June flowers
This June has been more flaming than it probably ought to have been: but luckily last weekend’s big downpours have …
Category Archives: garden history
Postcard from Chelsea: New plants
Rosa ‘York Minster’(Harkness Roses) Clematis ‘Abilene’(Raymond Evison Clematis) Hakonechloa macra ‘Samurai’(Knoll Gardens) Lewisia ‘Little Mango’(D’Arcy & Everest) Iris ‘Discovered Treasure’(Claire …
April flowers
This is my post for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day. Yes, I am aware I am four days late for the …
March flowers
Spring has sprung: and all over the garden flowers are spangling lawns and peeking from borders. I’m not sure why …
February flowers
It’s a bit chilly and rather damp, but the garden is slowly, imperceptibly, filling up with flowers again. The bulbs …
January flowers
This was the post I was meant to write on Saturday, but British Telecom put paid to that. However this …
May flowers
Now, let’s see. What’s in flower this month? Oh blimey, I can’t be bothered to list all that lot. Right, …
Discovering new plants: A is for….
Abelia Welcome to another project of mine for this year. Now I grow a lot of plants, in my own …
January ex-flowers, non-flowers and would-be flowers
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day? In this weather? To quote the effusive Mr Gervais, are you ‘aving a larf? Regular readers …
October flowers
The smell of autumn is in the air. We’ve had just the gentlest kiss of frost, not enough to hurt …
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