Autumn Spice
Reading time 3 minutes
The problem with owning a garden dominated by evergreens and tropicals is that I don’t really get to experience autumn colour at home. My […]
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In Praise of Foliage
Reading time 6 minutes
Gardeners the world over are obsessed with flowers. I am no exception. As well as being beautiful to look at, flowers are a sign […]
Spring Flower Candy: Allium ursinum
Reading time 4 minutes
Yesterday I sang the praises of an orchid, today I am waxing lyrical about an onion, or a garlic to be precise. Monday’s Spring Flower Candy is […]
Stars of the Solstice
Reading time 8 minutes
The winter solstice is the longest night and shortest day of the year, this year falling on Sunday December 21st. The Earth’s axis tilts the […]
Daily Flower Candy: Rhus typhina
Reading time 3 minutes
The list of plants I’d like to grow if I had space is endless and trees would make up many of that number. I […]
A Golden Moment in La Ville-Lumière
Reading time 3 minutes
We all know about Paris in the spring – the lilacs, pleached limes and cafe society – but few people set out to explore […]
Daily Flower Candy: Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’
Reading time 1 minute
I’ve been away for a couple of days in Germany, enjoying the leafy surroundings of Bad Driburg, a pretty, rural spa town. Perfectly suited […]
Daily Flower Candy: Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’
Reading time 1 minute
Gunnera manicata, the giant rhubarb, has very few rivals for the sheer size of its leaves, but among them would be Tetrapanax papyrifer. Used […]
Daily Flower Candy: Euphorbia rigida ‘Chris Brickell’
Reading time 1 minute
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: Paulownia tomentosa
Reading time 1 minute
British gardeners will go to any lengths to grow plants that really shouldn’t enjoy our chilly, damp climate. Once such plant is the foxglove […]
Strange Fruit
Reading time 4 minutes
After 3 weeks of part self, part snow-induced exile, I returned to the seaside last night during an icy gale that would’ve had an […]
The Road to Lampang
Reading time 3 minutes
Today I’ve been in northern Thailand. The one and a half hour drive between Chiang Mai and Lampang is made easy and pleasant by […]