The Theatrical Beauty of the Auricula

A new book I’ve been reading called “These Trees Tell A Story: The Art of Reading Landscapes” (affiliate link) takes the reader along on explorations through a diversity of places looking for hints on how to know the land as its author, Noah Charney, suggests.Noah is an assistant professor of conservation biology at the University of Maine and co-author with Charley Eiseman of the award-winning field guide “Tracks

Cyclamen Coum the hardiest of them all. I have always been keen to add Cyclamen Coum in the garden for Winter interest. In the past I planted dry corms with little success.

Jay Wilde

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By Stephen Roshy

The Best of the Rest from the Show Gardens

Looking Good in the Garden at the End of October Rose Graham Stuart Thomas always seems to send up a few perfect blooms in October and November The ever gorgeou acer has deepened in colour for a final flourish before the leaves fall Cosmos flowers keep on coming – they are remarkable plants – they are about to enter their 6th month of flowering Flowers for a friend – it is amazing what can be found for a posy even in a garden that is largely drained of colour

While we read books on the subject, remove topsoil and sow yellow rattle to reduce fertility and generally make a meal of establishing a wildflower meadow, Nature (when not interfered with) does it sublimely well. The meadows of the Picos d’Europa  are no exception. ..

I do love seeing plants growing in their natural habitat, especially when they grow nowhere else. I remember standing in a field in South Africa – actually the Tienie Versveld Wildflower Reserve just outside Darling in the Western Cape – while a botanist pointed out flowers that were unique to those few acres. There are a number of w

The Crumbling Beauty of Bantry House & Garden Bantry Bay House and the surrounding gardens must have been breath taking in their heyday, but even now in old age there is still great beauty to be seen. In a country where so many old buildings have been destroyed and replaced with structures of questionable merit it is a delight to see somewhere so touchingly lovely.

Dark, damp, depressing, just the weather to escape into the greenhouse. Not got a greenhouse then get your skates on this is the time to start the horticultural year. Seeds, cuttings, bulbs, all can be started over the next few weeks, they may need some encouragement with a heated propagating frame, or some encouragement with heated bench cables or even a free standing heater but an early start will reap huge results and put you in the right position to have your plants ready for Spring. If that not enough then here’s four more reasons to buy a greenhouse. Don’t delay start today. The following

The Glory of the Galanthus I’m slightly concerned that I’m in danger of developing galloping galanthophilia. I’ve previously been puzzled by those obsessed by the minute differences between one snowdrop and another, but I’ve started to realise that the differences aren’t always minute, and that it’s wonderful to grow a few specials in amongst the standard singles and doubles.