Daily Flower Candy: Polygala myrtifolia
Reading time 5 minutes
Polygala myrtifolia: myrtle-leaf milkwort, September bush, Augustusbossie At the end of the summer I often buy plants to plug gaps in the garden, […]
Our Coastal Garden
Brave
Reading time 4 minutes
Although the shortest day is firmly behind us, the bitter bulk of winter lies ahead. We’ve got off lightly here in Broadstairs. It […]
Spick and Span
Reading time 5 minutes
“Every day is a fresh beginning, Listen my soul to the glad refrain. And, spite of old sorrows And older sinning, Troubles forecasted And […]
Winter Sun
Reading time 4 minutes
I love it when it’s cold and sunny. I can tolerate the frostiest weather so long as I have the sun’s rays on my […]
Preparing The Watch House for Winter
Reading time 6 minutes
When I left my garden, in early October, it was still a summer garden. By the time I returned, at the end of […]
In The Night Garden
Reading time 10 minutes
When was the last time you ventured out into your garden after nightfall? Not at dusk, or to put the rubbish out, but to […]
How Does my Garden Grow? August
Reading time 11 minutes
My garden has come together rather later than usual, but come together it has. Unburdened by not opening for the National Gardens Scheme, […]
Getting Some Air …. Plants
Reading time 10 minutes
Inspired by my visit to Steve Edney’s garden at Sweetbriar, where a striped bromeliad sat astride the branches of an old cordyline, I […]
Daily Flower Candy: Hedychium gardnerianum AGM
Reading time 4 minutes
August is turning out to be something of a damp squib. As soon as the kids broke up for the summer holidays […]
Daily Flower Candy: Mirabilis longiflora ‘Angels’ Trumpets’
Reading time 5 minutes
Although I find growing from seed one of the most rewarding aspects of gardening, I have done so less and less in recent […]
Daily Flower Candy: Hedychium densiflorum ‘Sorung’
Reading time 5 minutes
Ginger lilies are disgustingly straightforward to grow, which is satisfying when one considers their fabulously exotic appearance. Hardy gingers from the genus […]
Soaked
Reading time 6 minutes
“It never rains, but it pours” is an English expression which means that when troubles come, they all come together. This week the […]