A friend on Twitter mentioned this clematis recently and remarked on how long it had been flowering in his garden. […]
Tag Archive for ‘plant combinations’
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 […]
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 […]
A garden full of sculptures for Oxfordshire Artweek
On Bank Holiday Monday Chris and I went to the last day of “Sculpture at Kingham Lodge” in the nearby […]
Forever Freefolk – joining a planting team at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
This year I had a very small part in the making of Chelsea. When Rosy Hardy first told me last […]
Aghast or Amused? Questions of Taste at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
My legs still hurt a bit. On Monday I spent eight hours walking round Chelsea Flower Show and only sat down […]
Friday Flora – Muscari armeniacum ‘Peppermint’
This little powder blue grape hyacinth has been flowering in my back door pots for at least three weeks now and […]
24 chocolates in one go – a review of 2015
Every year I do a pictorial Advent Calendar online – here are the 24 images I’ve been dropping one by […]
Summer by the Back Door
Nobody except the postman and occasional Jehovah’s Witnesses uses our front door. Everyone comes round to the back and rings on […]
Weird and Wonderful at Tatton Park – but it took a while to warm up.
At first I thought I’d made a terrible mistake. I arrived at the RHS showground at Tatton Park at 7.30 […]
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