Last week’s talk in Otley, Yorkshire, was such a long way from home that the organiser, Sally, kindly put me […]
Tag Archive for ‘flowers’
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
FridayFlora – Rosa ‘Débutante’
I’m not all that keen on pink, and yet I seem to end up with a lot of pink flowers. When […]
Friday Flora – Allium cristophii
I have too many alliums in my garden. Their leaves make fine highways for slugs and snails and hamper every […]
Ferruginous and Crinkly – RHS Hampton Court Flower Show
If it’s July it must be Hampton Court. RHS Hampton Court Show is a big site, with a wide variety […]
Chipping Campden Open Gardens 2016
Chipping Campden is a large village/small town quilted into the Cotswolds like a button on an overstuffed Victorian chair and like all […]
Friday Flora – Digitalis purpurea
The foxglove has been one of my favourite flowers since the time when I was small enough to look up […]
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