Of trouble-free tulips

May 11, 2013

Just look at the colour on that. These are my Tulipa sprengeri – a first foray into the world of …

Avon calling

September 20, 2011

One of the slightly more unexpected side-effects of my move to Somerset last year has been that I find myself …

April 22, 2010

Right, that’s quite enough cheerfulness, time to start complaining again. My tulips are lovely, and I feel a little mealy-mouthed …

February 9, 2010

You know all those dire warnings always to plant your tulip bulbs (and indeed any other type of bulb) the …

November 23, 2009

There’s one thing they don’t tell you about gardening before you start: you only find out once you’re well and …

March 3, 2008

I’ve been digging out big clumps of grape hyacinths (Muscari armeniacum) from a client’s garden this morning, where they’d formed …