Yet another frantic month, but soon we can sit back with a glass of something cool and admire the results of the last couple of back breaking months. May however is not that month…. Even though a tad on the chilly side this month is a frenzy of annual flower seed planting and planting out…
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Todos June
This is a busy month and rather than list all the things you should, could, would be doing how about just letting it all go a bit wild and sitting in the ‘occasional’ sunshine with a glass of something cold? If like me you cannot just sit there watching the weeds grow then take a…
Continue ReadingWisely Herbarium
Last Friday I was lucky enough to enter to rarified world of the RHS’s Wisely herbarium. A group organised by the British Iris Society we gathered for a talk by the Head of the Herbarium, Chris . The Herbarium is a rather recent affair, not what one expects to hear from the RHS which to…
Continue ReadingRHS Seed list 2012
The RHS process a diverse range of seeds from plants cultivated in their gardens. The list is extensive, i.e pages and pages and pages long and has all manner of things from simple Bidens to magnificent Betula (yes of the tree variety!) A couple of years ago I bought about 20 packets completely forgot about…
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