The Late, Late Tulip Show
Reading time 6 minutes
Cold weather in spring can only hold our gardens back for so long. It’s like a catapult, the further the sling is pulled back […]
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Autumn Spice
Reading time 3 minutes
The problem with owning a garden dominated by evergreens and tropicals is that I don’t really get to experience autumn colour at home. My […]
Plant Profile: Solenostemon ‘Henna’
Reading time 7 minutes
My garden is so jam-packed with plants by early autumn that I can barely move around outside. Far from holding plants back, a […]
My Perfect Ten Tulips
Reading time 11 minutes
In spite of late planting and a cold April, it has been an exceptional year for tulips at The Watch House. They have […]
A week is a long time in gardening
Reading time 4 minutes
It was British Prime Minister Harold Wilson who first said ‘a week is a long time in politics’. Almost sixty years later, his […]
Saying it with Flowers
Reading time 5 minutes
Two subjects I prefer not to write about in this blog are my day job and artificial flowers. Today I make an exception, […]
Book Review – 365 Days of Colour in Your Garden
Reading time 5 minutes
My initial response to the launch of “365 Days of Colour in Your Garden” at the end of 2015 was to ask myself whether […]
In The Garden This Week: Clashing Colours
Reading time 2 minutes
Royal blue and orange, canary yellow and purple, candy pink and red, fresh lime and magenta – our coastal garden is packed with clashing […]