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Irish Primrose Avondale delights the winter scene

A new breed of primroses offer hardiness through both cold and heat. One of them, Avondale, sports pink flowers with a white whorl on the flowers with a golden heart. Though hardier than a traditional primrose these still have the same delicate flower as the classic Primula Vulgaris. I shall be offering these for sale […]

Brazilian beauty flowers in mid-Winter

Abutilon Megapotamium or Trailing Abutilon brings a touch of the exotic to my South Canterbury winter garden. Frost tolerant – and in the summer tolerant of dry – this shrub grows up to the eaves of our bungalow bringing much needed winter cheer. Flowers/bracts are red and yellow, hanging like little lanterns with a number […]