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Posts tagged ‘shrubs’

Most of us spend relatively little time in the garden during the winter months. Of course there are jobs to be done, but with plants growing slowly, short days, inclement weather and sometimes frozen or wet ground, the opportunities are naturally limited. Winter is a…

10 Shrubs to Brighten the Winter Months

January 7, 2020
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Megaskepasma erythrochlamys: Brazilian red cloak It must appear to those less familiar with the plant world that botanists sometimes take the mickey when it comes to naming plants. Why else would we end up with trees called Lyonothamnus floribundus subsp. asplenifolius, or Metasequoia glyptostroboides, that…

Daily Flower Candy: Megaskepasma erythrochlamys

October 16, 2016
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I had ideas about going to the Great Dixter Spring Plant Fair this weekend, but it dawned on me that I should spend more time worrying about the plants I already have rather than acquiring new ones. This was something of an revelation for a confirmed plantaholic…

Bravery

March 29, 2015
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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 am increasingly anxious to get on and start planting so that I might one day see them in maturity, but suspect I…

Daily Flower Candy: Rhus typhina

November 2, 2014
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Nestled deep in the Ashdown Forest, East Sussex, was the location for one of our Christmas photo shoots. It may sound strange, but I live and breath Christmas all year round; it’s my job. Somehow I’ve become immune to the absurdity of untangling fairy lights in…

Daily Flower Candy: Olearia phloggopappa ‘Combers Pink’

April 24, 2014
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Daily Flower Candy: Sarcococca ruscifolia

January 25, 2014
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Daily Flower Candy: Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’

January 20, 2014
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What is marvellous about gardening is that one is always discovering new things. Last weekend I spotted this pretty Leptospermum, flowering its socks off by the war memorial in St Ives, Cornwall. The fine foliage and delicate blossoms were a welcome sight beneath the leaden…

Daily Flower Candy – Leptospermum scoparium ‘Coral Candy’

January 18, 2014
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Daily Flower Candy – Mahonia x media ‘Charity’

December 23, 2013
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It is customary in Hong Kong for 5 star hotels to have a house fragrance, pumped into lobbies in heady clouds and sold at great expense in the gift shop. However, it’s not often one steps out of a car onto the street in China…

Plant Portraits: Osmanthus fragrans (Guìhuā (桂花) or Sweet Olive)

October 27, 2013
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