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January 2012

  • Sarcococca Confusa

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    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 …

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  • Moses in the Cradle

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Continuing with the exotic theme to keep us distracted from the dull weather, we’re still at my gran’s house in India, but now in the front garden. While I was …

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  • Plumeria

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    When we visited my maternal grandmother in India during a trip last year, I noticed a very large woody shrub with elongated, strikingly veined leaves and dotted about were some …

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  • The Plastic Greenhouse

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I have mentioned that I have a greenhouse of sorts every so often in these posts but haven’t said much about it. It isn’t a large, grand Victorian affair, it …

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  • Front Border

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    A few days ago I spent some time tidying up the front border in the front garden while the weather was mild. The hebes were trying to claim the pavement …

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  • Poor Little Azalea

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    We have a tiny little azalea, about 15 cm high at best, tucked away in a sheltered and shady-ish spot underneath an established ornamental red-currant. It doesn’t really take any …

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