Daily Flower Candy: Hedychium densiflorum ‘Sorung’
Reading time 5 minutes
Ginger lilies are disgustingly straightforward to grow, which is satisfying when one considers their fabulously exotic appearance. Hardy gingers from the genus […]
Nepal
Ring Out The Old, Ring In The New
Reading time 2 minutes
In his famous poem “In Memoriam”, Lord Alfred Tennyson included the verse: Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across […]
Petunias and Prayer Flags
Reading time 5 minutes
Few places in the world conjure up a more romantic image than Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Like Mandalay, another city with poetic associations, […]
Greetings from Kathmandu
Reading time 1 minute
We arrived in Nepal and spotted this novel but brilliant way to display pot plants. Probably best not tried at home, unless you live […]
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 […]