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Prunus incisa ‘Kojo-no-mai’ (Dwarf Fuji cherry)

Close up of the white blossom

This delicate-looking shrub defies the bleak weather by bursting into blossom in late winter

Filed Under: Plant of the month March Spring

Plant sleuth

Trachystemon orientalis IMG

This mystery plant had leaves that were still lush in October but with no sign of any flowers to give me a lead.

Filed Under: Posts Mystery plant Spring

Stir crazy for spring

Close up of different coloured flower heads floating in a bowl of water

It’s the time of year where I’m itching to get outside and garden, but the weather is keeping me reigned in

Filed Under: Posts Rode Hall Spring

Crataegus monogyna – Common Hawthorn

Billowing white May blossom peppers the hawthorn's lush green foliage

A tree steeped in folklore, Hawthorn is tolerant of a wide range of situations

Filed Under: Plant of the month May Spring

Speedy spring

Peach and orange petals with tall mid green foliage

Grey clouds are looming, so before it rains I wander round the garden

Filed Under: Posts Spring

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Plant of the month

August
A bumble bee settles on a lilac blue Agastache

Agastache ‘Black Adder’

his giant hyssop has fluffy, lilac blue flower spikes on straight stems that grow to about 90cm high.

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