Camellias: Harbingers of Spring
Reading time 9 minutes
Spring arrives a little earlier in Cornwall than elsewhere in England. The far South West is blessed with a mild, maritime climate which ensures […]
Plants
Ten Things To Do In The Garden in January
Reading time 15 minutes
January is a unique month in the year when plants, on the whole, demand very little from gardeners. House plants are an exception, but […]
Winter Heliotrope: Petasites fragrans
Reading time 5 minutes
What better way to start the New Year at The Frustrated Gardener than with a plant that flowers through the darkest, coldest months. The […]
Advent Thought For The Day: 19
Reading time 4 minutes
December 19th: Who will buy my lovely mistletoe? On three Tuesdays leading up to Christmas, an auction of holly, mistletoe and freshly-made wreaths is […]
Biting Hard
Reading time 4 minutes
I have never enjoyed going to the dentist (that would be perverse), but equally I’ve never feared the experience either. Generally my twice-yearly visits […]
Autumn Spice
Reading time 3 minutes
The problem with owning a garden dominated by evergreens and tropicals is that I don’t really get to experience autumn colour at home. My […]
My Top 10 Indoor / Outdoor Foliage Plants
Reading time 10 minutes
So I forgot. Today’s the day that the London Evening Standard publishes a feature on neon-coloured foliage and I am not even in […]
Last Vestiges
Reading time 5 minutes
I returned from China to a garden clinging valiantly on to the glories of summer. It was a heart-warming homecoming, but the gift […]
An Extraordinary Autumn
Reading time 8 minutes
There comes a moment every autumn when I leave home and return again under the cover of darkness. Since I have been living full […]
Bulb Porn
Reading time 6 minutes
Each year, ‘order bulbs’ goes on my to-do list in July and each year it is still there in early September. By then there […]
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. […]
Plant Profile: Solenostemon ‘Henna’
Reading time 7 minutes
My garden is so jam-packed with plants by early autumn that I can barely move around outside. Far from holding plants back, a […]