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Chelsea 2013: Kevock Garden Plants, Midlothian
Kevock Garden Plants have staged one of the most exciting exhibits at this year’s show, featuring cascades of Trillium, Meconopsis, Primula and Glaucidum. If there was a platinum medal on offer, Kevock...
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Chelsea 2013: The M&G Centenary Garden ‘Windows Through Time’
Of all this year’s Chelsea gardens, Roger Platt’s design for the main sponsor, M&G Investments, is easy to love. Some may describe it as timeless, others as slightly dated, but what it lacks in...
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Daily Flower Candy: Fritillaria imperialis ‘Garland Star’
Much excitement at Chelsea as I came face to face with a brand new Fritillaria named ‘Garland Star’. Regular followers will know I’ve pledged allegiance to ‘William Rex‘, but I may be persuaded to have...
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Daily Flower Candy: Cypripedium ‘Kentucky Maxi’
This year’s Chelsea Flower Show was awash with lady’s slipper orchids, or cypripediums. There are some 65 species of cypripediums, all found within the northern hemisphere, ranging from Mexico to...
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Chelsea 2013: The Arthritis Research UK Garden
As the clock ticked around to 8pm on Wednesday evening, we finally reached the Arthritis Research UK Garden, winner of a gold medal and the People’s Choice award for best garden. After a cold and...
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Daily Flower Candy: Lupins
What everyone expects from Chelsea is massed displays of single flower types. Be it alliums, sweet peas, delphiniums or chrysanthemums, banks of mint-condition blooms are never in short supply in the...
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Chelsea 2013: My Top Ten Plants
At a show on the scale of Chelsea picking out just ten plants which really get you excited is a tough job. Every year there are clear plants of the moment, which this time happened to be Anthriscus...
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Daily Flower Candy: Lilium martagon ‘Tobacco’
H.W.Hyde & Son was founded in 1926, the year the first woman swam the English Channel. In honour of the 100th Chelsea Flower Show the specialist lily grower showed 100 new varieties, some of which...
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Daily Flower Candy: Heavenly Hostas
Having moved on from primulas, my new plant of the moment is the humble hosta. Hostas are one of those precious foliage plants that really enjoy being in a pot, where the leaves dangle like carrots...
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Daily Flower Candy: Paphiopedilum rothschildianum
Looking for all the world like neatly groomed Victorian moustaches, these eccentric flowers belong to Paphiopedilum rothschildianum, Rothschild’s slipper orchid. They seem a fitting choice for...
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Hampton Court Flower Show
About to leave for the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Look out for posts and tweets from The Frustrated Gardener throughout the day!
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Daily Flower Candy: Salvia ‘Amistad’
Today, I’ve been sweltering in the heat at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. So many exciting plants to see, but one of the first that caught my eye was Salvia ‘Amistad’. Tall, purplish stems are...
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Hampton Court Flower Show 2013: My Top 10 Plants
Like a horticultural fashion show, Britain’s flower shows provide the launch pad for new ideas in gardening and the latest introductions from breeders and plant hunters. The Hampton Court Palace Flower...
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Daily Flower Candy: Disa uniflora ‘Red River’
Like the red playing card soldiers from Alice in Wonderland, the scarlet flowers of Disa uniflora ‘Red River’ marched across Dave Parkinson’s incredible exhibit at Hampton Court last week. They were...
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Hampton Court 2013: Wild at Heart
Nikki Tibbles, the creative talent behind florist ‘Wild at Heart‘, designed a special bouquet for this year’s Hampton Court Flower Show. It combined Peony ‘Coral Charm’, sweet peas, peach and yellow...
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Hampton Court Flower Show 2013: Cool Gardens
It was a hot, dry and dusty Hampton Court Flower Show this year. I returned home with my blue suede shoes looking more like I had crossed the Sahara than the City of London. The summer sun made...
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Hampton Court Flower Show 2013: Hot Gardens
Above, ‘Mid Century Modern’ designed by Adele Ford and Susan Wilmott We’re so accustomed to the British Summer being a wash out, it’s a wonder we haven’t all given up on creating that hot,...
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Chelsea 2013: My Top Ten Plants
At a show on the scale of Chelsea picking out just ten plants which really get you excited is a tough job. Every year there are clear plants of the moment, which this time happened to be Anthriscus...
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RHS London Harvest Festival Show 2014
A beautiful autumn afternoon, perhaps the last for a while, so time to escape the office for delights of the RHS London Harvest Festival Show. Check back soon to discover who grew this year’s largest...
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Trading Apple for Apples
I never think of myself as especially tech savvy. However, as I embark on my 40′s I find myself more anxious than ever to keep up with advances in technology. I have no time for endless research, so...
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