My favourite plants of the year
This year has seen the arrival of several new additions to my garden. Amongst them I have discovered some new treasures that have delighted me. I am most grateful to […]
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A Nice Day Out
Last Wednesday I enjoyed a trip up to London, to the RHS Early Spring Plant Fair at Westminster. This is one of my favourite events on the gardening calendar – […]
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 […]
Late Summer Colour Theme
At this time of year many plants have finished flowering, but thanks to a few packets of seed (courtesy of the Cottage Garden Society seed exchange) and a couple of […]
Beautiful buddleias
At this time of the year our cottage garden is full of happy bees and the scent of honey, thanks to the flowers of the 39 buddleias I have growing […]
Very Betty
Our guest speaker at The Cottage Garden Society AGM this year was Neil Lucas, of Knoll Gardens fame. I funded the lecture on the condition that we would call it […]
Hampton Court Heaven
What a joy to be invited to attend the Hampton Court Flower Show press day yesterday. Unlike Chelsea, the grounds are spacious, and thoughtfully laid out for visitors, with many […]
Tulip display
Last October I planted up a favourite pot with tulip ‘La Belle Epoque’, (thank you, Suttons), along with black hyacinths on the patio and then duly forgot about it.A few […]
The Year of the Clematis
Each gardening season I seem to find myself suddenly fixated on a plant type, and before I know it I have started to accumulate several of them. Last year it […]
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 […]
Snapdragon Jules 