Daily Flower Candy: Fuchsia ‘Rose of Castile’
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Cascading from the ornate iron supports of the Edwardian conservatory at Wallington Hall, this superb fuchsia is named ‘Rose of Castile’. Bred in Kent […]
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Hangers-On
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It’s midweek and already my brain has turned to blancmange. So for everyone’s sake, I’ll keep today’s post simple. Living by the seaside, we […]
Daily Flower Candy: Veratrum album
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One of my favourite sculptural plants, Veratrum album, is also a pretty nasty poison, with a long history of accidental and deliberate death. Alexander […]
Daily Flower Candy: Lone Poppy
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Poppies are resourceful little plants, seeding themselves everywhere and living their short, glorious lives in the fast lane. Putting little effort into producing […]
A Little Bit of Paradise
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At the end of July we travelled north to the cathedral city of Durham. My partner (aka ‘Him Indoors’) grew up on a picture-perfect […]
Plants Portraits: Acanthus spinosus
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It’s not often that I make time to really study a plant or flower in detail. Last weekend, whilst staying with family, I seized […]
Growing North
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In honour of Him Indoors’ birthday we’ve had a lovely long weekend in northern England. We managed to squeeze in five completely different gardens […]
Hampton Court Flower Show 2013: Hot Gardens
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Above, ‘Mid Century Modern’ designed by Adele Ford and Susan Wilmott We’re so accustomed to the British Summer being a wash out, it’s a […]
Daily Flower Candy: Rosa glauca AGM
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Rosa glauca is a rose with many virtues. The coppery-mauve, glaucous foliage clothing purple stems remains attractive throughout the growing season. Just once a […]
Plants in Detail – Banksia grandis
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Looking for all the world like a giant loofa or an anaemic bearskin hat, this is the impressive flower of Banksia grandis. The proud […]
Hampton Court Flower Show 2013: Cool Gardens
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It was a hot, dry and dusty Hampton Court Flower Show this year. I returned home with my blue suede shoes looking more like […]
Plant Portraits: Digitalis sceptrum
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For the most part, the experience of gardening is a succession of small triumphs and minor failures, all of which make us stronger people […]