Morrab Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall
Reading time 11 minutes
March can be a wild and windy month, especially in the far south-west of Cornwall. So it was that we turned up at Trewidden […]
Camellias
Action Stations!
Reading time 7 minutes
One can be excused for inactivity during January – after all, Christmas is exhausting – but with the arrival of February the garden begins […]
Camellias: Harbingers of Spring
Reading time 9 minutes
Spring arrives a little earlier in Cornwall than elsewhere in England. The far South West is blessed with a mild, maritime climate which ensures […]
Cornwall Spring Flower Show 2018
Reading time 8 minutes
As great days out go, I rank a visit to the Cornwall Spring Flower Show up there with Chelsea and Sissinghurst. It’s a special […]
Scented flowers for the midwinter garden
Reading time 10 minutes
During the winter months, every flower in the garden is cherished like a precious gemstone. Once spring arrives, we’ll enjoy an elegant sufficiency […]
Birthday Blooms
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When one’s birthday falls in early January, one learns not to expect too much in the way of tropical heat or blazing sunshine. However […]
Blooming Boxing Day
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Even by London standards it’s been an exceptionally mild start to winter. Our traditional Boxing Day walk from Highgate to Hampstead revealed dahlias in […]
Sandling Park Open Day 2014
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Spring 2013 arrived fashionably late. This was convenient for us, as we’d been travelling in Bhutan during the prime time for camellias, rhododendrons and […]
Sea Air and Shopping
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Over the last two days I’ve experienced complete sensory overload. Yesterday’s highlight was the RHS London Plant and Design Show, where I was dazzled […]
Daily Flower Candy: Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’
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So often winter flowering shrubs are big on fragrance but lacking in flower power. The likes of Lonicera x purpusii, Viburnum x bodnantense and […]
A Spring Spectrum – Sandling Park, Kent
Reading time 7 minutes
There are those that frown upon the lusty delights of rhododendrons, camellias and azaleas. I am not one of them. I expect these naysayers […]
Flowering Now: Stachyurus praecox
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The flowers of Stachyurus praecox are like rows of seed pearls dangling from a expensive earring. A deciduous shrub, Stachyurus hails from the mountains […]