Beautiful Stranger – Beschorneria yuccoides
Reading time 3 minutes
This weird and wonderful creature is Beschorneria yuccoides, a rare but hardy yucca-like plant, flowering in our seaside garden last year. Its bluish-green leaves […]
Plants
Sensational Sissinghurst (Part 1 – Wall Flowers)
Reading time 6 minutes
The gardens of Sissinghurst Castle in Kent must be amond the best known in England, if not the whole of Europe. They are the […]
Oops! I did it again
Reading time 2 minutes
Well, it was always going to happen. A dear friend and I made the lengthy pilgrimage to Sissinghurst today and we returned home with […]
So far, so good!
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It is now just over three weeks since I started this blog, and so far it’s been a great experience. I hoped it might […]
Other People’s Gardens No.2 – Goodnestone Park, Kent (Part 2)
Reading time 4 minutes
One thing all this rain and cool weather has been good for is prolonging the flowering period of spring and early summer plants. Back in […]
Super-sized Lilies
Reading time 2 minutes
Although I instantly recognised this giant amongst plants, it was only from seeing pictures in books and catalogues over the years. But coming across […]
Art in Waterlow Park
Reading time 2 minutes
We are lucky enough to live close to one of North London’s most attractive parks. Waterlow Park was given to the people of London […]
Other People’s Gardens No.2 – Goodnestone Park, Kent (Part 1)
Reading time 5 minutes
Despite the showers, we set off after lunch for one of east Kent’s finest gardens. That could be read as faint praise, given east […]
True Blue
Reading time 2 minutes
This little gem of a plant is Convolvulus sabatius, otherwise known as Blue Rock Bindweed. Unlike its invasive, white-flowered cousin it does not spread like […]
Fantastic Mr Foxglove
Reading time 2 minutes
After a fairly challenging day at work, my spirits were lifted when I returned home to find this lovely foxglove coming into flower by […]
Other People’s Gardens No.1 – Wasserburg Anholt, Germany
Reading time 2 minutes
This week, work took me to the border between Holland and Germany, and the magnificent Wasserburg Anholt in Isselburg. The castle, which appears to […]
Captivating Annuals
Reading time 1 minute
Whilst walking along Highgate High Street this afternoon, I was stopped by these charming pots of annual plants on the steps of the local […]