The Diary of a Plant Addict
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If my blog did not already have a title, ‘The Diary of a Plant Addict’ would be a strong candidate. I’ve had the most […]
Flowers
Chelsea Calling
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Regular readers of The Frustrated Gardener might have noticed the absence of posts about the Chelsea Flower Show so far this year. There’s a […]
Plant Profile: Strophanthus boivinii
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I started this blog with a clear personal ambition to preserve what I already knew about plants and to encourage further learning. It was […]
The Watch House in Early May
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I’m a little bit stuck at the moment. I don’t so much have writers’ block as writers’ constipation; that is, lots of posts backing […]
Gardens of Miami No. 1 – The Kampong
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First of all, thank you for your patience whilst I have been away on holiday and taking a short break from blogging. It’s been […]
Getting to Grips with Hardy Orchids
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I can see a new addiction coming from a mile off, so on the whole I steer well clear of orchids. Over the ages […]
Plant Profile: Ivy-leaved toadflax
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Cymbalaria muralis: Ivy-leaved toadflax, ivywort, Kenilworth ivy, coliseum ivy, Oxford ivy, mother of thousands, mother of millions, thousand flower, pennywort, wandering sailor, Aaron’s beard, […]
April Showers
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Unpredictability is the name of the game when it comes to British weather, but one old proverb certainly promises to ring true in 2019: […]
Morrab Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall
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March can be a wild and windy month, especially in the far south-west of Cornwall. So it was that we turned up at Trewidden […]
‘Cherry’ Ingram: The Englishman who saved Japan’s Blossoms
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If you’ve been reading the newspapers or listening to BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week programme recently, you will already be acquainted with […]
Magnolia × veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’
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My ‘proper’ camera, a now rather dated DSLR, has been in a cupboard since September. I know it takes better photographs than an iPhone, […]
Plant Profile: Sophora ‘Sun King’ AGM
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In June this year I will have been blogging for seven years. I have completely forgotten most of the posts I wrote at the […]