The Plantsman's daughter

The Plantsman's daughter I love plants and gardening and mumbling in botanical Latin.

I've been away over half term and it's such a joy coming back to hints of Spring and signs of hope in all my gardens. Do...
25/02/2026

I've been away over half term and it's such a joy coming back to hints of Spring and signs of hope in all my gardens. Don't be fooled though it may get wintery again!

Winter gardening! Working on a different type of flower today. Getting these giant metal poppies out, cleaning them up a...
02/02/2026

Winter gardening! Working on a different type of flower today. Getting these giant metal poppies out, cleaning them up and moving to a new location. Beautiful and sculptural.

After such a long dry summer this autumn is spectacular. (It's a mast year don't ya know) Today I built leaf mould compo...
04/11/2025

After such a long dry summer this autumn is spectacular. (It's a mast year don't ya know) Today I built leaf mould composers and spent the whole day crunching around almost knee deep in beautiful leaves. A gentle silky breeze and the perfect temperature- memories to hold on to when it's raining or freezing in a couple of months!

Those glorious Autumn colours are just starting to shine. My little Acer was planted last year and so this is the first ...
27/09/2025

Those glorious Autumn colours are just starting to shine. My little Acer was planted last year and so this is the first time I've really seen it show off! Is it Norwegian? I don't know but it's certainly v pretty.

The weather is not being kind to gardens this year and then on top of that my van broke down.
13/08/2025

The weather is not being kind to gardens this year and then on top of that my van broke down.

My feed is full of beautiful Chelsea flower show pictures- obviously I can't go as I have gardens right here that need p...
19/05/2025

My feed is full of beautiful Chelsea flower show pictures- obviously I can't go as I have gardens right here that need planting up! It's a busy week but I'm really enjoying the start of Rose season. My own rose seem
further behind them everyone else's!

Spectacular Viburnum plicatum. I do like my flowers in organised rows! In a nice orderly queue- how terribly British!
16/05/2025

Spectacular Viburnum plicatum. I do like my flowers in organised rows! In a nice orderly queue- how terribly British!

It's another bright sunny week, which is lovely but my gardens are getting extremely dry! Luckily plenty of plants are ...
14/05/2025

It's another bright sunny week, which is lovely but my gardens are getting extremely dry! Luckily plenty of plants are really thriving, even on a heavy clay soil- like this Erysimum bowles mauve. Also planting a pond is refreshing in the sun, and I had a helper today!

Trees are putting on the very best show in my garden. Cercis, crab apples, cherries and apples. I have my ducks living u...
19/04/2025

Trees are putting on the very best show in my garden. Cercis, crab apples, cherries and apples. I have my ducks living under the trees and I empty the ponds on the ground which seems to feed the trees nicely, they've never looked better!

My daughter (one of the Plantsman's granddaughters!) has strong opinions about certain plants! Apparently if it can't be...
12/04/2025

My daughter (one of the Plantsman's granddaughters!) has strong opinions about certain plants! Apparently if it can't be bothered to have coloured flowers it's not worth it.

Cheeky little weekend away and popped to this inspired garden by one of my gardening heros. Feeling very keen to get bac...
06/04/2025

Cheeky little weekend away and popped to this inspired garden by one of my gardening heros. Feeling very keen to get back in my own garden and create magic! I was very controlled in the plantarea sales!

Glorious weather for gardening and longer days mean I'm not packing up in the dark.
20/03/2025

Glorious weather for gardening and longer days mean I'm not packing up in the dark.

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