Daffodil Week: Going Public
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Nothing is more cheering on a sunny spring day than a broad swathe of daffodils emerging from lengthening grass, or a delicate cloud of cherry blossom hovering […]
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Daily Flower Candy: Narcissus ‘Toto’ AGM
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When I set out to post daily on the subject of daffodils, little did I know how distracting this week’s almost perfect gardening weather would […]
Daffodils By Royal Appointment
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At this time of year London’s Royal Parks are carpeted with vast swathes of daffodils. If the weather is fine I leave the tube one stop […]
Daily Flower Candy: Narcissus tazetta ‘Cragford’
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Daffodils are a wonderfully diverse group of bulbs thanks to years of careful hybridisation and selection. A scion of the narcissus family that is […]
Daffodil Week: Symbols of Easter
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Happy Easter one and all! For the whole of Easter week I will be writing about the most lauded of spring flowers, the daffodil. […]
Slow Motion
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Since the first balmy weekend in March I have watched both our gardens move forward as if in slow motion. Temperatures have remained resolutely low, bringing to […]
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 […]
Daily Flower Candy – Narcissus actaea AGM
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Sparkling like diamonds in the sward of St James’ Park, as the morning sun rises over London, this is Narcissus actaea. It’s an old fashioned […]
Golden
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Like a juggernaut, spring is now on a roll. A few nights of cold weather may put the breaks on, but nothing can stop […]
Ready, Steady, Grow!
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Every day something new is happening in the garden. I’ve promised myself a five minute scout around each morning before work, bringing me closer […]
Looking Ahead
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I have been uncharacteristically quiet for the last three days, and for good reason; I have been hard at work signing off our range […]
Daily Flower Candy: Narcissus ‘Soleil d’Or’
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I am used to grim weather on my birthday, but today’s meteorological maelstrom has been especially miserable. Yet out in the Atlantic on the […]