This week I just had to show you the devastatingly charming display of Hepatica (all 12 species) at RHS Chelsea […]
Tag Archive for ‘plants’
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 […]
What about the workers? RHS Chelsea Flower Show Build-Up
The first time I “did Chelsea”, I think it was 2001 and I was very new to my job at […]
Friday Flora – Platanus x acerifolia, the London plane
This week I have seen all sorts of exciting plants arriving at Chelsea Flower Show by the lorry load. I […]
Friday Flora – Hyacinthoides non-scripta
There are bluebell woods dotted all around the Cotswolds, and as you drive about it is hard not to be […]
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 […]
Friday Flora – moss
I’ve been googling Scottish moss, trying to find a reliable, easy guide so that I can identify some of the […]
Friday Flora
My camera comes with me almost everywhere, it has almost replaced notebooks now. I thought perhaps I’d try to post a […]
Silver and Gold – a quick raid on Batsford Arboretum
We’ve been waiting for winter with bated breath. Insanely mild temperatures have tempted flowers and shoots out, causing horticultural pessimists […]
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 […]
