Category: Cheering up Mondays

The final day of this year’s flower advent calendar and one of the most hopeful flowers in the garden. There’s . . .

Day 23 and a rose that does thrive in my sandy soil. It has the added bonus of tiny orange-red . . .

The elegance of an iris for Day 22 of the advent calendar. This is part of the National Collection of . . .

Who doesn’t love a tulip? They are certainly one of my favourite flowers. This was on HW Hyde & Son’s . . .

Dahlias are another must-have flower for me and I’m building up quite a collection. I grew this from seed a . . .

Day 19 sees the delicate flowers of potentilla. I saw this in a Cotswold garden designed by Paul Hervey-Brookes.

Day 18 and a rose that I saw out on a garden visit for Cotswold Life. Roses don’t really do . . .