http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog A subtropical garden in a temperate climate that defies being in a city. Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:55:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_453" align="aligncenter" width="585" caption="Shampoo Heliconia – the inflorescences really do smell of shampoo when squeezed..."][/caption] Greetings from the not so Exotic Garden. Just checked out Victoria’s favourite blogs http://victoriasbackyard.blogspot.com,  and seen I hadn’t written anything for a month. Oops! A few days before my dear father’s funeral at the end of ... http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/its-hot-in-central-america/ [caption id="attachment_418" align="aligncenter" width="452" caption="Our frozen Isles thanks to the Met office Satellite"][/caption] It’s amazing how much can happen in life let alone the garden when you don’t blog for a few weeks! It was rather a quiet Christmas for me as my father of 96 passed away on Dec 23rd ... http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/a-frozen-winter-wonderland/ I just had to do a quick blog on the snow that landed in the garden this morning, and no, nothing like they have had further south, but pretty never-the less. For some reason visitors to the garden think it never snows here  - or even gets cold! Yes it ... http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/let-it-snow/ Where has the autumn gone? I think my brain needed a rest after a very busy summer here at the Exotic Garden, hence the lack of a regular blog. Shame on you Will! I have felt particularly bad about this, though I do have a good excuse for the last month! ... http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/where-has-the-autumn-gone/ [caption id="attachment_384" align="aligncenter" width="585" caption="The Exotic Garden in late October"][/caption] The summer has ended, the clocks have changed and we are now in the season of dark evenings. Luckily, the weather here in Norfolk refuses to let go and we are still having comparatively warm days and nights, hence most of ... http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/the-summer-has-ended-the-clocks-have-changed-and-we-are-now-in-the-season-of-dark-evenings/