Seasonal diaries – Six pictures on a Saturday

This week I've been gardening for solace, spring planting in the rockery but also for food - revving up the veg patch.

Today I'm reclaiming the word corona for its botantical use. Unusual shaped daffodil coronas and the pretty shrub Coronilla feature in these six yellow beauties.

Some days this week have felt so long and dreary but a visit to an Alpine Garden Society Show reminded me that colour is out there...

As yet another storm hits the UK I'm battling the weather but also garden pests - mice and deer. At least a hepatica has flowered to cheer me up...

Little gems - Winter flowers are small but cheerful. As Storm Dennis approaches, here are some tiny delights to gladden the heart.

Gloomy day or sunny, spring bulb flowers remind us that the long days of winter are drawing to an end. Iris and crocus are looking fabulous now.

Snowdrops aren't all the same. I own a 350 page book explaining the differences but here I share 3 species and their cultivars to show how wonderfully different they are.

Air plants I have a selection of air plants and bromeliads in the heated section of my greenhouse.  It isn't heated to tropical temperatures but is sufficient to keep my less hardy plants ticking over.  A couple of years ago I really enjoyed a display of air plants by a [...]