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
- 2 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 14
- 4 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, 2022
- 3 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, 2022
- 3 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, 2022
- 3 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, 2022
- 3 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, 2022
- 5 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, 2021
- 3 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, 2021
- 2 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, 2021
- 3 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, 2021
- 1 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, 2021
- 1 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, 2021
- 2 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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