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  • Running to Stand Still

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    They’re not kidding when they say “Spring is one of the busiest times of year in the garden”. Goodness me, I haven’t felt so rushed, harried and hassled as I …

  • Queen of Night

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    There’s a plant I have, sat in the dining room that goes by some very evocative names, Reine de la Nuit, the Queen of Night, Night Blooming Cereus, Brahma Kamal, …

  • The Wake-Up Call

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    What a difference a month-and-a-bit makes! I’ve been very, very busy in the garden. After a long winter of being cooped-up inside the house a sudden flip in the weather …

  • Winter Flowers

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Winter isn’t the traditional time of year to have plants in flower, but we do and I can’t help but be rather smug over it. I’m still not sure whether …

  • Flowering Interlude

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    One of things I’m obsessed about in the garden is the continuity of flowering. It simply means there must be something in flower in the garden at any time of …

  • Clematis

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    We have a lot of Clematis in the garden, it’s one of my favourite plants, specifically the large-flowered hybrids with spectacular dinner-plate sized blooms. The only trouble is that Clematis …

  • Midsummer Musings

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    It’s mid-summer, with late summer creeping in and the garden has been baked with hot sunshine for the last several weeks. I declare the borders officially out of control, but …

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