Its Springtime Its Yellow Time
Yellow is Easter with baby chicks and fluffy ducklings and Easter is yellow and springtime. It's the colour of gaiety and cheerfulness, whether it's...
Drop Dead Gorgeous
We have some stunningly beautiful flowering trees available to us here and yet we get a little bogged down with the ubiquitous jacaranda, acacia...
Damage Limitation
Campo Cuttings by Lorraine Cavanagh.Relative new-comers to the Axarquia are probably wondering where is the wonderful Spanish winter weather they’ve heard so much about!...
Flaming Hot
Let's burst into 2009 with two flaming hot beauties guaranteed to bring a glow to the coldest January – pyrostegia venusta, the flame vine,...
DECIDEDLY DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS TREES
Whatever your opinion of Christmas – contempt for its ever increasing commerciality and tarnished image, or loving every silver ball, mince pies, ‘Silent Night’...
Two Nutty Giants
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire ……… the lyrics and scene fill us with nostalgia for chilly autumn evenings, family and friends together, chatting...
Hedging your bets
I often get asked for advice on hedging, both for boundaries and delineating various parts of the garden. October is an excellent month to...
Trees please
September – for many the holidays are over; long sleeves are aired again for there’s just a hint of coolness on the skin. It’s...
BRUGMANSIAS and DATURAS
The Sacred ‘Visionary’ Plants – Angels or Devils?Through summer, these are some of our most beautiful perennials and shrubs yet their common names may...
