Midnight Blooms
Reading time 3 minutes
I have a new torch and I don’t mind admitting I am rather taken with it. The last one was indestructible but about […]
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Daily Flower Candy: Clematis ‘Inspiration’
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In recent years both gardeners and florists have become better acquainted with non-twining, ‘herbaceous’ clematis. They make excellent border plants, especially in situations […]
Plan B
Reading time 6 minutes
I have a problem. With the garden next door out of action and no immediate prospect of gaining it back, I have grown […]
Daily Flower Candy: Clematis “Étoile Violette” AGM
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The only plant of any value that came with the purchase of Polegate Cottage was a clematis. Squeezed into an impossibly tight gap […]
Il Giardino di Boboli, Florence
Reading time 18 minutes
The Medici of Florence were not only one of the richest families in Europe for a time, but also phenomenal garden makers. They […]
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Reading time 2 minutes
This week an Italian described their country to me as “Third World”. I may only be a visitor, but I could not agree […]
Dazzling Disas
Reading time 4 minutes
Being a man of the world, it takes quite a lot to impress me. Yet Dave Parkinson’s display of South African disa orchids […]
Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2016: Show Gardens – Part I
Reading time 13 minutes
I am not a negative individual by nature, but I had misgivings about this year’s Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Some of the […]
Daily Flower Candy: Hosta “Halcyon” AGM
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Alright, enough now, all this wet stuff has been marvellous but where’s the sun? This time last year it was scorching – so scorching […]
Going to The Chapel
Reading time 12 minutes
When a new garden opens for the National Gardens Scheme in Thanet it’s a major event, principally because there are only three others, […]
Standing Room Only
Reading time 6 minutes
With the garden at Polegate Cottage temporarily occupied by builders and tradesmen, I am experiencing an explosion in the plant population next door […]
Castle Park Physic Garden, Bristol
Reading time 6 minutes
As I alighted from the train at Bristol Temple Meads station on Saturday, I worked out that it had been 25 years since […]