Daily Flower Candy: Lupins
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What everyone expects from Chelsea is massed displays of single flower types. Be it alliums, sweet peas, delphiniums or chrysanthemums, banks of mint-condition blooms […]
Daily Flower Candy
Daily Flower Candy: Darmera peltata
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In late spring the soft pink flowers of Darmera peltata emerge before the leaves, held high above the ground on stems up to 1.5m […]
Daily Flower Candy: Hosta fortunei var. albopicta f. aurea
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My next post on Sandling Park is proving to be quite epic in its scope, so whilst I work on it I’m staying closer […]
Daily Flower Candy: Erythronium ‘Pagoda’
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Dog’s tooth violets, toad lilies, call them what you will, starry flowered erythroniums lend a touch of the exotic to spring meadows and woodlands. […]
Daily Flower Candy: Clematis alpina
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You know spring has sprung when the pale, stringy stems of Clematis alpina burst into leaf. An incredibly hardy climber, Clematis alpina can manage […]
Daily Flower Candy: Hyacinthoides non-scripta
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Bluebells are as much part of the English spring tapestry as daffodils, cow parsley and wild cherry blossom. They are much loved for their […]
Daily Flower Candy: Double-Flowered Azaleas
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Normally, I’d say two doses of Daily Flower Candy in one day would be bad for one’s health, but I couldn’t go to bed […]
Daily Flower Candy: Tulipa batalinii ‘Bronze Charm’
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Diminutive Tulipa batalinii is native to Central Asia, where it grows on stony hillsides. Tulipa batalinii ‘Bronze Charm’ is one of many pretty named […]
Daily Flower Candy: The Eden Project
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Our last visit to The Eden Project in Cornwall was in spring 2011. Here, a dappled river of forget-me-nots and dog’s-tooth violets (Erythronium ‘Pagoda’) […]
Daily Flower Candy: Clematis armandii
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Fragrant, white-flowered Clematis armandii is one plant I am really missing from my garden this spring. Not because it’s died, but because it’s decided […]
Daily Flower Candy: Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’
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These pretty primrose pompoms belong to vigorous climbing rose Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’. Hailing from the mountains of China, it’s not 100% hardy in the […]
Daily Flower Candy: Primula veris
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The common cowslip, Primula veris, is believed to have been named after the cow pats in which it was often found growing. At this […]