A taste of the Caribbean: St Rose Nursery
Sometimes when gardens have a powerful resonance with natural landscapes – I’m talking about wildlife gardens, very “naturalistic” planting and …
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A taste of the Caribbean: Sunnyside Gardens
One of the lovely things about blogging is you can write about what your editor hasn’t asked you to write …
Back from my travels
Well – that’s what you call a lengthy spell out of the country. I’ve been spending a lot of time …
Perfect partners #4
Juniperus squamata ‘Chinese Silver’ and Erica carnea ‘Springwood White’ spotted at Wakehurst Place, Sussex, earlier this month. Who said the …
The bamboo boogie
You may already know that I’m no fan of bamboo. The trouble with urging people to dig up all their …
Perfect partners #3
Betula utilis, Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’, and Galanthus nivalis. A little island at Wakehurst Place earlier this month: perhaps the black-and-white …
Close encounters of the horticultural kind #2
At Wakehurst Place, Kew’s garden in Sussex, I came across another truly unforgettable tree. I first noticed it for its …
Seeding the world #2
What surprised me on my behind-the-scenes tour of the Millennium Seedbank at Wakehurst Place was just how many plants there …
Identity parade #5 – the answers
Nigel rose admirably to the challenge and guessed correctly no’s 1, 2, and most amazingly 4 – and gets half-marks …
March flowers
It must be spring… I’m joining in with Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day again! Last month there were one or two …
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