How did your garden grow?
By Patricia Jordan Cyprus has just endured the hottest summer for 35 years! My garden is looking parched and some shrubs have very burned tops....
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The darling roses of May
By Patricia Jordan May – what a magical month in our flower calendar and such a lot of myths attached to it as well. Wherever...
For the love of a decent garden
By Patricia Jordan Cyprus, as a small island with its semi-subtropical climate, is not dissimilar to other outposts of the former British Empire, where temperatures...
Rose comes into its own
February already, and with Christmas poinsettias consigned to the compost heap, the next big event in the Horticultural Trade is Valentine’s Day! Who was St...
Lots of work to be done as we look forward to halcyon days
By Patricia Jordan Hopefully, we will have yet more rain this month to fill the wells and dams, which have been at an all time...
Festive plants
By Patricia Jordan The storms at the beginning and end of November brought some welcome rain to our thirsty gardens and you will notice how...
Hippeastrum, plant of the month
By Patricia Jordan Hippeastrum Commonly known as Amaryllis, this showy bulb hails from South Africa and is often given as a gift around Christmas time....
Well rooted
I listened to talk recently on Permaculture. The term is derived from Permanent Agriculture and it is an interesting concept. It is not just about...
In and out of fashion in the flower world
By Patricia Jordan WHEN I first came to live in Cyprus, I discovered from members of the Flower Club I joined that carnations were...
Surviving the summer heat
HOW quickly the months pass and here we are again in high summer. While many holidaymakers love the Cyprus sunshine, those with gardens here know...
A show to inspire
By Patricia Jordan This year, for the first time in absolutely ages, I am going to miss the TV coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show,...
The best laid plans…
By Patricia Jordan WAY back in the middle of the summer last year, I was approached by a local travel company to see if I...
A forest you can eat
By Annette Chrysostomou On a practical level, forest gardening is a form of sustainable, self-sufficient permaculture designed to produce food in the form of fruits,...
A season for all plants
By Patricia Jordan In my book The Cyprus Orchard, I included a quote from John Tradescant, the great plant hunter, which reads – ‘Even a...
Gardening bugs and how to get rid of them
By Patricia Jordan There was a somewhat worrying article in the January edition of the British magazine Gardeners’ World, which should be of concern to...
Good luck to new gardeners
By Patricia Jordan Another year gone by and so quickly too, and I have reminisced already about my gardening year. A green tinge is enveloping...
An apple a day
By Patricia Jordan THE old saying that an apple a day keeps the doctor away is very sound. It’s a frequently used expression in our...
Hoping for rain
By Patricia Jordan I found a cutting I had saved from the June 17 2015 edition of this august newspaper recently, which stated that a...
Hot summer not over yet for gardeners
By Patricia Jordan Wow! What a hot summer we have had and it is not over yet. According to those who ‘read’ the weather conditions...
A rose in any other garden…
By Patricia Jordan High summer again – how quickly the first half of the year has gone by! The weather has settled down into what...
