Harrell’s – a hidden plant paradise
A trip to Harrell’s Hardy Plants usually requires a somewhat furtive return and a look of wide-eyed innocence if the . . .
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Author: The Chatty Gardener
Cheering up Mondays #36
The may be fleeting but hemerocallis are beautiful.
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A love affair with iris
You would imagine that a passion for a particular plant would lie behind starting a National Collection. A burning desire . . .
Read moreReview: Raised Bed Revolution by Tara Nolan
As with elephant eating, so growing vegetables is much easier in bite-sized pieces. I used to have an allotment-style plot, . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #35
There’s something so appealing about the ‘faces’ of violas.
Read moreReview: RHS Companion to Wildlife Gardening by Chris Baines
It seems hard to imagine a time when gardeners didn’t encourage wildlife into their gardens. Most that I meet welcome . . .
Read moreGrowing a sense of peace
A recent report by the King’s Fund for the National Gardens Scheme has linked gardening to better health but it . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #34
Echinacea – a star of the late summer border.
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Gardens on the edge # 2
Inspired by grasses Time was the only grasses in an English garden were those overlooked while mowing and allowed to . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #33
This looks as though it’s been sprinkled with icing sugar.
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