When we moved house we held a moving in party of sorts, a day in the garden when friends could drop by and see us. Several friends brought gifts, but the biggest and most impressive after two years is a … Continue reading →
The first tulips I grew as a child were red Parrot Tulips, which had enormous, brightly coloured flowers with twisted, wavy petals. A kind description of these showy tulips is ‘extremely flamboyant‘, though to the less charitable they could be … Continue reading →
Spring brings many delights, including the acidic lime-green cupped bracts of spurges, such as Wood Spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides), which I wrote about in April 2012. One of the finest of these is the Mediterranean spurge Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii, which … Continue reading →