Tag Archives: flower
Campanula, the name rings a bell
I live in Bowes Park, which if you haven’t heard of it isn't as grand as it sounds. My house was built in the early 1890s by ...
Crazy For Daisies
Iconic spring and summer blooms, with slim, white ray-like petals and sunny yellow centres, it’s partly the simplicity of daisies that’...
Wild About Poppies
Perhaps best known as a symbol of remembrance, poppies have a great deal to offer our gardens too. While we’ve yet to see, at the time ...
Geums: two ladies, a tangerine, and some cocktails.
This is not a tale of louche behaviour, but some of the plants I will be talking about. I started writing this on my own, but I am no l...
Magnificent magnolia
The streets may not be paved with gold but here in the northern corner of East Sussex they are lined with magnolias. From sizeable tree...
Three Primrose Flowers
Three Primrose Flowers
Three unexpected flowers slip out of the pages of a book with sun-bleached green cloth boards. The ...
A Celebration of Catkins
Dancing on bare branches in winter and spring breezes, or sitting placidly on stems like small, furry creatures, catkins are,...
Orchids: heavenly houseplants
Orchids: heavenly houseplants
With their complex flower structure, intriguing markings and gorgeous displays of often flam...
Wisteria at Myddelton House Gardens: Stepping Back In Time
Wisteria at Myddelton House Gardens: Stepping Back In Time
As London comes alive with the vibrant hues of wisteria flowers...
Foxgloves
Foxgloves
Cottage garden favourites, foxgloves bring oodles of charm to late spring and summer gardens with pretty, homely...
Five summer-flowering bulbs
Five summer-flowering bulbs
Jungly and exotic-looking with large, lush leaves, refined, chic and leggy or vivacious and fa...
The Joy of Daffodils
The Joy of Daffodils
Wasn’t last weekend glorious? Sunshine, warmth, and a host of golden daffodils in parks and gardens. ...
