Chelsea Flower Show 2018: The Trailfinders South African Wine Estate
Reading time 11 minutes
Same sponsor, different continent …. after a five-year hiatus Trailfinders are back and this time they’ve transported us to South Africa. For eight […]
South African plants
Daily Flower Candy: Polygala myrtifolia
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Polygala myrtifolia: myrtle-leaf milkwort, September bush, Augustusbossie At the end of the summer I often buy plants to plug gaps in the garden, […]
Daily Flower Candy: Nerine filamentosa
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When I chose to buy bulbs of Nerine filamentosa, I was wooed by the catalogue description of flowers so delightful that one might […]
How Does my Garden Grow? August
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My garden has come together rather later than usual, but come together it has. Unburdened by not opening for the National Gardens Scheme, […]
How to Persuade Agapanthus to Flower
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It’s a good year for agapanthus here at The Watch House. A rough count of the flower heads produced by Agapanthus africanus tops […]
Daily Flower Candy: Osteospermum
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As indispensable plants for seaside gardens go, ostespermums are high on the list, and most certainly in the top ten. They are low-growing, […]
Running Late
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As someone who usually extols the virtues of timeliness, I have been letting myself down rather a lot lately. I planted my spring-flowering […]
Daily Flower Candy: Streptocarpus saxorumÂ
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Streptocarpus saxorum: False African violet, Cape primrose. Streptocarpus and I have an on/off love affair. I buy them from the garden centre looking fresh […]
Gold Medal Gardens – Southern Hemisphere
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Visitors to the Olympic park via the bustling Stratford entrance were for two weeks greeted by the showiest of the London 2012 gardens, representing […]