Daily Flower Candy: Petasites fragrans (Winter Heliotrope)
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Our flying visit to Cornwall was punctuated by heavy showers and sunny spells. Farmland around St Agnes was sodden, little tin streams swollen and […]
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New Year’s Resolutions
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It was with some trepidation that I searched this blog for my last batch of New Year’s resolutions. Naturally I have been observing them […]
Daily Flower Candy: Geranium maderense
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The last plant I expected to be blooming over the New Year was Geranium maderense, the Maderia Cranesbill. Clearly confused, a few shocking-pink flowers […]
The Very Best of 2013 – A Year In Pictures
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When I wrote my equivalent post this time last year, I thought 2012 was a momentous year, but reflecting on 2013 I find the last twelve […]
Bursting Forth on Boxing Day
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This Christmas our friends Travis and Beth at Trevoole sent us a copy of ‘Dear Friend and Gardener’, a collection of correspondence between distinguished […]
Going Dutch
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In an unusual turn of events, I am sitting still today even though there are more important things I should be doing. I am […]
Gathering Moss
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I spent yesterday touring the garden centres of Holland, looking for Christmas inspiration. I found it in spades, from delicious Oliebollen (literally oil-balls, rather […]
Return to the Salutation
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With both gardens almost locked-down for winter it’s time to start writing about some of the places that have not yet made it on […]
Daily Flower Candy: Pansy ‘Matrix Cassis’
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The candy jar has been rather empty of late, so I am topping it up today with pansy ‘Matrix Cassis’, planted in a pot […]
Daily Flower Candy: Vitis coignetiae AGM
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This year’s autumn is turning out to be a long, drawn-out affair – less rocket, more damp squib. But whatever the weather, a handful […]
Burmese Days
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Young Boy, Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival, Inle Lake It was exactly one year ago that we were in Burma, enjoying a magical holiday […]
A Walk Around The Peak
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Spending time in Hong Kong is no great hardship. But after a week in showrooms so crammed with Christmas sparkle that you can almost […]