THE PALM GROVES OF ELCHE
The palm is ubiquitous in southern Spain; it's all around us, especially along our coastlines but nothing prepared us, when we visited there recently,...
DROUGHT DEVILS
p>My article last month on drought-resistant plants certainly seemed to stir a lot of you into enquiring about 'dry' plantings so I thought we'd...
THE DROUGHT DEVILS HAVE ARRIVED
My article last month on drought-resistant plants certainly seemed to stir a lot of you into enquiring about 'dry' plantings so I thought we'd...
KEEPING IT DRY
At Viveros Florena, our speciality has always been Mediterranean style plants – those that will survive the searing heat of summer, the odd frost...
NEW YEAR
I hope you all opened your doors on the last stroke of midnight to see out the old...
WHO ARE WE?
We all love butterflies; but we are not so keen on caterpillars, especially when they devour our crops...
BEYOND THE PURPLE
We all love daisies for their simple smiley faces and especially those that flower through mid-summer! From our earliest...
CACTUS CORNER
With the Summer Solstice beckoning as I write and temperatures soaring at last, irrigation, once again, becomes the topic...
THE TERRIBLE TRIO
As the year draws towards a close and darker nights arrive, there's doom and gloom in the campo; the terrible trio are with us...
