Around this time, for about a month or so, we get really good sunrises and sunsets and they’re timed such that we see them on the way to and from work. Very dramatic and spectacular, of course the picture doesn’t … Continue reading
I have a favourite fuchsia called “Cotton Candy”. It’s a lovely flower that has a cream-white frilly skirt and candy-pink flushed outer petals. The stamens are a contrasting dark pink that is also carried in the young stems and leaf veins. There are loads … Continue reading
I must confess to having had a particularly lazy week or two in terms of gardening. There’s been plenty of other things to do but in the time left I decided to lounge on the bed and sprawl in the … Continue reading
Around this time of year, as the season changes and the days get shorter, dawn and dusk last longer and the twilight is a strange pink-red that looks bright but is dark at the same time. The sunlight takes on … Continue reading
It’s now September, I’ve noticed the days getting shorter, it’s dark by 9:00pm, the night-time temperatures are starting to fall and the supermarkets have started displaying their Christmas decorations. The year is moving on, most of the plants have flowered … 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
Last autumn, my partner was given a bunch of saffron crocus bulbs (Crocus Sativus) for his birthday. It may have been a dual-present since he is definitely not a gardener. We planted the bulbs into two shallow pots and managed … Continue reading
