Daily Flower Candy: Veratrum album
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One of my favourite sculptural plants, Veratrum album, is also a pretty nasty poison, with a long history of accidental and deliberate death. Alexander […]
Daily Flower Candy
Daily Flower Candy: Rosa glauca AGM
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Rosa glauca is a rose with many virtues. The coppery-mauve, glaucous foliage clothing purple stems remains attractive throughout the growing season. Just once a […]
Daily Flower Candy: Lilium speciosum ‘Rubrum’
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This graceful lily, Lilium speciosum ‘Rubrum’ is one of the last lilies to flower each summer. It blooms profusely, its bold burgundy-red speckled petals […]
Daily Flower Candy: Disa uniflora ‘Red River’
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Like the red playing card soldiers from Alice in Wonderland, the scarlet flowers of Disa uniflora ‘Red River’ marched across Dave Parkinson’s incredible exhibit […]
Daily Flower Candy: Salvia ‘Amistad’
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Today, I’ve been sweltering in the heat at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. So many exciting plants to see, but one of the […]
Daily Flower Candy: Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’
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I’ve been away for a couple of days in Germany, enjoying the leafy surroundings of Bad Driburg, a pretty, rural spa town. Perfectly suited […]
Go Andy
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In honour of Mr Murray’s 3 set victory today, the Wimbledon club colours reflected in the flowers of Solanum laciniatum. Well done Andy!
Daily Flower Candy: Euphorbia rigida ‘Chris Brickell’
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The Euphorbias are a wonderful group of plants – varied, yet unmistakable with their leafy stems and typically acid-yellow flower heads. A new discovery […]
Daily Flower Candy: Sinocalycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’
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Now you’re past the tongue-twister of a name, you can enjoy the waxy, claret-coloured flowers of this unusual shrub. I first discovered Sinocalycanthus raulstonii […]
Daily Flower Candy: Iris foetidissima var. citrina
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Iris foetidissima is one of only two irises which are native to the UK. A hardy perennial, it’s better known by a variety of […]
Daily Flower Candy: Osteospermum ‘Nuanza Copper Purple’
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With flowers tinted violet, copper, tan and coral pink, Osteospermum ‘Nuanza Copper Purple’ is an exceptional tender plant. We grow it next to our […]
Daily Flower Candy: Deutzia
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Like Philadelphus, Deutzia is a genus of about 60 species which produce goblet-shaped clumps of cane-like growths bearing fragrant flowers in summer. I have […]