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
Category: pruning tips
Plant of the week- Buddleja davidii ‘Black Knight’
My plant of the week is a firm favourite, the butterfly bush!
Keeping your Hardy geraniums looking good!
How to keep some types of the hardy geraniums looking good and flowering well all summer
Box blight- Managing and living with it
blog looking at preventing and managing box blight in the garden.
Job of the week- pruning back Penstemons
Penstemons to me are a great plant to have in any size garden, they flower all summer long and are loved by bees. They come in such a wide range of colours as well as well as being so easy to look after as well. They are one of those plants that don’t need much…
Job of the week-tying in climbers
Well it’s not so much of a job of the week, but more of a job for almost every week for the next 4-6months, Although it’s a simple job, it’s an important one, even more so on the more vigorous climbers like Clematis and roses. It stops the new growths being broken and damaged, also…
Job of the week- Pruning Buddleja
My job of the week this week is back to the job I love most pruning, there is nothing much nicer pruning and shaping a plant knowing that it will look good and encourage better plants for it. Pruning buddlejas is a pretty simple job, all you need is a pair of really sharp secateurs,…
The International Pruning Network maybe….
Well this has been kicking around in my head for a while, there’s some brilliant groups out there in the world of horticulture, from alpines to cacti but there’s none bringing together like minded gardeners (both professional and keen amateurs) who just love pruning and want to talk to others about it, share ideas and…
Plant of the week- Rubus cockurnianus ‘Goldenvale’
Rubus cockurnianus is a beautiful shrub within its own right. It’s delicate fernlike leaves are bourne on stunning white and purple stems up to 3m in height, in the winter light, glow stunnningly and light up the borders like a ray of moonlight beaming up from them. Their growth is best described as a slight…
Hamamelis, the winter Witches of Sir Harold Hillier Gardens
Hamamelis or witch hazels as they are more commonly know, are truly the stars of the winter! Their beautiful spider like flowers enrich our lives in the garden, not only with their beauty but also their scent. The scent smells so sweet on the cold January and February air that it helps to lift the spirits…
Thomas Stone MCI Hort MPGCA 