“From a huge mound of dark-green, finely-cut foliage rises the vast flower-stalk, thick as a broomstick, purple tinted, topped with yellow umbellifer flowers.” – Description of Giant Fennel, Ferula communis, on Beth Chatto’s Plants & Gardens website. Giant Fennel Abroad I … Continue reading →
Mid spring is the season for Shining Crane’s-bill, Geranium lucidum, an annual that appears early in the year and is in flower from April or early May. Geranium lucidum has long, brittle, fleshy, hairless stems, which grow up to 35cm … Continue reading →
“I wandered lonely as a cloud…“ Well, actually, I didn’t wander. I was on a bike ride south-west of Norwich in late March. I had lunch at Great Moulton church and stopped off at Hethel church on my way home. … Continue reading →