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The great thing about the show gardens at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show was that they were all completely different. Yes, there were common […]
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Magnolia doltsopa: Michelia doltsopa, sweet michelia There are trees and then there are trees. Queens among their ranks are the magnolias; strong, majestic, ebullient […]
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Walking in the Kent countryside this afternoon I am reminded that, beyond the confines of our garden, spring is not quite as far advanced […]
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Euphorbia mellifera: canary spurge, honey spurge To have taken so long to feature Euphorbia mellifera in my regular Flower Candy spot is an unforgivable oversight. […]
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Great gardens to visit in East Kent are rarer than hens’ teeth. Those that open during the winter months even scarcer. So, as soon […]
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As winter draws to a close, I can sum it up in one word: soggy. Dreams of bracing walks along the beach beneath clear, […]
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Coronilla valentina: shrubby scorpion vetch, bastard senna As winter’s end approaches our coastal garden is starting to look a little bedraggled. A mild December […]
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Euonymus japonicus: evergreen spindle, Japanese spindle On days like these, when we’d all rather be indoors, wrapped in a blanket with a glass of […]
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I began my traditional Boxing Day post last year by commenting on the unusually mild weather that lead up to Christmas. Had I known […]
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The promise of a new library has fuelled my growing obsession with books related to gardens and gardening. My Christmas list is a roll call of […]
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Every year my team and I dress a hundred or more Christmas trees for product reviews, press shows, store displays and special customers, but when […]
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As we drove across the border between Devon and Cornwall on Friday night it was almost as if the wind were determined to blow […]
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