In the Garden Update: Starting over

BRITS on the Mayle trail sometimes find themselves at the bottom of the gardening pile again when they face their parched Meditteranean patches. Conditions in Cheadle rarely match those in Provence. Yve Menzies lives near San Remo, on the Italian Riviera, but has gardened in Spain and the south of France. Her new book, Mediterranean Gardening (John Murray, pounds 15.95), is based on practical experience. Line drawings illustrate some of the unfamiliar plants in the extensive plant list.