Favourite Flower Friday
Diascia Diascias are popular as colourful, floriferous and trouble-free bedding – I can see why. These ones in mum’s garden were bought from her local market in early spring and […]
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A weekly scout around my garden for my favourite flower.
Favourite Flower Friday
Geranium ‘Bill Wallis’ I first bought this hardy geranium from Stillingfleet Lodge Nursery in York many years ago. He has followed me everywhere since then like a faithful hound, hopping […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Helianthus annus – Sunflower ‘Teddy Bear’. I grew these little beauties (just 18” tall) from Thompson & Morgan seeds in one of my veg beds last year. They looked lovely […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Eryngium giganteum ‘Miss Willmott’s Ghost’. This striking perennial has attractive grey-green foliage and looks lovely in my garden next to the bright green of my euphorbia. The plant is aptly named, for at dusk its […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Calendula officianalis ‘Porcipine’ Marigolds make a wonderful splash of orange in my garden in late summer. As they are the only flowers I allow in this colour, they give me […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Echinacea Purpurea i long to have this beautiful plant all over my garden, but it just doesn’t want to be here. I bought the one below last year and after […]
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Sweet pea ‘Beaujolais’ I grow a different variety of sweet pea from seed every year. For this year I chose ‘Beaujolais’ from Kings Seeds, and rate them amongst the nicest […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Opium poppy Papaver somniferum These handsome poppies have just about finished flowering for the year in my garden. I scatter their seeds all over the place, but they are fickle and […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Angelica gigas purple angelica I’ve wanted to grow this lovely umbellifer for years, and have had this particular plant in my garden for 18 months before it has finally produced […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Goat’s Rue This Galega officinalis, commonly known goat’s rue, thrives in my sandy soil. I bought it as a small plant from West Dean Gardens in their autumn sale last […]
Snapdragon Jules 