34 Cross Road, Walmer: A Garden For All Senses
Reading time 9 minutes
Living and gardening by the coast, I find my senses become attuned to a very specific set of sensations: the sound of seagulls, restless […]
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Last Hurrah
Reading time 10 minutes
Slowly but surely the petals are falling from my tulips, one by one, leaving skinny seed pods where yesterday hovered fat balloons of […]
Daily Flower Candy: Euphorbia mellifera AGM*
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Euphorbia mellifera: canary spurge, honey spurge To have taken so long to feature Euphorbia mellifera in my regular Flower Candy spot is an unforgivable oversight. […]
Beaded
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Its been a sultry week here in London. Moisture has been heavy in the air, reluctant to fall, forming a dull haze over the Thames […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2014 – Stars of the Show: The Telegraph Garden
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I was right about some things concerning this year’s Chelsea Flower Show; the weather was better; most designers defaulted to the tried and tested formula […]
2014 RHS London Plant and Design Show – Highlights
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Those of you who look in on The Frustrated Gardener regularly will know that I treasure my little jaunts from my place of work […]
Daily Flower Candy: Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii
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Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii has featured once already in Daily Flower Candy, but I couldn’t resist including a photograph taken this weekend in our local […]
Daily Flower Candy: Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii
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Whilst the wretched winter weather continues to dowse and drown us, there are signs of spring in the garden if one looks hard enough […]
Daily Flower Candy: Euphorbia rigida ‘Chris Brickell’
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The Euphorbias are a wonderful group of plants – varied, yet unmistakable with their leafy stems and typically acid-yellow flower heads. A new discovery […]
Daily Flower Candy: Smilacina racemosa AGM
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We’ve been searching for sturdy, shade loving-plants for our London garden, and where better to look than among the flora of North Amercia. Smilacina […]
Under the Acacias
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Mingalaba! (That’s Hello! In Burmese) The first week of our trip to Burma has been non stop, so despite being in one of the […]
Looking good
Reading time 4 minutes
I have to admit that just at the moment I am feeling reasonably content with how the garden is shaping up. It is 5 […]