Bamboozled
When we moved here, eight years ago, we had three very small clumps of unidentified bamboo. Idiotically I only removed one - and decided...
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Sue
Apr 29, 20232 min
Simple Salvias........my step by step guide
The popular shrubby salvia is really easy to propagate and now is the time to do it. If your friend has a nice example of Hot Lips (the...
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Sue
Jan 15, 20234 min
Is this the ultimate dry garden?
We are on holiday - island hopping in the Atlantic while our alter egos, Dick and Susie, (yes really) stay at our house in France to...
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Sue
Aug 13, 20223 min
Winners and losers
This evening I am wandering around the garden at what I hope will be the end of the last canicule of 2022, notebook in hand. I want to...
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Sue
May 31, 20223 min
Splurge on spurge
Spurge is the common name for wild euphorbias - a little acid green plant common in some meadows and verges. They are members of a...
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Sue
May 4, 20223 min
Divine drumsticks
We are experiencing wonderful weather for early May. Sunshine, little wind and high temperatures - temperatures of 28C and 29C are...
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Sue
Mar 16, 20223 min
Fritillarias - an ambition achieved
I love fritillarias, but have had difficulties growing them in France. This has been disappointing because although they look delicate...
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Sue
Mar 4, 20225 min
Dahlias
Dahlias are easy to grow, they come in a profusion of shapes, sizes and colours, flower from summer until late autumn and you can both...
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Sue
Sep 21, 20213 min
Like a child in a sweet shop....
When I start to choose spring flowering bulbs I behave like a child in a sweet shop. I end up with a basket full of more than I can...
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Sue
Sep 14, 20212 min
Border Patrol
Perfect opportunity this week to reshape a border I have been meaning to attend to for the last year. I want to square up the grass area...
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Sue
Aug 17, 20213 min
All gone to seed
Over the last 10 days I have been collecting the last of my summer seeds - and there is time to collect more. Sunny days, when seed heads...
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Sue
Jul 9, 20211 min
The Ghost Plant
Plant of the week: Graptopetalum paraguayense - also known as the Leatherpetal or Ghost Plant. This succulent is very happy in well...
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Sue
Jul 6, 20211 min
The camels of the plant world
They are succulents.... not a formal botanical classification but a name given to plants which store water in fleshy stems, leaves or...
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Sue
May 24, 20212 min
Divide and Prosper
I read somewhere that the three most popular French flowering plants are the rose, the peony and the iris –and it is not hard to...
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