How to grow cutting flowers
A friend once commented with surprise that she didn’t expect to see me buying flowers. Surely I had enough in . . .
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New Flowers Debut at Ball Colegrave
I’ve been out to wholesale plant firm Ball Colegrave for a preview of some of the new bedding for 2025 . . .
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Sunshine and Flowers at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2024
I don’t know what was more welcome, the first big flower show of the year or the sunshine that greeted . . .
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Gardening Trials 2022 – Veg and Flowers
It’s been a strange year in the garden and the weather has definitely had an effect on my Gardening Trials . . .
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The 2020 Cut Flowers Gardening Trials
I’ve been looking back at this year’s cut flowers gardening trials and deciding what to grow next year. There seems . . .
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Celebrating British flowers at Cotswold Posy Patch
Ahead of this month’s celebration of British flowers, I’ve been to visit Cotswold Posy Patch. When I catch up with . . .
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Gardening trials – the flowers
Dainty erigeron, towering sunflowers – this year’s flower Gardening Trials have certainly been varied. There have been some standout stars . . .
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Planning for the 2018 cutting garden
The weather may still be wintery but I’m already starting to think about summer and plan the 2018 cutting garden. . . .
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Review: Urban Flowers by Carolyn Dunster
It’s been some years since my gardening was confined to a few houseplants and some pots balanced precariously outside a . . .
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The 2019 Flower Gardening Trials
For many years, I didn’t really grow annual flowers – beyond sweet peas – but starting a cutting border changed . . .
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