Flowers of Bhutan – Curcuma aromatica
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This curious little fella is Curcuma aromatica, or wild turmeric. We discovered it today, growing amongst the pine needles at the side of the […]
Flowers
Flowers in the Forest – Over the Dochu La Pass
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Much of the driving in Bhutan is tortuous and faintly terrifying. It’s best to pay as little attention as possible to where the car […]
Thorny Subjects – Paro to Thimphu
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Before I start waxing lyrical about the botanical delights of Bhutan, which are plentiful, I should firstly point out that our trip is not […]
Petunias and Prayer Flags
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Few places in the world conjure up a more romantic image than Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Like Mandalay, another city with poetic associations, […]
Spot the Bunny
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Easter’s almost here! How will you be spending the Easter holidays?
All the fun of the fair
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The heady fragrance of hyacinths, immaculate Narcissus, incredible alpines and bustling biddies with notepads in hand, it can only be one event in the […]
Bulbs to light up the summer
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Given the shocking weather (I promise not to mention the weather again …. for a few days at least!), and that we’ll be on […]
Savage Spring
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Last night, as we lay in bed, it was almost as if a BBC special effects man was standing outside the bedroom window chucking […]
What a Beauty!
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I omitted to note down the name of this magnificent magnolia, but what a beauty she is! An obligingly low branch allowed me to […]
Flowering Now: Stachyurus praecox
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The flowers of Stachyurus praecox are like rows of seed pearls dangling from a expensive earring. A deciduous shrub, Stachyurus hails from the mountains […]
Goodnestone Park in Spring
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Those of you who have been following The Frustrated Gardener for a while will recall that I wrote about Goodnestone Park shortly after starting […]
Flowering Now: Narcicuss pseudonarcissus
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The Latin name for daffodil is thought to have been inspired by Narcissus, a figure in Greek mythology said to have fallen in love […]