Tales from the Gin & Tonic Garden
Reading time 9 minutes
As a rule, I don’t sit down, unless it’s to eat a meal or to work. When I make myself a cup of […]
Container gardening
Midsummer’s Day Dreaming
Reading time 6 minutes
What an extraordinary spell of weather we have been having. It’s so hot that I am relieved to be returning home to the […]
In Praise of Nemesias
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When something you like grows well in your garden it makes sense to grow more of it. I count agapanthus, zantedeschia, trachelospermum and […]
Last Hurrah
Reading time 10 minutes
Slowly but surely the petals are falling from my tulips, one by one, leaving skinny seed pods where yesterday hovered fat balloons of […]
In a Tuscan Garden
Reading time 11 minutes
My job takes me to all sorts of interesting places, some nice, some not so nice, but always interesting. This week I have […]
My Perfect Ten Tulips
Reading time 11 minutes
In spite of late planting and a cold April, it has been an exceptional year for tulips at The Watch House. They have […]
Drama Queens II: Tulip ‘Orange Dynasty’
Reading time 4 minutes
Choosing tulips from a catalogue is rather like deciding which confections to buy from a sweet shop. Each variety has something to tempt […]
Drama Queens I: Tulipa ‘Slawa’
Reading time 4 minutes
Ladies and gentlemen, for my 800th post, may I present you with the first of two floral drama queens; a bold, brassy diva […]
A week is a long time in gardening
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It was British Prime Minister Harold Wilson who first said ‘a week is a long time in politics’. Almost sixty years later, his […]
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 […]
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, […]