Saltwood Castle NSPCC Plant Fair 2015
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Driving south to the pretty village of Saltwood for the annual NSPCC plant fair has become something of a tradition in our household. Even Him […]
Plants
Spring Flower Candy: Disporum megalanthum
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Our London garden offers few plants their perfect conditions – no surprise when you consider it was once no more than a shady patch of shattered Tarmac with subsoil dumped […]
Spring Flower Candy: Prunus spinosa
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I’ll admit I am a little overdue with this one, but 2015 has been one of the latest I can recall for blackthorn blossom (the flowers of Prunus […]
Spring Flower Candy: Pleione formosana
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I will be devoting a post to a different spring flower each day this week, and they don’t come much more special than Pleione formosana. I […]
Enchanted April
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It really has been the most remarkable April. So far not a single drop of rain has fallen on either of our gardens and, […]
In Search of Captain Poldark
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If, like me, you have been seduced by the BBC’s panoramic revival of Winston Graham’s Poldark saga, you will probably have developed certain urges. They might very […]
Wonder Walls
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Cornish hedges are a defining part of the landscape on Britain’s most south-westerly peninsula. From a wildlife point of view they are like Noah’s ark, […]
Wildflowers of Cornwall
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Clockwise from top left: herb robert (Geranium robertianum); hart’s tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium); lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria); Alexanders / wild celery (Smyrnium olusatrum); common […]
Turning Point
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The flowering of the magnolia marks a turning point in our London garden. It’s a fleeting moment, the petals falling just as they appear to be […]
Daffodil Week: Going Public
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Nothing is more cheering on a sunny spring day than a broad swathe of daffodils emerging from lengthening grass, or a delicate cloud of cherry blossom hovering […]
Daily Flower Candy: Narcissus ‘Toto’ AGM
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When I set out to post daily on the subject of daffodils, little did I know how distracting this week’s almost perfect gardening weather would […]
Daily Flower Candy: Smyrnium olusatrum
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We have much to thank the Romans for – libraries, hot baths, straight roads, aqueducts and stinging nettles among them – but over time […]