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Just to bring you up to date … more hellebores, a crocus or three, bright primroses and the first of a galaxy of irises …

Categories Alpine, Architectural Plants, Bedding, Bulbs, evergreen perennial, Fragrant plants, General comment, Hellebore, herbaceous, Seasonal colour, White Garden, Winter Garden, Woodland Garden1 Comment on Just to bring you up to date … more hellebores, a crocus or three, bright primroses and the first of a galaxy of irises …

Just to bring you up to date, though by way really of a few galleries rather than long descriptions and horticultural diversions. If I have time, I'll do more I promise! In the meantime, a collection of plants that you might find in a garden centre near you - and if you are lucky, in…

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Big Love* from the Davies Alpine House at Kew

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A happy half an hour in the Davies Alpine House in Kew Gardens this afternoon. I had thought the selection of plants at Wisley - and their presentation in the traditional Alpine House with raised benches and terracotta pots sunk into sand - was my favourite display but then here we are at Kew, with…

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