Iris Reticulata ‘Pauline’
Reading time 7 minutes
In an exciting new development, the following post can now be enjoyed as a podcast as well as in text and photographs. Cultivars of […]
Iris reticulata
February Flowers
Reading time 8 minutes
It’s that time of year when galanthophiles (the polite name for snowdrop bores) start to bombard social media with images of their pearly-white treasures. […]
Daily Flower Candy: Iris reticulata ‘Sheila Ann Germaney’
Reading time 3 minutes
For two years in a row I have waxed lyrical about Iris ‘Katherine Hodgkin’, a reticulated hybrid with bleached denim-blue flowers that remind me of […]
Gold Rush
Reading time 4 minutes
There is one colour that’s inextricably linked with early spring, and that’s yellow. Whether it’s canary, lemon, sunflower, primrose or golden, yellow is the colour […]
Daily Flower Candy: Iris reticulata ‘Spot On’
Reading time 2 minutes
As I predicted exactly two weeks ago, the latest bulb to start flowering in our coastal garden is Iris reticulata ‘Spot On’, a new […]
Sea Air and Shopping
Reading time 3 minutes
Over the last two days I’ve experienced complete sensory overload. Yesterday’s highlight was the RHS London Plant and Design Show, where I was dazzled […]
Inspiring Irises
Reading time 4 minutes
A punishing week at work, now followed by a debilitating bout of tonsillitis, has left me feeling less than enthused about the arrival of […]