Daily Flower Candy: Helleborus argutifolius
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Easy to overlook for half the gardening year, Helleborus argutifolius, the Corsican hellebore, is coming into its own right now. From mounds of jade […]
Daily Flower Candy
Daily Flower Candy: Sarcococca ruscifolia
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Venturing out of the terrace doors this morning I am hit, full frontal, by the scent of Christmas Box, Sarcococca ruscifolia. The fragrance coming […]
Daily Flower Candy – Leptospermum scoparium ‘Coral Candy’
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What is marvellous about gardening is that one is always discovering new things. Last weekend I spotted this pretty Leptospermum, flowering its socks off […]
Daily Flower Candy: Petasites fragrans (Winter Heliotrope)
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Our flying visit to Cornwall was punctuated by heavy showers and sunny spells. Farmland around St Agnes was sodden, little tin streams swollen and […]
Daily Flower Candy: Narcissus ‘Soleil d’Or’
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I am used to grim weather on my birthday, but today’s meteorological maelstrom has been especially miserable. Yet out in the Atlantic on the […]
Daily Flower Candy: Hippeastrum (Amaryllis)
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They are big, brash, uncompromising flowers, but I love them. Hailing from South America, Hippeastrums are often confused with their South African cousins the Amaryllis. […]
Daily Flower Candy: Geranium maderense
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The last plant I expected to be blooming over the New Year was Geranium maderense, the Maderia Cranesbill. Clearly confused, a few shocking-pink flowers […]
Daily Flower Candy: Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii
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Whilst the wretched winter weather continues to dowse and drown us, there are signs of spring in the garden if one looks hard enough […]
Daily Flower Candy: Schizostylis coccinea
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Relishing our mild wet winter (so far – I have probably spoken too soon!) is the South African flower Schizostylis coccinea or Hesperantha coccinea. Both […]
Daily Flower Candy – Mahonia x media ‘Charity’
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As the lowest low-pressure system in 150 years approaches the UK across the Atlantic, there’s precious little chance of enjoying any natural sunshine. A […]
Daily Flower Candy: Pansy ‘Matrix Cassis’
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The candy jar has been rather empty of late, so I am topping it up today with pansy ‘Matrix Cassis’, planted in a pot […]
Sizzling Cymbidium
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I promised myself an hour or so this afternoon to catch up with a mountain of unread magazines, but typically I’ve ended distracted by […]