Grape expectations
I’ve been digging out big clumps of grape hyacinths (Muscari armeniacum) from a client’s garden this morning, where they’d formed …
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Plant of the month – February
Libertia peregrinans I discovered this plant through Christopher Lloyd, who writes about it in his book, “Succession Planting for Adventurous …
Rambling on
I’m coming to the end of the rose-pruning season at the moment and thank goodness for that – my fingers …
How to make a cold frame #1
Just occasionally I’m not so much a gardener as a builder. When you’re developing a garden, the first several stages …
Getting things through the winter
I was checking over my geraniums this week. I’ve got a few I’m overwintering for myself, plus a few for …
Plant of the month – January
Pyracantha ‘Saphyr Jaune’ These little jewels have been cheering up my garden since last autumn. Pyracantha can be the only …
Outside again at last!
Well after what seems like weeks and weeks of non-stop rain, I’m gardening again! The water table is still high, …
Disappearing under water
As I write, I’m listening to the sound of a gale howling around my house and the rain splattering the …
Back to work
At last – the sun is shining, the frost has stopped (for the time being at least) and I can …
On the vine
Ornamental grapevines are among the loveliest climbers you can plant. There’s something so luxurious about those sculptural leaves draping themselves …
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