An Englishman's Garden Adventures
Out and About in Sussex, England: musings on creative pruning Most of the hedging in my garden is in the formal, rectilinear style, but I really like cloud-pruned hedges too. Here are a couple that are on public display, that I pass on …
This apple tree is a bit of a curiosity. [Update: mystery solved – see end of post] The label from the nursery said “Discovery”. I don’t think so! Discovery is an early-season apple, ready to eat in July or August and …
Many plants self-seed in the woodland garden – a sign that they feel sufficiently at home to start a family. They often pop up in surprising places – perhaps inconvenient and needing to be pulled out, but often they choose a spot with …
Whats this??? (Click to see…)
This double barrelled cucumber grew amongst dozens of normal ones in the greenhouse this year. I assume its a relatively common fruit deformation, like the double apple I posted earlier in the year.
Extraordinary colouration, vivid markings and the complex orchid-like form of the Gladdon (Iris foetidissima) can stop you in your tracks when you come upon it like this. Amazingly, despite the Gladdon being a common British wild-flower, many people have never seen one, or have …
