Advent Thought For The Day: 19
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December 19th: Who will buy my lovely mistletoe? On three Tuesdays leading up to Christmas, an auction of holly, mistletoe and freshly-made wreaths is […]
Foliage
My Top Tips for Buying a Real Christmas Tree
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Part of my day job is buying Christmas trees for British department store John Lewis & Partners. It’s a task I particularly enjoy since […]
Biting Hard
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I have never enjoyed going to the dentist (that would be perverse), but equally I’ve never feared the experience either. Generally my twice-yearly visits […]
Autumn Spice
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The problem with owning a garden dominated by evergreens and tropicals is that I don’t really get to experience autumn colour at home. My […]
My Top 10 Indoor / Outdoor Foliage Plants
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So I forgot. Today’s the day that the London Evening Standard publishes a feature on neon-coloured foliage and I am not even in […]
Last Vestiges
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I returned from China to a garden clinging valiantly on to the glories of summer. It was a heart-warming homecoming, but the gift […]
Homeward Bound
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Before I left England for my trip to India and China I took the bold decision not to attempt blogging whilst I was away. […]
An Extraordinary Autumn
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There comes a moment every autumn when I leave home and return again under the cover of darkness. Since I have been living full […]
In Search of the Surreal
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No visit to Cornwall is complete without a spot of plant shopping. The nurseries in the county I consider home are among the best […]
A Ramble Around Rosemoor
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Rosemoor, the most south-westerly RHS garden, is my favourite of all the RHS gardens. Opened officially in 1990, the society’s secluded Devon outpost is […]
Perfect Partners: Tradescantia ‘Purple Sabre’ & Begonia ‘Martin Johnson’
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You would not believe the ideas I have for this blog. They are stored up in my head and occasionally committed to paper. […]
Plant Profile: Solenostemon ‘Henna’
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My garden is so jam-packed with plants by early autumn that I can barely move around outside. Far from holding plants back, a […]