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Shady characters

Posted on 21/03/11, filed under Plant passions | No Comments

I never liked shady borders. In the past, I lived near the sea, with south facing sunny planting places and grew plants that thrived in the sunshine. Then I moved ‘over the Downs’ and discovered frost, car scrapers and dead Echiums. The treasures I brought from my seaside garden withered and died in the first winter and [...]

Wonderful bulbs

Posted on 05/02/11, filed under Plant passions | No Comments

As February blows in, the garden is out there pushing things through like a mother-to be.  The hyacinth bulbs come up through the ground, the green nose emerging like an inquisitive animal. Around them, the smaller muscari hyacinths are sending out stems too. I always plant my hyacinths - both varieties - in large-ish groups [...]