Iris Reticulata ‘Pauline’
Reading time 7 minutes
In an exciting new development, the following post can now be enjoyed as a podcast as well as in text and photographs. Cultivars of […]
Plant Portraits
Plant Profile: Lilium ‘Whistler’
Reading time 5 minutes
This spring I potted up more lilies than ever before. My intention was to bridge that awkward gap between the tulips fading and the […]
Plant Profile: Strophanthus boivinii
Reading time 8 minutes
I started this blog with a clear personal ambition to preserve what I already knew about plants and to encourage further learning. It was […]
Plant Profile: Ivy-leaved toadflax
Reading time 7 minutes
Cymbalaria muralis: Ivy-leaved toadflax, ivywort, Kenilworth ivy, coliseum ivy, Oxford ivy, mother of thousands, mother of millions, thousand flower, pennywort, wandering sailor, Aaron’s beard, […]
Plant Profile: Sophora ‘Sun King’ AGM
Reading time 7 minutes
In June this year I will have been blogging for seven years. I have completely forgotten most of the posts I wrote at the […]
Perfect Partners: Tradescantia ‘Purple Sabre’ & Begonia ‘Martin Johnson’
Reading time 7 minutes
You would not believe the ideas I have for this blog. They are stored up in my head and occasionally committed to paper. […]
How to Grow Ornamental Gingers in UK Gardens
Reading time 24 minutes
Ornamental gingers – we’ve admired them whilst on holiday in tropical countries, or seen them curated in the glasshouses of botanical gardens, but […]
Plant Profile: Dahlia ‘Nicholas’
Reading time 5 minutes
I should have predicted it. I take a holiday, I unwind (sort of), and up creeps the dreaded tonsillitis. It happens every time, […]
Plant Profile: Buddleja speciosissima
Reading time 6 minutes
I am a sucker for a rare or unusual plant. Give me a packed table at a plant fair and I will spot the […]
Where Have All The Coleus Gone?
Reading time 14 minutes
When a plant does well in my garden, I want to grow more of it. As a gardening strategy, this makes perfect sense. […]
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 […]
Ever Decreasing Circles
Reading time 3 minutes
This is a petrocosmea, a ground-hugging, rosette-forming relative of the African violet, hailing from the mountains of Western China. In its natural habitat […]