Windy Ridge, St Margaret’s at Cliffe
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The National Gardens Scheme is an absolutely wonderful charity, allowing gardeners and garden lovers access to thousands of private gardens across the country every […]
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Daily Flower Candy: Cercis siliquastrum
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Pictured here outside Winchester City Mill, Cercis siliquastrum, makes an arresting sight. Despite its oriental good looks, C. siliquastrum hails from Southern Europe and […]
Pinus communicata
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With its smooth grey bark and short spreading branches, Pinus communicata very much lives up to its common name, the bottle brush pine. Common […]
Bauhinia, the Hong Kong Orchid Tree
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This pretty flower belongs to Bauhinia blakeana, the Hong Kong Orchid Tree. It originated in Hong Kong in 1880 and it’s believed that all […]
Anyone for a Satsuma?
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A New Look for Spring
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Yes, The Frustrated Gardener has had a little spring make-over. I hope you like my new look. Please let me know what you think. […]
Magnolia at Caerhays Castle, Cornwall
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A Winter Walk in Bibury
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A Tale of Two Trees
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Our only major loss in the six years we’ve been gardening by the coast was a particularly tragic one. The original planting focussed on […]
Jobs for October and Early November
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I always think good gardening calls for a certain type of ruthlessness. Never is that quality more needed than at this time of year […]
Landscaping, the Chinese way
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For the most part, the Southern China I know is a continuum of ugly buildings and expressways, devoid of any hint of what the […]
Other People’s Gardens No.2 – Goodnestone Park, Kent (Part 2)
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One thing all this rain and cool weather has been good for is prolonging the flowering period of spring and early summer plants. Back in […]