Daily Flower Candy: Lathraea clandestina
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Clandestina by name, clandestine by nature, Lathraea clandestina is partial to the roots of alders, willows and hazels. This furtive perennial parasite isn’t native […]
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The Very Best of 2012 – A Year In Pictures
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Where has 2012 gone? Despite so many memorable occasions – the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the Olympics, our trip to beautiful Burma, the birth of […]
Agapanthus – The Pride of Africa
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Agapanthus is the signature plant in our coastal garden and deservedly so. We grow Agapanthus africanus, the largest of the family, hailing from the Cape […]
Summer’s Here!
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Having so often mentioned the terrible, rain-soaked summer we’ve been having I feel it’s only reasonable to acknowledge that the sun is finally out. […]
Sensational Sissinghurst (Part 2 – White Heat)
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The White Garden at Sissinghurst is arguably one of the most admired and imitated gardens in the world. It began as an idea in 1939, all […]
Sensational Sissinghurst (Part 1 – Wall Flowers)
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The gardens of Sissinghurst Castle in Kent must be amond the best known in England, if not the whole of Europe. They are the […]