As we cross the threshold of another year I’m thinking about front doors. Keeping on top of home gardening tasks […]
Tag Archive for ‘planting’
Ten Lessons from my Spring Back Door Pots 2016-17
It’s hard work planting pots for winter and spring. I dread the work it entails, the heaving about of compost, […]
Taking a rain check at Chatsworth
Press days at RHS flower shows are always a mixed bag for me. I am inspired and enthused by torrents […]
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 […]
Friday Flora – Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
I spent a happy couple of hours wandering around the delicious gardens of Cothay Manor in Somerset this week. While […]
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 […]
Friday Flora – Araucaria heterophylla
Today I am thinking about a tree I nearly had. Or at least I had a little one in a […]
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. […]
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