When The Wind Blows
Reading time 10 minutes
I am not a cold person, temperature or temperament wise, but when the wind blows from the north, as it did this weekend, I […]
coastal gardens
True Blue
Reading time 6 minutes
There is nothing more irritating for a gardener than to strive unsuccessfully to cultivate a plant, only to discover that someone who apparently […]
Daily Flower Candy: Osteospermum
Reading time 4 minutes
As indispensable plants for seaside gardens go, ostespermums are high on the list, and most certainly in the top ten. They are low-growing, […]
Wonder Walls Part II
Reading time 8 minutes
Each time I return to the West Country I am reminded just how damp it is compared to Kent. A crude comparison of […]
Daily Flower Candy: Correa ‘Marian’s Marvel’
Reading time 5 minutes
My sweetie jar has been a little empty of late, so I think it’s high time I resumed my occasional Daily Flower Candy series, […]
Daily Flower Candy: Euonymus japonicus
Reading time 4 minutes
Euonymus japonicus: evergreen spindle, Japanese spindle On days like these, when we’d all rather be indoors, wrapped in a blanket with a glass of […]
Gardening on the Edge: Foamlea, North Devon
Reading time 7 minutes
The most inspiring gardens are not always those on which huge funds are lavished or indeed the better known ones. Often they are the […]
Daily Flower Candy: Erigeron glaucus (beach aster)
Reading time 4 minutes
The recipe for a classic seaside garden is as tried and tested as that for the most British of cakes, a Victoria Sandwich. Take a sheet […]
Bravery
Reading time 6 minutes
I had ideas about going to the Great Dixter Spring Plant Fair this weekend, but it dawned on me that I should spend more time […]
Aeonium Envy
Reading time 2 minutes
I have loved a great many aeoniums, and lost a few too. Not to frost, which is is their main enemy in UK gardens, […]
The Very Best of 2013 – A Year In Pictures
Reading time 15 minutes
When I wrote my equivalent post this time last year, I thought 2012 was a momentous year, but reflecting on 2013 I find the last twelve […]
Hangers-On
Reading time 2 minutes
It’s midweek and already my brain has turned to blancmange. So for everyone’s sake, I’ll keep today’s post simple. Living by the seaside, we […]