The Frustrated Gardener

The life and loves of a time-poor plantsman
  • About Me
  • Our Garden
    • Plant List
    • The Making Of
    • Posts About
  • Our Allotment
  • Our Library
    • Essential Reading
    • Book Reviews
  • Projects

Posts tagged ‘Agaves’

I am on holiday and therefore I must relax: at least that’s what Him Indoors keeps telling me. The problem is I don’t find sitting by pools or lounging about in the least bit relaxing. It’s not as if I haven’t tried it. I am…

Relaxing, Riviera Style

September 25, 2015
22

Comments

Little survives of Sir Moses Montefiore’s East Cliff Lodge, a once magnificent mansion and garden straddling the boundary between Broadstairs and Ramsgate in Kent. The grounds of the former Gothic house, demolished in 1954, are now a public park providing valuable green space between the two seaside…

Agave Aggravation at the Italianate Glasshouse

August 7, 2015
12

Comments

Cornwall’s great gardens are, by and large, gardens that were created over 100 years ago and that have developed organically ever since. A handful have been rescued from the edge of oblivion in recent years but, with the obvious exception of The Eden Project, newly imagined gardens are…

Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Cornwall

September 19, 2014
01

Comment

When, in 1834, the handsome Augustus Smith secured the lease for the Isles of Scilly, I wonder if he was aware of the legacy he was to leave behind? The son of a wealthy Hertfordshire family he had the resources and energy required of the…

Triumph Over Adversity – Tresco Abbey Garden

April 14, 2014
7

Comments

With both gardens almost locked-down for winter it’s time to start writing about some of the places that have not yet made it on to The Frustrated Gardener. These half-forgotten visits are like blogging hay – sweet, fragrant and reminiscent of a time when the…

Return to the Salutation

December 3, 2013
5

Comments

As is so often the case, the things that are on your own doorstep are the first to be overlooked.  And so, somehow, we have never managed to visit the house and garden which is probably closest to us – Quex Park near Birchington-on-Sea.  After…

Butterflies in Birchington – Quex Park, Kent

August 5, 2012

This weird and wonderful creature is Beschorneria yuccoides, a rare but hardy yucca-like plant, flowering in our seaside garden last year. Its bluish-green leaves and 8ft long flower stalk, covered in bright green and red flowers, made it quite a talking point – even if…

Beautiful Stranger – Beschorneria yuccoides

July 2, 2012
2

Comments

Blog at WordPress.com.

Cancel