A Distinguished Visitor
Last Sunday, the 8th of September, I had a visit from a horticultural national living [...]
11
Sep
Sep
Narcissus ‘Beryl’
There are daffodils and there are daffodils. Some are so superior to the run-of-the-mill sorts [...]
28
Aug
Aug
Violets
Walking into one of our large growing houses today I almost swooned from the intense [...]
16
Aug
Aug
Shade Lovers from Chile
I first saw plants of Bridal Wreath, Francoa appendiculata ssp. ramosa, some fifty years ago [...]
19
Jul
Jul
Snowdrops (Galanthus)
Snowdrops (Galanthus) have naturalised so far and wide in the British Isles that they are [...]
17
Jul
Jul
Forsythia ‘Gold Clusters’ (syn Forsythia ‘Melee d’Or’)
Seventy years ago, when I was 8 years old, my father let me use a [...]
10
Jul
Jul