I usually have several books on the go at once and each one has its place. The Bath […]
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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, […]
FridayFlora – Celosia – Flamingo Feathers and Dragon’s Breath
Every year the Chiltern Seeds catalogue plops through my door and exhorts me to “Grow something new from seed”. Being […]
Friday Flora – Jolly Hollyhocks, Alcea rosea
I love plants which self seed. It’s like inviting Mrs Serendipity to your garden. Self-seeding is not for those who […]
Friday Flora – Papaver rhoeas, the field poppy
I have been doing a lot of gardening recently. Gardening is normally pretty high on the agenda but in June […]
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 […]
Wakehurst – walking on a bluebell planet
I’ve known Ed Ikin, head of Landscape and Horticulture for Kew’s country place at Wakehurst, for years in a virtual kind […]
Friday Flora – Fritillaria meleagris
I once caught the meadow at Magdalen College, Oxford, at exactly the right time. Thousands upon thousands of Fritillaria meleagris […]
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 […]
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