Plant Profile: Strophanthus boivinii
Reading time 8 minutes
I started this blog with a clear personal ambition to preserve what I already knew about plants and to encourage further learning. It was […]
Trees and Shrubs
The Watch House in Early May
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I’m a little bit stuck at the moment. I don’t so much have writers’ block as writers’ constipation; that is, lots of posts backing […]
Gardens of Miami No. 1 – The Kampong
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First of all, thank you for your patience whilst I have been away on holiday and taking a short break from blogging. It’s been […]
Morrab Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall
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March can be a wild and windy month, especially in the far south-west of Cornwall. So it was that we turned up at Trewidden […]
‘Cherry’ Ingram: The Englishman who saved Japan’s Blossoms
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If you’ve been reading the newspapers or listening to BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week programme recently, you will already be acquainted with […]
Awkward
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Some days and some jobs are just awkward. Some days some jobs are awkward and the next day they feel straightforward. Why? I don’t […]
Magnolia × veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’
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My ‘proper’ camera, a now rather dated DSLR, has been in a cupboard since September. I know it takes better photographs than an iPhone, […]
Plant Profile: Sophora ‘Sun King’ AGM
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In June this year I will have been blogging for seven years. I have completely forgotten most of the posts I wrote at the […]
New Plants On The Block: Impatiens balansae and Entelea arborescens
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Followers of The Frustrated Gardener will already know that I am an inveterate plant collector. If I’ve not seen or heard of a plant […]
Camellias: Harbingers of Spring
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Spring arrives a little earlier in Cornwall than elsewhere in England. The far South West is blessed with a mild, maritime climate which ensures […]
My Top Tips for Buying a Real Christmas Tree
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Part of my day job is buying Christmas trees for British department store John Lewis & Partners. It’s a task I particularly enjoy since […]
An Extraordinary Autumn
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There comes a moment every autumn when I leave home and return again under the cover of darkness. Since I have been living full […]