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 […]
Happy Waitangi Day – on the sunny side of the world
I started writing this post on 6th February, on a grey, damp and dingy Monday. Like many of my compatriots, […]
Snow It All – the reluctant galanthophile
I love plants. I love all plants (except the ones which bite me). Call me a whining liberal, but I […]
Potting Solitaire: A Moving Account of the Summer of 16
As I write, the radio is wittering on about possible snow storms, and raindrops are skittering across my study’s skylight, a glum, grey […]
Two Dozen Moments of Pleasure in 2016
How rubbish was 2016 for you? According to most media it was filled with death, destruction and awful politics. Well, […]
Diamonds and Doomed Pixies
Wednesday morning dawned, as forecast, dazzlingly clear and fiercely frosty. The garden was frozen solid and so I reasoned that there […]
Even If We’re Just Planting in the Dark
I fell over in the dark last week. As I crashed to the ground time slowed down, as it always […]
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 […]
Drizzly but Dazzling – a Morning at Westonbirt Arboretum
I wasn’t going to write another post this weekend but on Saturday I went to Westonbirt Arboretum with some members […]
A PARROT'S NEST 