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Friday Flora – Ampelopsis brevipedunculata

Friday Flora – Ampelopsis brevipedunculata

I spent a happy couple of hours wandering around the delicious gardens of Cothay Manor in Somerset this week. While […]

October 28, 2016 0 3
Things That Go Bump

Things That Go Bump

As a child I had to miss the second step on the stairs and could not cross the landing at […]

October 26, 2016 13 3
An Autumnal Yorkshire Tapestry

An Autumnal Yorkshire Tapestry

Last week’s talk in Otley, Yorkshire, was such a long way from home that the organiser, Sally, kindly put me […]

October 21, 2016 3 3
Friday Flora – Gentiana spp

Friday Flora – Gentiana spp

This week I nipped up to Yorkshire to give a talk, it was great fun and my hosts were so […]

October 14, 2016 3 6
Friday Flora – Sorbus aucuparia

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 […]

October 7, 2016 4 3
Friday Flora – Protea laurifolia

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. […]

September 23, 2016 0 3
Friday Flora – Araucaria heterophylla

Friday Flora – Araucaria heterophylla

Today I am thinking about a tree I nearly had. Or at least I had a little one in a […]

September 9, 2016 3 2
James Bond’s Choice of Tulips

James Bond’s Choice of Tulips

It’s time to order spring bulbs again. My problem is that I love them all and my wish list can […]

August 10, 2016 15 7
Friday Flora – Ageratum houstonianum ‘Timeless Mixed’

Friday Flora – Ageratum houstonianum ‘Timeless Mixed’

Don’t tell anyone I said this, but I’m not very good at growing plants from seed. I always buy too […]

August 5, 2016 0 2
Friday Flora – Clematis ‘Polish Spirit’

Friday Flora – Clematis ‘Polish Spirit’

A friend on Twitter mentioned this clematis recently and remarked on how long it had been flowering in his garden. […]

July 22, 2016 2 3

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harrietrycroft

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Ex-Head Gardener at Whichford Pottery, now free range gardener, speaker, writer. Gardening is my focus, but I may stray into natural history, rural matters, travel, art... We'll see!

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Cakey cakey! The Begonia 'Apricot Shades' petals are tasty too.
Cakey cakey! The Begonia ‘Apricot Shades’ petals are tasty too.
Cosmos 'Cupcakes'. The bees like this one too.
Cosmos ‘Cupcakes’. The bees like this one too.
Escholzia 'Copper Swirls'
Escholzia ‘Copper Swirls’
T&M's show garden at Jimmy's Farm
T&M’s show garden at Jimmy’s Farm
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Cheadle Hulme chilling. NB Owl and Pussycat at bottom left of photo
Cheadle Hulme chilling. NB Owl and Pussycat at bottom left of photo
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Day of the Dahlia
Day of the Dahlia
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Kamares ware, 1800-1700 BC. Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Kamares ware, 1800-1700 BC. Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Victorian Violas
Victorian Violas
Yewbiquitous. Lurking in the Rich Brothers' Cloudy Bay Garden
Yewbiquitous. Lurking in the Rich Brothers’ Cloudy Bay Garden
Meconopsis 'Barney's Blue' on the Harperley Hall stand
Meconopsis ‘Barney’s Blue’ on the Harperley Hall stand
Floral headdress by Okishima and Simmonds at the Hillier stand. Perhaps I should concoct something similar.
Floral headdress by Okishima and Simmonds at the Hillier stand. Perhaps I should concoct something similar.
Their smiles never faltered. Give them a medal!
Their smiles never faltered. Give them a medal!
Stomping on Adam Frost's garden.
Stomping on Adam Frost’s garden.
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In the Pyrenees - no serious botanising for me, unfortunately
In the Pyrenees – no serious botanising for me, unfortunately
In the alpine house at RHS Wisley
In the alpine house at RHS Wisley
Spring plantings at Whichford Pottery
Spring plantings at Whichford Pottery
Early summer explosions at Rousham
Early summer explosions at Rousham
Smart greenhouse and enviable coldframes
Smart greenhouse and enviable coldframes
Into the kitchen garden
Into the kitchen garden
The way through the massive yew hedge
The way through the massive yew hedge
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Gladiator dying of boredom. Somebody give him a book!
Gladiator dying of boredom. Somebody give him a book!
Cosmos 'Sweet Sixteen' Sow Cosmos and you'll hardly have time to make a cup of tea before they germinate.
Cosmos ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Sow Cosmos and you’ll hardly have time to make a cup of tea before they germinate.
Shreds of habitat - too many are being tidied away. Barn owls like tussocky grass because voles do too.
Shreds of habitat – too many are being tidied away. Barn owls like tussocky grass because voles do too.
Burnet moth on knapweed/Zygaena filipendulae on Centaurea nigra
Burnet moth on knapweed/Zygaena filipendulae on Centaurea nigra
The Walled Nursery
The Walled Nursery
My beloved
My beloved
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Bruce Munro installation at Waddesdon
Statues at Waddesdon wrapped up for winter
Statues at Waddesdon wrapped up for winter
Ridge and furrow in the Cotswolds
Ridge and furrow in the Cotswolds. At its best in winter light.
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With my mother, who seems to be examining a rotten branch
With my mother, who seems to be examining a rotten branch
Tin chapel
Tin chapel
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Macaws, noisy and hilarious, but maybe not ideal house pets
Macaws, noisy and hilarious, but maybe not ideal house pets
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