That is of course Fremontedendron Tequila Sunrise (although the other type of Tequila Sunrise is perfectly acceptable as well) It was bred at Junkers Nursery where they crossed a rich orange form of Fremontodendron californicum with the large flowered bright yellow Fremontodendron ‘Pacific Sunset’ to produce “Tequila Sunrise” The result is a wonderful plant with distinctly orange coloured flowers. Given…
Details…if you left your garden to nature for four years? Well, I have. What an admission for a speaker at Gardening clubs and WIs to make! Let me explain, I let my house out for 4 years and popped back to see how the garden was doing as I intend to move back into the…
DetailsToday was spent with my trusty camera in the walled garden at Floors castle in Kelso. The herbaceous borders were alive with bumblebees. Here are some of my favourites,.. They may make it into my revised Snuffles and Tweets talks…
DetailsThe first evening of the Secret Gardens of the Lakes, (a gardening holiday led by Doug Stewart) has gone down well, the chilled white wine courtesy of the Field Study Council Centre at Blencathra helped as did the sunny and balmy weather. Sitting outside with one of the best views, discussing the gardens we are…
DetailsFor a long time I have ben following the development of a camp stove, by biolite. This is a wonderful stove, it is powered by pinecones, and has a steak cooking attachment which directs the heat of the flames, (which are intensified with a fan) under the steak, thus cooking and smoking it at the…
DetailsSnuffles and Tweets is the title of one of the talks that I give to gardening clubs, promoting the idea of gardening with wildlife in mind. I received an email today from the Spalding Bulb Company, who have an interesting page on attracting wildlife to your garden. I hope it is useful.
DetailsShrubs and trees which have been planted recently are at risk of water stress due to the prolonged dry conditions and the heat. I would always advise that they are watered in the evening at least once a week, so they don’t dry out at the roots. To prevent the water running away from the…
DetailsWhen this Gardening Club Speaker is on holiday he makes the long and perilous journey to start preparing for a new talk, by revisiting his childhood haunts. Doug Stewart was born in Scotland and for many years lived in the Moray Firth in a wee fishing village called Banff. As for the new talk, here…
DetailsWell, they take photos for use in talks to gardening clubs of course! I am not sure what talk this one would work with, but it is a favourite of todays photos, taken at Kilchoan, which if all the signs are to be believed is the most westerly point on the mainland UK, which would…
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