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Getting crafty…

Wish me luck - after years of threatening to do it I've finally signed up for an evening class in sewing and Read more..

Girdling and Garrotting Gardening Techniques

Girdling If bark is removed all the way around a tree trunk the downward passage of food to the roots is stopped. Read more..

Teeny-Tiny Tomatoes

I don’t know about you but I’ve had hardly any Tomatoes this year. Most of mine are still green and Read more..

Winter Flowering Plants

Iris Unguicularis. Popular name Algerian or winter-flowering iris. This is an ideal plant for poor soil in hot and dry Read more..

My Seed Purchase for Cloud Pruning

I have just updated my 50 Top Seed Companies published in 2010. A new entrant in my list, RP Seeds, offered Ilex Read more..

Top Ten Round Courgette Varieties

Curcurbita pepo may have been cultivated for upwards of 5,000 years but I bet they have not always been called Read more..

Growing Phlomis Varieties

Phlomis are small shrubs for a warm sunny border. The unusual flower stems and Mediterranean style silver leaves make Read more..

Going crazy over Bromeliads!

Visitors to the Exotic Garden regularly ask me what is my favourite plant or group of plants. This is a question that Read more..

National Gardening Week 2012

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has come up with a new wheeze to be launched for 2012. The National Gardening Read more..

It can’t be autumn already!

Rudbeckia 'Herbstonne' in full bloom and proudly standing at 8ft plus tall – thankfully I staked it really Read more..