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July 2012

  • The Zantedeschia

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Last winter, I bought five Zantedeschia Aethiopica or “Calla Lily” rhizomes. They’re not very cheap compared to the cost of other bulbs, corms and rhizomes so it was a bit …

  • Fire and Ice

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    There’s a tiny border at the very front of the front garden that’s a four foot thin strip. It’s where the young clematis that I’ve got an insurance policy on …

  • Insurance Policy

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Call me thrifty but I love getting plants for free or very cheaply. It’s the Yorkshire part of me and that’s why I like growing plants from seed and taking …

  • Banksiae Lutea Version 2

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I feel a small sense of guilt and shame to say that the Rosa Banksiae Lutea rose arrived last week. It is a replacement to the one that died earlier …

  • Technical Issues

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Here’s a topic that’s got nothing to do with gardening but is still very relevant. It starts a few weeks ago; I was writing a post for my site, I …

  • Teasing Georgia

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Of the four roses we have, one died, two have flowered and finished for the year and the final one is now out. It’s another Old English Rose called Rosa …

  • The Green Wall

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    The short stretch of fence that separates us from our direct neighbours (the ones that we’re attached to as we live in a semi-detached house) is known as the “green …

  • In the Oven

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I like to think of my little plastic greenhouse as a cross between a factory and an oven. It can churn out plants at a great rate of knots and …

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