Chelsea Flower Show 2015 – Stars of the Show: Edo no Niwa by Ishihara Kazuyuki
Reading time 5 minutes
I changed my plans this year and instead of dashing headlong for Main Avenue when the show opened on Tuesday, I hung a left […]
Japan
Snowdrop Week: Japanese Kokedama
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If they didn’t literally smack you full in the face, the sheer ingenuity of the hanging snowdrop decorations at the Chelsea Physic Garden last […]
Birthday Blooms
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When one’s birthday falls in early January, one learns not to expect too much in the way of tropical heat or blazing sunshine. However […]
Alive and Kicking (健在で)
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Those of you wondering where The Frustrated Gardener has got to need not worry. I am alive and kicking in China, having just been to […]
BlueBell Arboretum and Nursery
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I have been meaning to get better acquainted with the larger members of the plant world for some time. Being a ‘small’ gardener, my […]
Daily Flower Candy: Hepatica transsilvanica
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Just like snowdrops, hepaticas have recently developed something of a cult following in the UK. A fascination with these diminutive members of the buttercup […]
Miraculous Mosses
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Along with ducks, umbrella salesmen and water companies, mosses are among the few things enjoying this frightful spell of wet weather. The rain brings […]
Seeing White
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Perhaps it is just me, but it seems that every gardening publication I open this month is packed with features on snowdrops (Galanthus spp.) and lists […]
Chelsea 2013: My Top Ten Plants
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At a show on the scale of Chelsea picking out just ten plants which really get you excited is a tough job. Every year […]
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 […]