The first tulips I grew as a child were red Parrot Tulips, which had enormous, brightly coloured flowers with twisted, wavy petals. A kind description of these showy tulips is ‘extremely flamboyant‘, though to the less charitable they could be … Continue reading →
Spring brings many delights, including the acidic lime-green cupped bracts of spurges, such as Wood Spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides), which I wrote about in April 2012. One of the finest of these is the Mediterranean spurge Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii, which … Continue reading →
Most of Norfolk’s arable fields are filled with a small and predictable set of crops: wheat, barley, sugar beet, potatoes and oilseed rape. Sometimes, however, a surprise awaits for the observant. A few weeks ago my friend Sarah met up … Continue reading →