Horrible diseases
Here’s something to strike fear into your heart: first box blight laid waste to our clipped hedge topiaries, then it …
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Plant of the month – September
Leycesteria formosa Pheasant berry This has to be the best value shrub in my garden. Just now the purple berries …
Cloud-pruning hedges
One of my clients has an accidentally cloud-pruned hedge. This arcane art from Japan is all the rage at the …
Back again!
No prizes for guessing where I’ve been! What precious seconds I’ve had to spare this summer in between juggling small …
Hedging your bets
The year rolls on… now it’s time to dust off the hedgetrimmers and get to work. A week or so …
Camellia problems
I was up in the 3/4 acre woodland garden I look after the other day, and cutting back a camellia …
Choice choisya
Another good shrub for cutting back at this time of year is Choisya ternata “Sundance”. About now those lovely sunny …
The things you see out gardening…
I was happily laying into an overgrown cotoneaster in the big country garden I look after this morning when I …
Hacking at lilacs
This is a great time of year for cutting back overgrown shrubs, especially spring-flowering ones. Lilac is a prime target, …
The Wisley glasshouse
One of the great privileges I have with my garden writers’ hat on is that I get to go to …
Sally Nex 