Daily Flower Candy: Primula veris
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The common cowslip, Primula veris, is believed to have been named after the cow pats in which it was often found growing. At this […]
Wild Flowers
Saltwood Castle, Hythe, Kent
Reading time 8 minutes
The far south east corner of Kent is frequently overlooked, regarded by many as nothing more than the down-at-heel gateway to the delights of […]
The Savill Garden, Windsor Great Park.
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Lysichiton camtschatcensis, The Western Skunk Cabbage. Last weekend the sun came out. For those of you who are not British, sunny weather, even when […]
Daily Flower Candy: Lathraea clandestina
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Clandestina by name, clandestine by nature, Lathraea clandestina is partial to the roots of alders, willows and hazels. This furtive perennial parasite isn’t native […]
Flowers of Bhutan – Primula calderiana
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Today’s little Bhutanese gem is Primula calderiana. After a visit from the Thunder Dragon himself last night (i.e. a very dramatic thunder storm), the […]
Thorny Subjects – Paro to Thimphu
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Before I start waxing lyrical about the botanical delights of Bhutan, which are plentiful, I should firstly point out that our trip is not […]
Galloping Galanthus
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Ah, the English countryside in winter. So empty, so picturesque, so unbelievably wet! We spent most of Sunday eating, drinking or curled up by […]
Fooling Around at Trevoole
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So, here we are in Cornwall and the rain has finally stopped. Apparently it’s back with a vengeance tomorrow, so let’s enjoy this moment. […]
The Wild, Wild West
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Our flying visit to Devon and Cornwall has so far been defined by moisture in all its many and varied forms – fog, mist, […]
The Best Things in Life Are Free
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Nothing heralds the approach of autumn like blackberries. As a child we picked them by the ice-cream tub full from the Cornish hedgerows. They […]
Life’s a Beach
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Not all days are equal. Some are destined to disappoint, others to lift the spirits. Today is one of the latter days, a day […]
Gold Medal Gardens – Southern Hemisphere
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Visitors to the Olympic park via the bustling Stratford entrance were for two weeks greeted by the showiest of the London 2012 gardens, representing […]