Exciting new plants for 2016

A quick turn around the greenhouses this weekend confirmed that Spring is certainly here. There’s an...

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The Symphytums (Comfreys)

The Comfreys; sounds rather like the name of a country manor from an Agatha Christie novel doesn’t it? However,...

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Off the edge gardening blog – Lewis Cottage

Away Day SEPTEMBER 6, 201521 COMMENTS We consulted the seagull innards for a sign and all was favourable.  So...

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Plant of the Month – May – Phlomis Russeliana

One of my personal favourites and in my view a much underrated and underused plant, Phlomis Russeliana , is...

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Plant of the Month – April – Pulmonaria Blue Ensign

To me, in the garden at Lewis Cottage this plant, Pulmonaria Blue Ensign along with the wild primrose is the...

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Plant of the month – June – Polemonium Paucifolium

This is a delightful Yellow form of the ever popular Jacob’s ladder.Long peachy trumpets with flared yellow...

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