In Bud
Reading time 3 minutes
How often do we take the time to appraise a flower’s bud in quite the same we would its open bloom? Not often enough I’d […]
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Worth The Wait
Reading time 5 minutes
In gardening, there are times for instant satisfaction and times to be patient; there are instances when playing it safe is the wisest option, […]
Saluting the Salutation
Reading time 9 minutes
It was fitting that Gardeners’ World, in the first programme of the new series, chose to highlight the miraculous resurrection of the gardens at […]
Getting to Grips – Part 2
Reading time 8 minutes
Weather wise, the start of 2016 is beginning to feel like a re-run of 2015 – a mild winter followed by a chilly spring […]
Daily Flower Candy: Magnolia doltsopa
Reading time 5 minutes
Magnolia doltsopa: Michelia doltsopa, sweet michelia There are trees and then there are trees. Queens among their ranks are the magnolias; strong, majestic, ebullient […]
Nature Knows
Reading time 2 minutes
Walking in the Kent countryside this afternoon I am reminded that, beyond the confines of our garden, spring is not quite as far advanced […]
Return to Eden
Reading time 10 minutes
It is May 2000 and I am standing in a long line of chattering, excitable people wearing white hard hats. This is not an […]
Tumbledown
Reading time 2 minutes
We are staying at Trevoole, one of our favourite places in Cornwall. And because I am on holiday I can take precious time to […]
Daily Flower Candy: Narcissus ‘Elka’ AGM
Reading time 3 minutes
Narcissus: daffodil, daffadowndilly, jonquil, Lenten lily Daffodils are synonymous with Easter. In England they are associated with Lent and occasionally referred to as Lenten […]
Daily Flower Candy: Euphorbia mellifera AGM*
Reading time 6 minutes
Euphorbia mellifera: canary spurge, honey spurge To have taken so long to feature Euphorbia mellifera in my regular Flower Candy spot is an unforgivable oversight. […]
Growing Under Cover
Reading time 5 minutes
I could easily have predicted that greenhouse gardening would become an obsession second time around. I owned my first greenhouse (rather a grand description […]
Life Begins in March
Reading time 1 minute
And so, it is done: Christmas signed-off for another year. It’s time to re-group, sleep, do the ironing, see friends again, sow seeds, plan […]