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A weekly scout around my garden for my favourite flower.

Snowdrop Patrol

January 27, 2017by snapdragon jules 4 Comments

This year I have a good reason to venture outside in the freezing cold. I am going to see how my snowdrop collection is coming on. I inherited a couple […]

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Favourite Flower Friday, In my Garden, Must have plant, What to do in winter

Favourite flower friday

October 21, 2016by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

Rosa Viridiflora I first came upon this unusual and fascinating rose on a Cottage Garden Society trip several years ago. Its strange flowers are made up entirely of sepals rather […]

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Favourite Flower Friday, In my Garden, Must have plant

Mopping Up

October 7, 2016by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

At this time of year my garden is full of big mop-heads of flowering shrubs, and on the lower storey, flat-headed sedums in shades of cerise-pink and crimson. I like […]

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Favourite Flower Friday, favourite flowers, In my Garden

Yellow Fever

April 1, 2016by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

Swathes of daffodils look lovely in huge gardens but because my plot is quite small I just grow the miniature varieties. For years my favourite has been ‘Tête-à-Tête’ – I […]

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Favourite Flower Friday

Favourite Flower Friday

March 25, 2016by snapdragon jules 4 Comments

Another long silence from me – I had a second bout of flu in February that knocked me sideways. Hopefully now recovered but just a short blog this time to get […]

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Favourite Flower Friday

Sally’s Snowdrops

January 29, 2016by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

After mum passed away last June I looked after her garden throughout the long process of selling the house. While doing this I had time to bring home her containerised […]

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Pretty and compact Honeysuckle

November 20, 2015by snapdragon jules 2 Comments

I received this Honeysuckle ‘Chic and Choc’ for review from Suttons earlier this year. Available by mail order, when mine arrived I was concerned that it looked a little small […]

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Favourite Flower Friday

Favourite Flower Friday

November 11, 2015by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

Zinnias  When I was younger I used to buy small bunches of zinnias from flower stalls on the last day of my working trips to Europe, to bring home as […]

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Favourite Flower Friday

Favourite flower friday

November 6, 2015by snapdragon jules 2 Comments

Rose ‘Ena Harkness’ This beautiful rose was already climbing up the front wall of our house when we moved here. She must have been growing there for many years, for in […]

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Favourite Flower Friday

Favourite Flower Friday

October 30, 2015by snapdragon jules 1 Comment

Sedums At this time of year, sedums are a wonderful addition to my cottage garden. Their clumps of fleshy grey-green or dark red-brown leaves look good all year round, and in […]

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