Eggleston Hall Gardens Journal
Showing all entries from January, 2013 
Snow in winter
Posted 22nd January, 2013
A photo from my brother Michael in Canada where they look incredulously upon our annual disruption.
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The Witch Hazels (Hamamelis)
Posted 18th January, 2013
We grow five distinct Hamamelis that I believe span the whole range potentially of interest to general gardeners. The 'Witch Hazels' are a distinct and beautiful...
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A Brief History of the Victoria Plum
Posted 17th January, 2013
The average gardener with a little space often turns his mind to fruit. Apples, Pears, Plums, and some of the rarer oddities such as Medlar...
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Nuts in Winter
Posted 14th January, 2013
My sister was never classically beautiful, more mythological in her attractiveness…. Perhaps best described as half man half moose, yet somehow in 1971 she wangled her way...
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Recent Journal Entries
- How to sow seeds of Hardy Plants (uncut/unedited version)30th May, 2013
- The Dilemma; An assessment of risk30th May, 2013
- How to prune Raspberries18th March, 2013
- Lords, Ladies & Childhood Worms!18th March, 2013
- One in a 234....A lovely double yellow Hellebore13th March, 2013