Every year the Chiltern Seeds catalogue plops through my door and exhorts me to “Grow something new from seed”. Being […]
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Friday Flora – Jolly Hollyhocks, Alcea rosea
I love plants which self seed. It’s like inviting Mrs Serendipity to your garden. Self-seeding is not for those who […]
Friday Flora – Papaver rhoeas, the field poppy
I have been doing a lot of gardening recently. Gardening is normally pretty high on the agenda but in June […]
Friday Flora – Fritillaria meleagris
I once caught the meadow at Magdalen College, Oxford, at exactly the right time. Thousands upon thousands of Fritillaria meleagris […]
Friday Flora – Lysichiton americanus
Fellow social media addicts may have seen me tweet/Instagram recently about the impressive stands of Lysichiton americanus – or American […]
Friday Flora – Parrotia persica
I’m not very good at trees. As most of my horticultural career has focused on container planting I have limited experience […]
Friday Flora – Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
I spent a happy couple of hours wandering around the delicious gardens of Cothay Manor in Somerset this week. While […]
Friday Flora – Gentiana spp
This week I nipped up to Yorkshire to give a talk, it was great fun and my hosts were so […]
Friday Flora – Sorbus aucuparia
I’ve just been on a big northern road trip with my mother and my sister. We drove uphill (well it […]
Friday Flora – Protea laurifolia
It’s going to be a little while ’til I can blog properly about Tresco, so here’s one more Tresco treasure. […]
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