In a way, I’ve been waiting to write this post for over 15 years. It’s all about the once-fashionable house plant commonly known as the “swiss cheese” plant, because its large glossy leaves begin whole, but split and develop holes … Continue reading
Onions; they don’t really have much glamour to them do they? They can make your eyes water but not in a good way. However, the humble culinary onion is part of the wider Allium family that also includes garlic and … Continue reading
In the front garden there’s a very small and rather underwhelming evergreen shrub. It’s less than a foot high, has dark glossy leaves with pointed tips and for much of the time, doesn’t really do anything. It’s hidden away for … Continue reading
Earlier this year, on a whim I decided to fish a couple of lemon seeds out of the sink and plant them up in a pot to germinate and grow. The seeds were from lemons we’d bought at the supermarket … Continue reading
House plants are one of the things that keep me going through the winter months when there’s very little I want to do outside and I bet that the most common house plant in the UK is the moth-orchid or … Continue reading
I’m amazed at how quickly the Amaryllis has shot up its first flower spike and how suddenly it burst open to reveal four swelling flower buds, one of which is beginning to already unfurl. I suppose that’s the kind of … Continue reading
It’s been around three weeks since the first post and pictures about the Amaryllis “Apple Blossom” that we have. The flower spike has been growing higher and higher as the remaining leaves have started to die off. We’re expecting this … Continue reading
