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Gardens to visit

  • HGB William Barnaby Yard Bury in Bloom Awards
    Explore the 25+ Enchanting Hidden Gardens of Bury St Edmunds – 2013
  • Holehird Gardens Walled Garden
    Holehird Gardens – Windermere – Lake District – UK
  • Jardin Majorelle Museum of Berber Arts 1
    Jardin Majorelle – Marrakech Morocco 2019
  • Stody Lodge Gardens
    Stody Lodge Gardens
  • Blinkling Hall - Great Wood - Bluebells May 2025 -2
    Visit to Blickling Hall Great Wood Bluebells 2025

Plants

  • Acacia dealbata - flowering
    Acacia dealbata – Silver or Blue Wattle – Mimosa
  • Acer palmatum - Japanese Maple - upright dark red
    Acer palmatum – Japanese Maple
  • Achillea Yarrow - light and dark pink
    Achillea or Yarrow – Colourful Flowering Border Plants
  • Aeonium Arboreum Tree Houseleek 1
    Aeonium Arboreum – Tree Houseleek – Succulent Plant with Large Colourful Rosettes
  • Agapanthus-African Lily Blue - Amaryllidaceae
    Agapanthus – African Lily – Tall Globe Shaped Flower Heads to Lift a Summer Border
  • Allium Ornamental Onion
    Allium – Ornamental Onion – Bold Architectural Blooms
  • Japanese Anemone
    Anemone – Japanese Anemone – Easy to Grow Tall Perennial
  • Antirrhinum Snapdragon 5
    Antirrhinum – Snapdragon – border annual for a blaze of colour
  • Aquilegia pink -white
    Aquilegia – Columbine – Granny’s Bonnet
  • Armeria maritima - Sea Thrift
    Armeria maritima – Sea Thrift
  • Calceolaria Slipper flower acid yellow close up 1
    Calceolaria or Slipper Flower
  • Callistemon Bottlebrush red
    Callistemon or Red Bottlebrush Plant
  • Camassia quamash
    Camassia quamash
  • Convolvulus arvensis - field bindweed
    Convolvulus arvensis – A Pain In The Grass
  • Crinodendron-Lantern Tree of Chile flowers
    Crinodendron – Lantern Tree of Chile
  • Gazania African Daisy 12
    Gazania or African Daisy – Vibrant Hot Colours
  • helleborus orientalis
    Helleborus Orientalis – Lenten Rose
  • Blinkling Hall - Great Wood - Bluebells May 2025 -9
    Hyacinthoides non-scripta – Common Bluebell
  • Meconopsis Strathspey Himalayan Poppy single
    Meconopsis – Himalayan Poppy
  • Pieris Japonica 4
    Pieris Japonica – Andromeda
  • Saxifraga cotyledon Southside Seedling
    Saxifraga cotyledon

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The Garden Bench Diary August

  • Eurasian Jay Feather - Garrulus glandarius
    Eurasian Jay Feather – Garrulus glandarius
  • Spear Thistle - Cirsium vulgare
    Spear Thistle – Cirsium vulgare

The Garden Bench Diary July

  • hemp-agrimony - holy rope - Eupatorium cannabinum
    Hemp-agrimony – Holy Rope – Eupatorium cannabinum
  • Oregano - Organum vulgare
    Oregano – Origanum vulgare
  • Euplagia quadripunctaria - Jersey Tiger Moth
    Jersey Tiger Moth – Euplagia quadripunctaria
  • hornet mimic hoverfly - Volucella zonaria
    Hornet Mimic Hoverfly – Volucella zonaria
  • scarse swallowtail butterfly - Iphiclides podalirius
    Scarce Swallowtail Butterfly
  • old world swallowtail butterfly - Papilio machaon
    Old World Swallowtail Butterfly
  • passiflora caerulea - common passion flower
    Common Passion Flower – Adore Them
  • zygaena filipendulae - six-spot burnet moth
    Six-spot Burnet – Standout Moth
  • speckled wood butterfly - Pararge aegeria
    Speckled Wood Butterfly – Amazing Aerobatics

