Tulips from Kashmir
Reading time 1 minute
Every year, Srinagar’s Indira Gandhi Tulip Garden on the banks of the Dal Lake are planted with over 1.5 million tulips, creating the largest […]
Himalayas
Flowers in the Forest – Over the Dochu La Pass
Reading time 8 minutes
Much of the driving in Bhutan is tortuous and faintly terrifying. It’s best to pay as little attention as possible to where the car […]
Savage Spring
Reading time 3 minutes
Last night, as we lay in bed, it was almost as if a BBC special effects man was standing outside the bedroom window chucking […]
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 […]
A Touch of Ginger
Reading time 3 minutes
Bringing a touch of the tropics to our garden this summer are two members of the ginger family – Hedychium densiflorum “Stephen” and Cautleya […]