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As we approach the festive season it feels like the world has very little to celebrate. The tragedy that has befallen Paris and its citizens will weigh heavily on our minds, along with earlier atrocities in that same city, as will the plight of those…

The Lady

November 15, 2015

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Rare, fickle and recommended only for ‘expert’ gardeners, this is Illicium simonsii. It was not a shrub I was familiar with, but its butter-yellow flowers caught my attention today at BlueBell Arboretum in Derbyshire. Naturally I wanted to know more. Hailing from southern Sichuan, northern Yunnan…

Daily Flower Candy: Illicium simonsii

March 16, 2014

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Burmese Days

November 2, 2013

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In love with Adeniums

March 2, 2013

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What’s the Poinsettia?

February 28, 2013

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Burmese Waterlilies

February 25, 2013

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Where has 2012 gone? Despite so many memorable occasions – the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the Olympics, our trip to beautiful Burma, the birth of this blog (!?) – the year has flown by and is almost at an end. Reflecting on 2012 provides a precious…

The Very Best of 2012 – A Year In Pictures

December 30, 2012

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If, like me, you’re accustomed to gardening on dry land, Inle lake in Burma is a bit of an eye-opener. For here the fruits float and the veg ride the ripples of a vast, idyllic lake. The lake itself is situated about 2900ft above sea…

The Floating Gardens of Inle Lake

November 10, 2012

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As we progress around Burma, attended to like two little kings (which always makes me feel rather uncomfortable) I am continuing to persist with the “free wifi” that’s so proudly proclaimed in every restaurant, hotel and airport. It may well be free, but there’s very…

National Kandawgyi Gardens, Pyin Oo Lwin, Burma

November 5, 2012

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On the road to Mandalay, from the hill town of Pyin Oo Lwin, is Mandalay’s morning flower market. If, like us, you were expecting a Covent Garden-like covered market, then think again. This is a flower market on wheels. About 20 minutes from the city…

The Road to Mandalay – All Aboard the Chrysanthemum Express!

November 2, 2012

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