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  • Simply Red

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Now I’m a bit hopeless at taking good photos. I take pictures that usually end up blurred, have bad composition or have my thumb in the corner etc. I blame …

  • Three Cornered Garlic

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    In the front garden along the fence grows a dense mass of something called “three cornered garlic”. I only recently found out that this is what it is called after …

  • Sweet Smell of April

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Several of my favourite plants are now in flower (they become my favourites when plants flower, then drop off the list after) just as the weather has taken a turn for the …

  • Hearts Strung Out on a Line

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    The Dicentra Spectabilis or “Bleeding Hearts” that I divided into three about a month ago now have all come up and are beginning to flower. Mother and clone and other …

  • The White Spirea

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    We have a “Blue Spirea” (Caryopteris x Clandonensis) as well as a white Spirea in the garden. The white is “Spiral x Arguta” and is also known as “Foam of …

  • Bergenia – Elephant Ears

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    The people who lived in the house before us had planted Bergenias (affectionately known as “Elephant Ears”) in the border by the house in the front garden. The soil here …

  • The Lawn Daffodils

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    This is the third year we’ve had daffodils in the lawn. The first year they were amazing, the second year was abysmal with virtually all of them coming up blind …

  • The Freebies

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    As a “thank-you” for buying 1000 snowdrops, the place that I ordered them from thought that after I had planted all those, I wouldn’t mind planting a few more bulbs …

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