The dog’s tooth violet isn’t a violet at all, but a member of the lily family, and closely related to the tulip…
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Just-in-time might be an industrial concept of more historical interest than contemporary relevance thanks to Brexit but it’s alive and well in our garden…
Read moreDay 101: purple periwinkle
This is the flower that cured me of my indifference to vinca. One glimpse of that little, deep violet face peering up at me from a tangle of small, dark green leaves, and I was hooked…
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