The Winds of Change
Reading time 4 minutes
I’ve just come in from the garden, where the temperature has dropped dramatically since lunchtime. A brisk, rain-laden breeze has whipped up, carrying away summer’s last […]
Flowers
Daily Flower Candy: Lilium ‘Kushi Maya’
Reading time 3 minutes
‘Lilies in October!?’ I hear you exclaim. Maybe in the southern hemisphere, but not in England, surely? Well yes actually, these wonderful, fragrant flowers […]
Daily Flower Candy: Colchicum ‘Waterlily’
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These flowers may faintly resemble those of a Nymphaea, but here the resemblance of Colchicum ‘Waterlily’ to an aquatic plant ends. Like other colchicums, the flowers […]
Trebah Gardens, Cornwall
Reading time 10 minutes
On the steep sides of the Helford River in Cornwall lie two famous gardens, as similar in style as the two halves of a […]
Daily Flower Candy: Kniphofia rooperi
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Before the Second World War kniphofias, better known as red hot pokers, were one of Britain’s most popular garden plants. They sustained gardeners’ Victorian […]
Lost for words
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Rarely do I find myself lost for words but tonight, as I consider my return to work and the inevitability of autumn, I feel a […]
Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Cornwall
Reading time 12 minutes
Cornwall’s great gardens are, by and large, gardens that were created over 100 years ago and that have developed organically ever since. A handful have been rescued […]
Daily Flower Candy: Grevillea victoriae
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Just when you think the plant world has no more surprises in store for you (a silly thing to suppose anyway), along comes a […]
Daily Flower Candy: Fuchsia magellanica var. gracilis AGM
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Few plants hold their flowers as gracefully as fuchsias. Whether large or small flowered, the blooms typically tremble at the end of fine wiry stems. […]
Picturesque Perfect: Hotel Endsleigh, Devon
Reading time 17 minutes
‘A Cottage’ is how Georgina, sixth Duchess of Bedford, described her country home at Endsleigh in Devon. Most visitors today, whether to the garden […]
Divine Decay
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On the whole I dislike decay. My inner perfectionist denies me the pleasure of anything less than pristine, fresh or new. I wish I could be […]
Top Tips: Preparing Your Garden for a Summer Holiday
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The school summer break is over and the kids are back for the autumn term, which means it must be time to take our holidays. […]