Winter Heliotrope: Petasites fragrans
Reading time 5 minutes
What better way to start the New Year at The Frustrated Gardener than with a plant that flowers through the darkest, coldest months. The […]
Daily Flower Candy
Plant Profile: Dahlia ‘Nicholas’
Reading time 5 minutes
I should have predicted it. I take a holiday, I unwind (sort of), and up creeps the dreaded tonsillitis. It happens every time, […]
Plant Profile: Asarina scandens
Reading time 6 minutes
As the heatwave drags on, my evenings are consumed by watering the garden. Already short, their length is reducing daily so that I am […]
Daily Flower Candy: Iris ‘Blue Note’ and Iris ‘Painted Lady’
Reading time 4 minutes
I planted so many pots with bulbs before Christmas that I’ve had to bring them on in serried ranks down the side of both […]
Daily Flower Candy: Jasminum nudiflorum
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Jasminum nudiflorum: winter jasmine Most plants when translated from their native habitat into gardens adapt quite nicely. Some run riot, others curl up and […]
Daily Flower Candy: Polygala myrtifolia
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Polygala myrtifolia: myrtle-leaf milkwort, September bush, Augustusbossie At the end of the summer I often buy plants to plug gaps in the garden, […]
Daily Flower Candy: Nerine filamentosa
Reading time 3 minutes
When I chose to buy bulbs of Nerine filamentosa, I was wooed by the catalogue description of flowers so delightful that one might […]
Daily Flower Candy: Hedychium gardnerianum AGM
Reading time 4 minutes
August is turning out to be something of a damp squib. As soon as the kids broke up for the summer holidays […]
Daily Flower Candy: Clematis ‘Forever Friends’
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Back in April I ordered a clutch of new clematis for my garden, all from Thorncroft Nursery. They were destined to cover […]
Daily Flower Candy: Lilium martagon ‘Arabian Knight’
Reading time 4 minutes
Phew! What a scorcher the weekend was. Whilst I had the right idea on Saturday, spending much of the day at my friend’s […]
Daily Flower Candy: Osteospermum
Reading time 4 minutes
As indispensable plants for seaside gardens go, ostespermums are high on the list, and most certainly in the top ten. They are low-growing, […]
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, […]