Hide Your Credit Cards: The 2016 Catalogues Have Landed!
Reading time 7 minutes
In parallel with the mercury in my thermometer, the spring seed, bulb and plant catalogues are starting to drop, drop, drop onto the doormat. […]
Jacques Amand
Daily Flower Candy: Iris reticulata ‘Blue Note’
Reading time 3 minutes
I adore irises. Their blooms recall the style and elegance of days gone by and appear throughout the spring and summer, starting in early […]
After Dark – The RHS Spring Fair Late
Reading time 5 minutes
Even for London it’s been a strange evening. The temperature in the city is not much below 20 degrees, which would be remarkable for a […]
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 […]
Daily Flower Candy: Cypripedium ‘Kentucky Maxi’
Reading time 1 minute
This year’s Chelsea Flower Show was awash with lady’s slipper orchids, or cypripediums. There are some 65 species of cypripediums, all found within the […]