My plant of the week, I love to feature plants that really sometimes not on the radar but by their own rights, they should be! Sometimes they just don’t get the break they need to make it to the big time and this weeks plant is one of those in my eyes. Calycanthus are a…
Author: thomashort
I am a professional gardener who has a love of plants and gardens. I grew up and worked at Mottisfont Abbey Gardens, with a spell at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens and managering two gardens in Hampshire and West Sussex as Head Gardener. I am now freelance and spend my time gardening, pruning, planting design, consultanting, speaking and blogging about plants and gardens. I love all forms of gardening but have a soft spot for roses, Geraniums, alpines and Topiary. That said, I love it all!
Six on Saturday 19/8/17
My 6 on Saturday based so plants and things going on in my garden this Saturday, I hope you enjoy them
Longstock Nursery, the home of Buddleja!
My visit to Longstock Park Nursery to enjoy the beauty of the Plant Heritage national collection of Buddleja
Plant of the week- Hedychium densiflora ‘Stephen’
my plant of the week is a beautiful hardy ginger lily, a plant that will bring a taste of the tropics to any garden!
My 6 on Saturday 12/7/17
6 plants on Saturday that are looking beautiful in my garden this week
Pruning once flowering rambling roses
Pruning once flowering rambling roses is a sea of confusion, hopefully my latest blog will make it all clearer for you, as I take you step by step in how to do it
July just fluttered by……..
Summer really turned up in the being of the month didn’t, temperatures just kept going, leaving our once green grass a brown like colour, still growing around the edges but almost dead in the middle, making us think it’s more like August instead. The poor shallow rooted silver birches started to droop their leaves in…
Plant of the week- Centaurea macrocephala
My plant of the week is another one so loved by butterflies and it brilliant in the borders too, adding height and colour
6 on Saturday 29-07-2017
6 on Saturday feature some plants looking great in the garden and a little bit of the work done all from my little garden in Hampshire
The curse of the rose sawfly
My latest blog looks at the damage this rose pest can do, watch for and treat it
Thomas Stone MCI Hort MPGCA 