Beautiful Barnacles
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One thing I miss living on a stretch of chalk coastline is a good old boulder. The best we manage in Broadstairs is a […]
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Polegate Cottage: Three Months On
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It’s been three months since we bought the house next door. The idea is to convert The Watch House and Polegate Cottage into one […]
Dahlia Week: Tips from the Top
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Last Saturday we were lucky enough to hear from two of the dahlia world’s greatest enthusiasts as part of a Dahlia Festival at The Salutation […]
Dahlia Week: Classy Collerettes
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Dahlias come in all shapes and sizes. This is why, like other extensively hybridised flowers, dahlias are classified by flower type. There are waterlilies, […]
Dahlia Week: Big and Beautiful
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When I was a boy, most dahlias looked a little like D. ‘Lady Darlene’. They were bold and brazen, not afraid to be bi-coloured […]
Dahlia Week: Dahlia ‘Waltzing Mathilda’
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It’s rare that I regret not buying a plant. This is because I scarcely ever resist temptation in the first place. ‘Buy it now, […]
Dahlia Week: Dahlia ‘Happy Halloween’
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This week The Frustrated Gardener is devoting itself to that dazzling diva of the autumn garden, the dahlia. Since Christopher Lloyd re-ignited our fascination […]
In Praise of Foliage
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Gardeners the world over are obsessed with flowers. I am no exception. As well as being beautiful to look at, flowers are a sign […]
Daily Flower Candy: Streptocarpus saxorum
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Streptocarpus saxorum: False African violet, Cape primrose. Streptocarpus and I have an on/off love affair. I buy them from the garden centre looking fresh […]
Beaded II
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We had family from Sheffield staying at The Watch House last week. In contrast to early August the weather was atrocious. From what I […]
Daily Flower Candy: Clematis vitalba
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Clematis vitalba: Old man’s beard, traveller’s joy, virgin’s bower, ladies’ bower, love vine, traveller’s ivy. When the feathery seed heads of Clematis vitalba start […]
New Look, Same Frustrated Gardener
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I began The Frustrated Gardener as an experiment. I wanted to challenge myself to keep up with technology, rekindle my deep-seated love of plants and create […]