Bagging a Bargain
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It’s the time of year when garden centres abandon horticulture for the glittering commercial opportunity that Christmas offers. For gardeners that are prepared to […]
Practical Advice
A Schoolboy Error
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After a night of torrential rain – the kind of deluge that you’d imagine might signal the end of the world – it was […]
The Problem With Lilies
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Lilium regale – the ultimate lily? Lilies are, without question, one of the most elegant summer flowering bulbs. Gertrude Jekyll, the renowned garden designer […]
Good Earth
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‘No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth … and no culture comparable to that of the garden … […]
Let the Show Begin!
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After almost four weeks away from our coastal garden I am back in the driving seat. For a fleeting moment this morning it felt […]
Preparing for Spring
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Last weekend it was time to get my potted bulbs into the ground before I went on my travels. Because we have a lot […]
Exceptional Evergreens for Coastal Gardens
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It’s in the depths of winter, when the wind roars in from the east, that I’m reminded of the value of good evergreen trees […]
Strange Fruit
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After 3 weeks of part self, part snow-induced exile, I returned to the seaside last night during an icy gale that would’ve had an […]
Jobs for October and Early November
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I always think good gardening calls for a certain type of ruthlessness. Never is that quality more needed than at this time of year […]
Planting Spring Bulbs in Containers
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It’s now or never for me in terms of planting spring-flowering bulbs. As with most things in gardening there is the text book time […]
Geranium palmatum versus Geranium maderense
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Three years ago when I started The Frustrated Gardener this was my first ‘proper’ post. For some reason it has gone on to be […]