Snowdrop Patrol
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 […]
Category Archives: Favourite Flower Friday
A weekly scout around my garden for my favourite flower.
Favourite flower friday
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 […]
Mopping Up
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 […]
Yellow Fever
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 […]
Favourite Flower Friday
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 […]
Sally’s Snowdrops
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 […]
Pretty and compact Honeysuckle
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 […]
Favourite Flower Friday
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 […]
Favourite flower friday
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 […]
Favourite Flower Friday
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 […]
