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The appearance of spring flowers means it’s time to plant for early summer. Orchids and lilies are a great place to start
Each year when the first spring bulbs start to come into their own, I take it as a seasonal cue to start planting their summer successors, it’s like planning what you fancy for dessert halfway through a slap-up lunch. As I sit looking out at a cloud of perfect magnolia blossom, here’s the list I am drawing up for the months to come…
Here in the UK, we don’t tend to think of orchids as outdoor plants. However, there are a range of perfectly hardy species that offer up good early summer interest. I love Bletilla striata alba for its delicate white blooms. These woodland plants thrive in deep, rich soil in dappled shade, but will fare well too with their heads in the sun, but feet in the shade.
Continue reading...The appearance of spring flowers means it’s time to plant for early summer. Orchids and lilies are a great place to start
Each year when the first spring bulbs start to come into their own, I take it as a seasonal cue to start planting their summer successors, it’s like planning what you fancy for dessert halfway through a slap-up lunch. As I sit looking out at a cloud of perfect magnolia blossom, here’s the list I am drawing up for the months to come…
Here in the UK, we don’t tend to think of orchids as outdoor plants. However, there are a range of perfectly hardy species that offer up good early summer interest. I love Bletilla striata alba for its delicate white blooms. These woodland plants thrive in deep, rich soil in dappled shade, but will fare well too with their heads in the sun, but feet in the shade.
Continue reading...We’re past the equinox, a time to look ahead to new blooms, as well as back to treasured memories
We’re there. Winter’s over: we passed the vernal equinox – 3.40am, Friday 20 March – when daylight wins over darkness. When spring and seeds and hopes for the year are safely unleashed. When most gardeners start trickling back.
Today is also Mothering Sunday. For many it’s a day to look back as well as forward. For me, it means primroses. One of the few days when Lilian would go to church, with many other mums, to be given flowers picked by the village school kids. My reluctant brother and me draped in cassocks and surplices in the choir. Devon hedgerows in the 60s were awash with primrose, so everyone picked them for Mother’s Day, encouraged by their teachers. A lot less likely now, I think.
Continue reading...We’re past the equinox, a time to look ahead to new blooms, as well as back to treasured memories
We’re there. Winter’s over: we passed the vernal equinox – 3.40am, Friday 20 March – when daylight wins over darkness. When spring and seeds and hopes for the year are safely unleashed. When most gardeners start trickling back.
Today is also Mothering Sunday. For many it’s a day to look back as well as forward. For me, it means primroses. One of the few days when Lilian would go to church, with many other mums, to be given flowers picked by the village school kids. My reluctant brother and me draped in cassocks and surplices in the choir. Devon hedgerows in the 60s were awash with primrose, so everyone picked them for Mother’s Day, encouraged by their teachers. A lot less likely now, I think.
Continue reading...A historic house that echoes with old features, bespoke furniture and a superb location is also a warm and welcoming family home
When Jennifer Doebler and her husband Pat Kelly made the move from an apartment in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village to San Francisco they still wanted to feel as though they were at the centre of things. But they also wanted a true family escape and a forever house for themselves and their two daughters. They found a way of balancing their needs in the form of an Arts & Crafts home in bustling Berkeley, just across the Bay from San Francisco proper.
“The houses are cheek-to-jowl in Berkeley, but we have a good-sized lot and a garden that is private and beautiful,” says Jennifer, who is, along with her husband, an executive in the world of pharmaceuticals. “We loved the shape of the house, the redwood, the windows and the views, and we could picture our family and our two girls growing up very happily here.”
Continue reading...A historic house that echoes with old features, bespoke furniture and a superb location is also a warm and welcoming family home
When Jennifer Doebler and her husband Pat Kelly made the move from an apartment in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village to San Francisco they still wanted to feel as though they were at the centre of things. But they also wanted a true family escape and a forever house for themselves and their two daughters. They found a way of balancing their needs in the form of an Arts & Crafts home in bustling Berkeley, just across the Bay from San Francisco proper.
“The houses are cheek-to-jowl in Berkeley, but we have a good-sized lot and a garden that is private and beautiful,” says Jennifer, who is, along with her husband, an executive in the world of pharmaceuticals. “We loved the shape of the house, the redwood, the windows and the views, and we could picture our family and our two girls growing up very happily here.”
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