Hampton Court Flower Show 2014: Vestra Wealth’s Vista
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I had never heard of Vestra Wealth before this year’s Hampton Court Palace Flower Show and that’s for one very good reason – I […]
Perennials
The Watch House Awaits….
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In just less than two weeks, we open our garden at The Watch House in Broadstairs for the National Gardens Scheme. It has not been […]
Daily Flower Candy – Campanula lactiflora
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I have been a little quiet of late and that’s for three reasons. The first is work, which has been abnormally busy. The second […]
Elham NGS Open Gardens
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Nestled in a broad, fertile valley cutting a swathe through East Kent, Elham is the very essence of England. During W.W.II Sir Anthony Eden lived in a […]
Daily Flower Candy: Lotus berthelotii
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In case you haven’t noticed I am a sucker for anything colourful, exotic and expensive looking. This goes for food, cocktails, shirts, wallpaper and […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2014 – My Top 10 Plants
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Despite the inevitable fuss over the show gardens, the highlight of my visit to Chelsea Flower Show is always the Great Pavilion. At 12,000 square […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2014 – People’s Choice Award: Hope on the Horizon
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No doubt spurred on by TV talent shows, where the audience as well as expert judges get a vote, the RHS introduced People’s Choice awards […]
Chelsea Calling
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May is well and truly here, so naturally my thoughts turn to Chelsea and what we can expect of the world’s most famous flower show […]
Spring comes to Saltwood
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Yesterday the hedgerows were heavy with may flower and vital with leaf as we drove from Broadstairs to Saltwood Castle for the 2014 NSPCC plant fair. […]
Three New Projects
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In my current job, holidays are pretty much an impossibility between October and the end of March. The plus side to the inevitable fatigue […]
2014 RHS London Plant and Design Show – Highlights
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Those of you who look in on The Frustrated Gardener regularly will know that I treasure my little jaunts from my place of work […]
Daily Flower Candy: Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii
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Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii has featured once already in Daily Flower Candy, but I couldn’t resist including a photograph taken this weekend in our local […]