Daily Flower Candy: Hedychium densiflorum ‘Stephen’
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Clearing our borders of tender perennials last weekend, I was surprised to see the earth scattered with what appeared to be large pomegranate seeds. […]
Daily Flower Candy
Daily Flower Candy: Vitis coignetiae AGM
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This year’s autumn is turning out to be a long, drawn-out affair – less rocket, more damp squib. But whatever the weather, a handful […]
Daily Flower Candy: Kangaroo Apple
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One of my surprise survivors from last year Solanum laciniatum, the Kangaroo Apple, may finally have outgrown its welcome. The plants were bought from […]
Daily Flower Candy: Melinis repens
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Chinese factories are not renowned for their landscaping – a few scrubby trees and sickly pot plants are likely to be the most natural […]
Daily Flower Candy: Agapanthus africanus
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Those of you who check in to The Frustrated Gardener regularly will know I’m a big fan of Agapanthus. Our majestic Agapanthus africanus come […]
Daily Flower Candy: Fuller’s Teasel
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Last weekend went by like a whirlwind – so much to catch up on whilst September flew away on the breeze. It was good […]
Daily Flower Candy: Eupatorium purpureum
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Need some colour at the back of your herbaceous border in late summer? Then look not further than Eupatorium purpureum, otherwise known as Joe Pye […]
Daily Flower Candy – Echinops ritro ‘White Globe’
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Forming a perfect, filigree sphere this is the flower head of Echinops ritro ‘White Globe’. I can’t recall why I omitted this work of […]
Daily Dog Candy: Boycie
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We’ve had statues and compost guesting in the candy spot so I thought, why not a dog? Especially when the dog is as charming […]
Daily Flower Candy: Stipa gigantea
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Grasses come into their own in late summer, their feathery plumes rendered golden in the lowering sunlight. King of all the garden grasses is […]
Daily Flower Candy: Rosa ‘Pink Perfection’
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Hybrid tea roses have fallen out of favour with gardeners since new old-fashioned varieties came on the scene. They tend to mix clumsily with […]
Daily Flower Candy: Fuchsia ‘Rose of Castile’
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Cascading from the ornate iron supports of the Edwardian conservatory at Wallington Hall, this superb fuchsia is named ‘Rose of Castile’. Bred in Kent […]