Category Archives: News
Fresh Foliage from Hostas, Ferns and Heucheras.
Fresh foliage is everywhere I look in the garden and it is all growing so fast with having alternating sunshine and rain. There is such a big difference in all the ferns, hostas and heucheras, in the garden since last … Continue reading
GBBD for May 2016.
Mixed weather this month has made everything grow, including the weeds. Sunshine and showers have had everything rushing skywards, flowers have been popping open every day, bees buzzing, butterflies fluttering. The garden has also at times felt like a steaming … Continue reading
Sunset Border.
I find it much easier to plant up a border if it has a theme. It doesn’t matter what the theme is, whether it is a colour, sun or shade, dry or wet, as long as there is something to … Continue reading
Flowers and Driftwood.
A quick look at the Yellow Book this weekend for gardens open under the National Garden Scheme found a garden inland from the coast at Dawlish. It was also the garden of sculptor Heather Jansch who uses driftwood from round … Continue reading
A mixed bag for April.
The month of April has been a strange month, some days we seem to have had all four seasons in one day. We have had lots of lovely sunshine, but also lots of frost, hail and sleet. We have had … Continue reading
New Growth Everywhere.
April is such a wonderful time of year with new growth bursting forth everywhere. Trees are beginning to look green once more and everything in the garden is waking up and showing new leaves. Even evergreens are showing new growth … Continue reading
April flowers for GBBD 2016.
April saw a rise in the temperatures but also saw a few gales to batter the newly emerged flowers, tempted into flower by the warmth. The garden is definitely waking up and I can’t keep up with all the jobs … Continue reading
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
With the warm winter that we had, some of the narcissus were flowering way before Christmas, which seemed very strange. A cold spell in February put them back on track and once again N. St. Patrick’s Day was late again, … Continue reading
Time for the Fritillaries to take Centre Stage.
A month ago, on March 11th, I noticed the first of the fritillaries to open in the woodland, just one solitary flower.
A Sudden Fall of Snow?
No, not really, just a mulch of very white chippings on the alpine scree! Hopefully they will tone down as time goes by and not be such a startling, bright white. Old plants had spread too far, some killing off … Continue reading