Crossing over

March 27, 2008

It’s not often you find a gardener who’s a designer. Or, for that matter, a designer who will readily admit …

Plant of the month – March

March 18, 2008

Hyacinth ‘Delft Blue’ I had always thought of hyacinths as the sort of flower your grandma grows. That is, until …

March 12, 2008

I’m well into the March pruning season now – have so far tackled dogwoods, coppiced eucalyptus, hebes, mahonias, hydrangeas, buddlejas …

March 10, 2008

I’ve spent much of today hunkered down in my office, looking out at a scene of wild and woolly weather. …

March 7, 2008

When I’m not out in the garden, or writing about it, it seems I’m listening to things about it… This …

March 5, 2008

Hmm… photography never was my strong point, but bear with me here. For my mega-coldframe I’ve adapted the design from …

March 3, 2008

I’ve been digging out big clumps of grape hyacinths (Muscari armeniacum) from a client’s garden this morning, where they’d formed …