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• Love (and a Garden) in a Warm Climate

  

  Our daughter Elizabeth has a garden at Lyttleton on the South Island of New Zealand.It is an overused word, but her garden really is ' lovely' Lyttleton is a... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Following My Nose

  

  Rain again…in fact a ferocious storm, with sheet lightening. Further south from here the storms were terrible and many people were flooded. Here it was short an... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Pohutukawa Christmas

  

  We are in the South Island of New Zealand again, visiting family and friends for Christmas and New Year and taking every chance to get out into the hills and th... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Sweet Peas - The Sweet Smell of a Mammoth

  

  The sweet peas are coming to an end. The stems are getting shorter and there is more than a little late infestation of green fly, but they have been... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Autumn Shrub Sale At Abriachan

  

  SUPER SHRUB SALE - ONE WEEK ONLYTuesday 11th- Tuesday 18th September£5 each or any 4 plants for £15 (Buy 3 get 1 free)(Nursery Only Offer - No Mailorder... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Autumn Supplement

  

  It is Autumn at Abriachan and that means it is time for our Autumn Supplement crammed full of great offers.Primula ScoticaAt the end of summer we have rows... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Opulence

  

  Should I be using the word opulence, should it be abundance?The dictionary tells me it is great wealth or luxuriousness and I do feel this piece is about a... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• A Freshly Planted Border of Annuals

  

  'Planting for Colour - Annuals' - That was the title of my talk and demonstration last week in the latest RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) event at Abriachan. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Azaleas - A Memory of Colour

  

  My midyear resolution is to look through some of the old photographic slides we took during our first sojourn in New Zealand. Well, that is if I can be... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Donald on Beechgrove

  

  Donald was lured away from the nursery (Where he has been flat out like a lizard drinking, in the usual May madness) last night to be a panel member on... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Auricula Favourites

  

  Has anyone written poetry about Auriculas….I have not seen it, hence I felt inspired to write a verse. Catch your breath colour Can it be real? Tiny perfect... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Old Fashioned Primroses

  

  It is cold. After a wonderful sunny March as is often said “We have paid for it!!” Cold nights, freezing dawns, cold days, five degrees….rain….lots of it…and... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Plant of the Month - Primula Auricula

  

  Plant of the month - AprilPrimula AuriculaWe have a wide collection of these extraordinary little plants. Intense colours and subtle dustings of farina make the... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Adventuring into the Tangled Web

  

  Being a small plant nursery owner is rather unlikely to make you rich, even when you have Nessy on your side and many points running in your favour:Our nursery... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Secrets of the Selling Beds

  

  BEHIND THE SCENES AT A FAMILY PLANT NURSERYNo. 1 - SECRETS OF THE SELLING BEDS We run the bathroom tap all winter to ensure the pipes do not freeze, (don't... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Drumsticks of Delight

  

  PLANT OF THE MONTH Primula Denticulata (The Drumstick Primula) Beautiful spherical flower heads. Cheerful, early, and indestructible. They grow almost anywhere... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The Boiling Pond

  

  Like the GilbertWhite of Abriachan, I crept stealthily up the path towards the pond, camera switched on, lens extended, fingers hovering expectantly over the... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Little Drops of Green & White

  

  Does any flower give more hope than snowdrops!Pure white modest flowers with a chaste beauty, that belies there tough nature.There they are each January, bravel... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The Magic of Witch Hazel

  

  Witch Hazel, I remember it from my childhood…..a transparent liquid in a half pint bottle, administered when I can home bruised after a day at the local park,... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Badger Shenanigans

  

  After much mud, sweat and tea (rs), the 2012 plant catalogue is off to the printers.This years front cover shows the local badgers cavorting on the beehive... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2012 GARDENING, HOME