Portrait of a Lady: Iris histrioides ‘Lady Beatrix Stanley’
Reading time 4 minutes
Spring arrived in earnest today, with temperatures reaching a balmy 16 degrees in the sunshine. The mercury has not been that high since October […]
spring
Daily Flower Candy: Primula vulgaris ‘Taigetos’
Reading time 3 minutes
I do so love it when a plant utterly defies the wrong situation and flourishes, when really it should turn and fail. In our London garden […]
Gold Rush
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There is one colour that’s inextricably linked with early spring, and that’s yellow. Whether it’s canary, lemon, sunflower, primrose or golden, yellow is the colour […]
Daily Flower Candy: Crocus chrysanthus ‘Herald’
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I wished for snow, and it came, although not the right kind of snow. It began promisingly, fine and dusty, but rapidly transformed itself into […]
Daily Flower Candy – Anemone apennina
Reading time 2 minutes
The last time I had a full week away from work was last August, so I am, in a word, exhausted. Our forthcoming break in Cornwall […]
Daily Flower Candy – Narcissus actaea AGM
Reading time 2 minutes
Sparkling like diamonds in the sward of St James’ Park, as the morning sun rises over London, this is Narcissus actaea. It’s an old fashioned […]
Golden
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Like a juggernaut, spring is now on a roll. A few nights of cold weather may put the breaks on, but nothing can stop […]
The Ten Best Things About A Sunny Saturday
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Waking up to the cry of seagulls (this will rapidly wear off as the breeding season progresses). Opening all the windows and letting the […]
Looking Ahead
Reading time 4 minutes
I have been uncharacteristically quiet for the last three days, and for good reason; I have been hard at work signing off our range […]
Seeing White
Reading time 5 minutes
Perhaps it is just me, but it seems that every gardening publication I open this month is packed with features on snowdrops (Galanthus spp.) and lists […]
Daily Flower Candy: Primula veris
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The common cowslip, Primula veris, is believed to have been named after the cow pats in which it was often found growing. At this […]
Flowering Now: Narcicuss pseudonarcissus
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The Latin name for daffodil is thought to have been inspired by Narcissus, a figure in Greek mythology said to have fallen in love […]