Woodland planting combinations
Shade loving perennials are woven through oodles of wild garlic in the woodland garden producing some delightful frothy combinations
What’s looking good in a cold early May?
We'll be visiting the four corner of my garden this week to see how things have survived winter and how others are lighting up spring. Tetrapanax corner The paper rice plants that I planted in this wall corner are bursting with healthy green leaves. I decided to cover these with [...]
Alpine stars of spring
There's an alpine to look good in any season but here are some lovely ones designed to light the touch paper of spring.
Spring flowering shrubs
Spring flowering shrubs are the perfect way to add scent and interest to a garden each spring and provide year round background too.
Spring plants in woodland garden
A woodland setting can provide the perfect backdrop for star plants of spring -narcissi, primula, trilliums and sanguinaria.
Jack Frost’s menace and garden survivors
I've no doubt many of us are feeling the loss of precious buds this week as temperatures dipped unseasonably below freezing. It's that funny time of year that keeps us gardeners on our toes, but how dull would it be if our climate were ploddingly predictable? The British climate can [...]
A bonanza of spring bulbs
Spring bulbs are like little energy grenades waiting until the pin is pulled for a petal explosion. Each year I'm thankful for my autumn plantings.
Rock Garden and Spring Bulbs
My rock garden is a year old and looks better and better as the weeks go by. Spring bulbs are adding pops of colour right now.
Peony, tulips, anemones and seedlings
Some years you can feel spring in the air but with few sunny days and the lingering reach of a cold winter, this year I'm forced to look harder for signs of spring. Plenty is happening in the garden... Paeonia daurica subsp. mlokosewitschii - Peony 'Molly the Witch' The nickname [...]