Exotic plant lover
You get to nose around someone else’s garden – Let’s be honest, who doesn’t like having a good look around other people’s gardens? Unfortunately sometimes the gardens you most want to visit aren’t always open to the public. Well this is where the National Garden Scheme might just come to the rescue, with approximately 3,700 gardens…
When I read of the recent publication of Brilliant and Wild I did not hesitate to order a copy as it seemed to resonate with my interest in the wildlife-friendly new perennial movement. The author, former primary school teacher Lucy Bellamy, trained at the Chelsea Physic Garden and with the RHS and worked as a…
Fascinated at seeing Stapelia in flower for the first time at RHS Chelsea in 2011, I bought some seeds of Stapelia hirsuta from http://www.craighousecacti.co.uk/ to see if I could grow them myself. Commonly called Carrion Flowers, their large flowers emit an unpleasant odour which attracts flies for pollination, sometimes even fooling the flies into laying…
I’ve been meaning to start a blog for ages, when I mention this to other bloggers their immediate response is “do it!”. So this is my blog. It’s probably no surprise that I plan to blog about my passion for plants and all things garden-related. My interests lie in exotic plants as well as in…