]
Farewell to the summer of 2018
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As the sun sets on August, what will be my abiding memories of summer 2018? It goes without saying that the heat and […]
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 […]
TALES FROM THE GIN & TONIC GARDEN, Part II
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It’s almost 15 months since the Gin & Tonic Garden first came into being. My compact, 20ft x 20ft courtyard is still occasionally referred […]
The Watch House NGS Open Day 2018
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Over the weekend we welcomed over 300 visitors to The Watch House, breaking records and surprising us all. At times it was a […]
Plant Profile: Asarina scandens
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As the heatwave drags on, my evenings are consumed by watering the garden. Already short, their length is reducing daily so that I am […]