I visited a garden planted with many magnolias by its owner 40 years ago. Here is Magnolia ‘Heaven Scent’ looking lovely on a south westerly facing wall. The flowers on all east facing plants looked noticeably ravaged by early morning frosts. With almost as many years...
What total bliss it has been savouring the lengthening days and the beauty of spring. No wonder so many writers are inspired by it. The warm weather is surely coming and soon the air will be soft and it will be sowing weather. Here are some photos I took yesterday in...
I adore all varieties of box, with glorious Buxus sempervirens as a desert island plant choice – I just couldn’t imagine a garden without it. Laura Heybrook Garden, Landscape & Architectural Designer plant many varieties and forms of Buxus regularly in their...
On a chilly, grey, midwinter morning at Waterperry Gardens the international nursery woman, Derry Watkins, sparkled with fabulous tales of her expansive planting hunting travels. Her seemingly limitless knowledge of plants and their varieties would surely quench even...
In one garden, hundreds of pounds have been spent on bird feeders, seeds and nesting boxes. And a bath. The garden now offers six star luxury full board accommodation to a host of feathery friends, including migratory visitors in the spring. The spirit of a garden is...
Whilst many tulip (and other spring flowering) bulbs are being planted in clients gardens, this wonderful charity will also be planting fields and fields of them in locations across France and Belgium. The fields are then opened in April and May for visitors to pick...
