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New Year Fragrance Posted by Diana May on 4 January 2012
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I threw together a couple of christmas vases on christmas eve, of rosemary, sarcococca, filbert with catkins, the hips of Rosa 'Herbstfeuer', the last buds and hips of Rosa 'Blush Noisette', and a couple of stems of calamagrostis emodensis, and now ten days later the sarcococca is is in full fragrance, our office is heady with jasmine.

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Happy New Year 2012 Posted by Diana May on 3 January 2012
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Happy New Year, my band of intrepid readers.

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Hammer head Vine Eyes Posted by Diana May on 27 October 2011
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vine eyes 

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Hunting for Haymeadows Posted by Diana May on 11 June 2011
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We've been looking for hay meadows to photograph to enter the Guardian Green Shoots June Assignment, and in doing so, discovered that they are a rarity. 

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Strawberry Fair Posted by Diana May on 7 June 2011
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Strawberry 

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David Harber Posted by Diana May on 5 June 2011
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Just received an invite to David Harber's (www.davidharber.com) Indian Summer Party, (the usual 3 buses at once story, see previous blog Nick Hebditch).

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Frying Tonight - Salad Days Posted by Diana May on 25 May 2011
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Roses Posted by Diana May on 24 May 2011
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Rosa 'Graham Thomas'

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