Chelsea Flower Show 2017: Chengdu Silk Road Garden
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When I go to the Chelsea Flower Show, I want to see flowers. Whilst in the Great Pavilion this expectation is met in […]
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Chelsea Flower Show 2017: Best in Show – The M&G Garden
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Well slap my thigh and call me Mildred, James Basson won gold and landed this year’s Best in Show for his monumental Maltese […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2017: Beneath a Mexican Sky
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Ah, the vagaries of the British weather. Last week: wind and torrential rain, this week: clear skies and temperatures in the twenties centigrade. […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2017 Preview
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I am taking a different approach to my Chelsea Flower Show coverage this year. Recent events and the amount of time I am […]
Last Hurrah
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Slowly but surely the petals are falling from my tulips, one by one, leaving skinny seed pods where yesterday hovered fat balloons of […]
In a Tuscan Garden
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My job takes me to all sorts of interesting places, some nice, some not so nice, but always interesting. This week I have […]
My Perfect Ten Tulips
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In spite of late planting and a cold April, it has been an exceptional year for tulips at The Watch House. They have […]
Tears
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“Don’t be ashamed to weep; ’tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there […]
Drama Queens II: Tulip ‘Orange Dynasty’
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Choosing tulips from a catalogue is rather like deciding which confections to buy from a sweet shop. Each variety has something to tempt […]
Drama Queens I: Tulipa ‘Slawa’
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Ladies and gentlemen, for my 800th post, may I present you with the first of two floral drama queens; a bold, brassy diva […]
A week is a long time in gardening
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It was British Prime Minister Harold Wilson who first said ‘a week is a long time in politics’. Almost sixty years later, his […]
Great Dixter: Pots of Plenty
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The recent chilly weather has had its pros and cons. The downside for eager gardeners who have been nurturing seedlings and planting out […]