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June 2013

  • Bouquet Brownie Points

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I like to be in credit. That applies to financial credit, favour credit and most importantly, relationship credit. If I build up enough relationship credit then I can trade it …

  • A Complete Statement

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I make statements. That, in itself was a statement. They are about what I want and in particular what I want from the garden or what I want it to …

  • Add Another Clematis

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    As one plant dies, so it leaves behind an opportunity for another to take its place. This time, one of the Canary Island Date Palms (Phoenix Canariensis) did not survive …

  • Does Wisteria Go Around Corners?

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    A most noticeable omission from the May Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day was the Wisteria we have. Not to worry though, it’s still alive and well, but didn’t appreciate the cold …

  • The Ghost Iris

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Several years ago I was kindly given a clump of Iris Sibirica in a bucket, it took some detective work to figure out that this is what they were. They …

  • Going Up…

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I have a small garden, prime border real estate is very limited and at a premium when there is high demand from plants that are literally queuing up to have …

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