The Great Chrysanthemum Comeback
Reading time 17 minutes
Chrysanthemums are making a comeback. You heard it here first. How do I know? I’ll tell you; because it’s inevitable. Flowers are like clothing […]
Plants in Detail
Plants In Detail – Dahlia ‘Akita’
Reading time 6 minutes
One aspect of gardening in a small space that I enjoy most is that no detail goes unnoticed. Whilst this counts equally for annoying […]
Plant Profile: Sophora ‘Sun King’ AGM
Reading time 7 minutes
In June this year I will have been blogging for seven years. I have completely forgotten most of the posts I wrote at the […]
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 […]
In Search of the Surreal
Reading time 15 minutes
No visit to Cornwall is complete without a spot of plant shopping. The nurseries in the county I consider home are among the best […]
How to Grow Ornamental Gingers in UK Gardens
Reading time 24 minutes
Ornamental gingers – we’ve admired them whilst on holiday in tropical countries, or seen them curated in the glasshouses of botanical gardens, but […]
10 Easy Flowering Bulbs to Plant For Summer Colour
Reading time 21 minutes
There are few plants as rewarding and foolproof to grow as those that sprout from bulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes. Among their number […]
Crazy for Corydalis
Reading time 9 minutes
The defining plants of my pre-teen years were those that grew in the garden of my parents’ 1930’s semi-detached house in Plymouth. Climbing […]
RHS Botanical Art Show 2017
Reading time 8 minutes
Had I not been a landscape architect, gardener or fashion designer – all professions suggested by my school careers advisor, who was largely […]
Beaded
Reading time 1 minute
Its been a sultry week here in London. Moisture has been heavy in the air, reluctant to fall, forming a dull haze over the Thames […]
Geranium maderense vs Geranium palmatum
Reading time 11 minutes
Three years ago when I started The Frustrated Gardener this was my first ‘proper’ post. For some reason it has gone on to be […]
Plants in Detail – Gunnera manicata AGM
Reading time 3 minutes
You may have picked up on my recent fascination with large, jungly-looking plants. I don’t really have room for such colossi in either garden, but I can still […]