The Garden Bench Diary June

  • Cerceris rybyensis - ornate tailed digger wasp
    Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp: Nature’s Stunning Marvels
  • Veronica brachysiphon
    Veronica brachysiphon – Hebe from New Zealand
  • Ligustrum ovalifolium - Garden Privet
    Garden Privet – Best for Garden Privacy
  • Catalpa bignonioides - Indian Bean Tree
    Indian Bean Tree – Vivid Golden Yellow Foliage
  • Cape Fuchsia - Phygelius aequalis - Yellow Trumpet
    Cape Fuchsia – Keeps Coming Back
  • Malva moschata pink - Musk Mallow
    Musk Mallow – A stunner in the Flowering Meadow
  • Cordyline australis - Cabbage Tree
    Cabbage Tree Palm – Effective Exotic Looking Plant
  • Rhaphiolepis indica - Indian Hawthorn
    5 Key Reasons for Growing Indian Hawthorn
  • Psephellus dealbatus - Persian Cornflower
    Persian Cornflower – Vibrant Colour & Stunning Form
  • Pink Peony Season - opening buds and blooms
    Peony Season Is Upon Us
  • Poinsettia plant care
    Poinsettia Plant Care – Outdoors

The Garden Bench Diary May

  • Melolontha melolontha - Maybug - Maybettle - doodlebug
    May Beetle vs June Bug – What to do?
  • Saponaria ocymoides - Rock Soapwort - Tumbling Ted
    Saponaria ocymoides – Colourful Rock Garden Plant
  • Euphorbia lathyris - against a brick wall
    Euphorbia lathyris – Unusual Mole Control
  • Laburnum-close up with Bee
    Laburnum – Golden Rain Attracting the Bees
  • Calendula - lone yellow flower by pavement curb
    Calendula – Pot Marigold a Tenacious Sunny Bloom
  • Fremontodendron californicum - California flannelbush
    Fremontodendron californicum – Yellow Flower Tree
  • Luecanthemum vulgare - Oxeye daisy
    Leucanthemum vulgar – Oxeye daisy everywhere
  • Holehird Gardens Walled Garden
    Biodiversity being lost at an Alarming Rate
  • East Anglia UK dry spring takes it toll
    Dry Spring Takes its Toll – East Anglia UK
  • Populus alba with fluffy catkins
    Populus alba Tree – Alternative Name White Poplar
  • Tamarix tetrandra
    Tamarisk – Tamarix tetrandra UK Garden Highlight
  • Syringa pubescens - Lilac
    Not a Common Lilac – Syringa pubescens
  • Cosmos - multi-coloured
    Cosmos – Garden Stars That Shine
  • Fraxinus ornus - Manna Ash
    Manna Ash – Fraxinus ornus
  • Silene dioica - Red Campion - Field of Flowers
    Field of Red Campion
  • Crataegus monogyna - Common Hawthorn - May Flower
    Mayflower for May Day

The Garden Bench Diary April

  • Primula veris - Cowslip - group of flower heads
    Primula veris – Cowslip
  • Pieris japonica red foliage
    Plant of the Week – Pieris japonica

The Garden Bench Diary March

  • Acacia dealbata - flowering
    Plant of the Week – Acacia dealbata

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  • Gardens
    • Visit to Blickling Hall Great Wood Bluebells 2025
    • Hidden Gardens of Bury St Edmunds – England 2013
    • Holehird Gardens – Windermere – Lake District – UK
    • Jardin Majorelle – Marrakech Morocco 2019
    • Stody Lodge Gardens
  • Diary
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    • The Garden Bench Diary April
    • The Garden Bench Diary May
    • The Garden Bench Diary June
    • The Garden Bench Diary July
    • The Garden Bench Diary August