Daily Flower Candy: Clematis ‘Forever Friends’
Reading time 5 minutes
Back in April I ordered a clutch of new clematis for my garden, all from Thorncroft Nursery. They were destined to cover […]
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True Blue
Reading time 6 minutes
There is nothing more irritating for a gardener than to strive unsuccessfully to cultivate a plant, only to discover that someone who apparently […]
Soaked
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“It never rains, but it pours” is an English expression which means that when troubles come, they all come together. This week the […]
The Floating Pocket Park, Merchant Square, London
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Last week history was made with the opening of London’s first Floating Pocket Park at Merchant Square, Paddington. Measuring 730sq metres this new […]
Daily Flower Candy: Iris bucharica AGM
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Despite being a plantaholic, the existence of certain plants eludes me. Then, all of a sudden, a ‘new’ discovery will burst onto the scene, […]
Getting Real
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How comforting – Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson had plant casualties. They were like the rest of us, after all. This amusing revelation […]
And Relax …..
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It’s here, the moment I have been waiting for all Christmas, the moment when all our visitors have departed, there is no cleaning […]
Christmas Cheer
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The last time I was up at 6am on Christmas morning I was ten. With a three-year-old in the house it was inevitable […]
When Is Too Late to Plant Spring Bulbs?
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If you are reading this post now, in late January, the answer is ‘not yet’, for tulips at least. Originally published in November 2016, […]
Going to the Dogs
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I am acutely aware that my blog risks going to dogs …. or dog to be precise. That dog is called Buster. You […]
A Sight for Sore Eyes
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I’ve been back from China for 6 days and still the jet-lag drags on. At about 3pm every day my vision starts to […]
Midnight Blooms
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I have a new torch and I don’t mind admitting I am rather taken with it. The last one was indestructible but about […]