It's been a quiet few days here - mainly because I have almost totally lost my voice so am unable to speak!  However, the weather has be...

Yesterday I left Suffolk very early and went to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.  The last time I went was 9 years ago and last year I'd tho...

After having had a lovely few days in Ireland last weekend I took myself off for a day in London yesterday.  I spent the morning in the Chel...

Despite the cold spring my garden has been bursting into life over the last week or so.  The colours are vibrant and despite the lack of rai...

This week my peony has opened.  Not many buds (actually only two have made it to the flowering stage, but that's double last year so I...

Some plants are simply winners aren't they?  This magnificent Cedric Morris iris opened this week, for the first time ever.  I bought it...