Tumbledown
Reading time 2 minutes
We are staying at Trevoole, one of our favourite places in Cornwall. And because I am on holiday I can take precious time to […]
Foliage
Daily Flower Candy: Euphorbia mellifera AGM*
Reading time 6 minutes
Euphorbia mellifera: canary spurge, honey spurge To have taken so long to feature Euphorbia mellifera in my regular Flower Candy spot is an unforgivable oversight. […]
Getting to Grips – Part 1
Reading time 8 minutes
For the last couple of days I have been getting to grips with our two gardens. Like time and tide, nature waits for no […]
Growing Under Cover
Reading time 5 minutes
I could easily have predicted that greenhouse gardening would become an obsession second time around. I owned my first greenhouse (rather a grand description […]
Daily Flower Candy: Thymus pulegioides ‘Foxley’
Reading time 4 minutes
Thymus pulegioides: broad-leaved thyme, lemon thyme Variegation in plants is a trait I can take or leave. I blame spireas – a shrub I […]
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewintered
Reading time 5 minutes
As winter draws to a close, I can sum it up in one word: soggy. Dreams of bracing walks along the beach beneath clear, […]
RHS London Early Spring Plant Fair 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
The first rule of visiting a flower show is not to go on the last day, unless you’re hoping to bag a bargain. The […]
The Atolls of Acton
Reading time 2 minutes
As well as the lovely parts of London, I get to frequent some pretty grotty ones too. The area around North Acton station is […]
Daily Flower Candy: Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca ‘Citrina’ AGM
Reading time 4 minutes
Coronilla valentina: shrubby scorpion vetch, bastard senna As winter’s end approaches our coastal garden is starting to look a little bedraggled. A mild December […]
Daily Flower Candy: Vigorous Vincas
Reading time 5 minutes
Vinca: periwinkle First, a health warning: periwinkles, especially the kind that appreciate the British climate, can be complete thugs. Just this weekend I spotted a quarter-acre […]
Daily Flower Candy: Eranthis hyemalis
Reading time 3 minutes
Eranthis hyemalis: winter aconite, winter hellebore, winter wolf’s bane. Jack Frost has arrived in the south of England, wrapping his icy arms around our […]
Birthday Blues
Reading time 5 minutes
This may not be an especially significant birthday (there are no 0’s or 5’s involved) but I still hadn’t planned to spend it at […]