How to Persuade Agapanthus to Flower
Reading time 11 minutes
It’s a good year for agapanthus here at The Watch House. A rough count of the flower heads produced by Agapanthus africanus tops […]
Perennials
Fond Farewells
Reading time 7 minutes
If it were not for the soft patter of rain on the skylight above my desk, I might hear a pin drop. My […]
Hampton Court Flower Show 2017 – The Viking Cruises World of Discovery Garden
Reading time 6 minutes
And now, for those of you who prefer something a little more classically beautiful, may I present The World of Discovery Garden. Fresh […]
Oh I do Like to be Beside the Seaside
Reading time 5 minutes
The weather this weekend has been far too nice for sitting in front of a computer writing. Instead I’ve been watering the garden, […]
Hampton Court Flower Show 2017 – The Show Gardens: Brownfield Metamorphosis
Reading time 7 minutes
I’m very aware that I am not opening my Hampton Court coverage with classically beautiful gardens. In my quest to offer the fullest […]
Hampton Court Flower Show 2017 – The Show Gardens: Kinetica
Reading time 4 minutes
Designer John Warland has been a constant and stimulating presence at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show in recent years. His gardens […]
Tales from the Gin & Tonic Garden
Reading time 9 minutes
As a rule, I don’t sit down, unless it’s to eat a meal or to work. When I make myself a cup of […]
Midsummer’s Day Dreaming
Reading time 6 minutes
What an extraordinary spell of weather we have been having. It’s so hot that I am relieved to be returning home to the […]
Chatsworth Flower Show 2017: The Wedgwood Garden – A Classic Re-imagined
Reading time 9 minutes
I can scarcely believe it’s over a week since that fateful press day at Chatsworth Flower Show where we all got drenched and […]
In Praise of Nemesias
Reading time 6 minutes
When something you like grows well in your garden it makes sense to grow more of it. I count agapanthus, zantedeschia, trachelospermum and […]
Chatsworth Flower Show 2017: The IQ Quarry Garden
Reading time 7 minutes
What is it about the appeal of quarry-inspired gardens this year? Is because as a nation we seem determined to dig ourselves into […]
Chatsworth Flower Show 2017: Press Day
Reading time 6 minutes
Today the famous British weather excelled itself … in drenching everyone from Mary Berry to Alan Titchmarsh, in flattening countless delphiniums and in […]