Exotic Garden open for National Garden Scheme…
EDP article for Saturday 31st July
It doesn’t seem like a year since the garden was last opened for the (NGS) National Garden Scheme – where has the year gone? This Sunday August 1st the garden gates will be flung open again for visitors raising monies for this august charity. It is always one of the [...]
Exotic Garden bug delight…
EDP article for Sat 24th July
I do enjoy high summer – warm evenings and balmy days, though last week’s winds played havoc with the garden. Two coach parties of enthusiastic gardeners visited the Exotic Garden on Thursday last week to be greeted by pots and containers lying on the ground. Many of the visitors propped [...]
Blooming July…
EDP article for Sat 17th July
For the first time in weeks I’m not fretting about sitting in front of my computer rather than being in the garden. I have a pile of cats tightly curled up on a seat beside me in my studio at the back of the house, with the sound of gentle [...]
Exotic plants just love this weather – especially the Begonias…
EDP article for Sat 10th July 2010
The heat goes on – at least here in Norfolk and the exotic plants just love it, especially the Begonias! For some years I have had a passion for these wondrous plants from the hardy species like Begonia grandis evansiana to those that are decidedly tender. I have a [...]
The heat is on…
What a fabulous week of heat we have had here in Norfolk – from freezing cold a few weeks ago to boiling hot, in other words – typical British weather for the time of year! (The driest spring for 80 years!) My watering regimen has been stepped up to cope with the drying heat, especially [...]
