Nothing can beat the sheer beauty of autumn flowering bulbs…
It’s that extraordinary time of year again when so many autumn bulbs are coming into bloom to grace our gardens with their abundant though often delicate autumn colours. The Nerines, Colchicums, Amaryllis belladonna, Autumn Crocus, Cyclamen and autumn flowering snowdrops, yes snowdrops! There are also Scilla Autumnalis and Sternbergia lutea for the even more [...]
Luxuriant begonias are so over-the-top!
The late Christopher Lloyd memorably said ‘If I was reduced to growing only one genus, Begonias would be it.’ I too find this genus absolutely fascinating and have been growing Begonias for decades and never cease to admire there beauty.
Begonias are in a genus of about 900 species of perennials, shrubs and climbers. It is [...]
A very blustery September
Looking back to this time last year I wrote about August being the coldest for 17 years and I see now that August this year was the coldest for 18 years, so the question is – are we now into a run of cold summers let alone cold winters? I also wrote about wind and [...]
If you like odd looking plants!
If you like odd looking plants, nothing can beat Haemanthus albiflos more commonly known as the ‘Shaving Brush plant’. It is the most commonly available of three evergreen species of Haemanthus hailing from coastal areas of the southern Cape through the Eastern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It is one of those plants that [...]
It’s ginger time again!
At this time of year Gingers and Dahlias are some of the most prolific showstoppers here at the Exotic Garden though gingers in particular are still a rare sight in most people’s gardens which is a shame as they are as tough as Dahlias when left in the ground over winter! I don’t say this [...]
