Garden Diary: March 2020
Reading time 28 minutes
Who could have predicted that the Month of March would end as it did? Over the course of two weeks our daily routines changed […]
Flowers
Plant Profile: Tulipa fosteriana ‘Zombie’
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Do you remember, several months ago, when we were all potting up our spring bulbs …. each and every one of us full of […]
Plant Profile: Salvia leucocephala
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Late last summer we paid a flying visit to Dyson’s Nurseries at Great Comp near Sevenoaks in Kent. It was all rather unsatisfactory as […]
Garden Diary: February 2020
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I have decided to start a garden diary. It’s been over 30 years since I last kept any form of journal so I can’t […]
Gardens of Miami No.2 – Vizcaya
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January is a month when many of us dream of an escape to the sun. If we’re feeling flush we might take advantage of […]
Seedy Thoughts
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There’s not much that January is good for, apart from cosying-up by the fire, drinking the Christmas drinks cabinet dry and browsing seed catalogues. […]
10 Shrubs to Brighten the Winter Months
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Most of us spend relatively little time in the garden during the winter months. Of course there are jobs to be done, but with […]
Hello from The Beau
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Dan, in a moment of madness, has decided that he would like me to contribute now and again to his Frustrated Gardener blog. As […]
Seeing in the New Year
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And so, here we are, on the eve of a new decade; Farewell 2010s, All Hail the 2020s! With the world as it is, […]
Getting to the Poinsettia
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With its brightly-coloured, star-shaped bracts, the poinsettia is one of the most recognisable symbols of Christmas in the world. We find it in supermarkets, […]
Absent.
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You may or may not have noticed, but I have not been posting quite as regularly of late. There is no intention in this, […]
The Bitter End
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I’m always surprised by how good the garden looks at the beginning of November. The Gin & Tonic Garden, though lacking the abundance of […]