A look at the stunning winter gardens at Hodsock Priory, Nottinghamshire and it’s stunning snowdrops around the garden mixed with other winter joys
Tag: adding colour to borders
Plant of the week: Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’
A look at another beautiful winter shrub, one that gives us catkins for many months as well as being a great shrub, learn how to care for as well as how to propagate it
Six on Saturday 10-02-2018
A look at some of the plants or things of interest I have going on in my garden at the moment
Plant of the week-Phyllostachys aureosulcata f. spectabilis
My plant of the week this week is a beautiful bamboo, learn much about it and how to grow it
Plant of the week-Helleborus x hybridus Walberton’s Rosemary ‘Walhero’
My plant of the week this week is the beautiful hellebore, Helleborus x hybridus Walberton’s Rosemary ‘Walhero’. You will find out how it was bred, how to grow it and where to buy it
Six on Saturday 20/01/2018
Well another week completed and another dollar earnt! But what a odd week, total downpour on Monday, gale force winds then battered us during Wednesday night Thursday morning, scattering the empty plastic glass collection boxes up and down my street. The poorly fixed fence the landlord did in my back garden scummed to these gales, […]
Plant of the week- Cornus Alba ‘Sibirica Ruby’
My plant of the week this week looks at the beautiful Cornus alba ‘Sibirica Ruby’ with its bright red stems that light up our winter gardens with great effect, as ever we look at growing it, pruning and propagator in this little blog
Six on Saturday 13/01/2018
A look at my six on Saturday of six things either in flower, interest or happening in a garden this week!
Plant of the week- Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Orange Peel’
My plant of the week this week is one of the most beautiful winter flowering shrubs that grows in our gardens with scent that better than any perfume! Hamamelis!
Plant of the year in 2017 was………
Well I have done the maths, crunched the numbers and had a recount, yes it was just 1 vote in it, that was all! Before announcing the winner, I would like to thank you all for taking part in this fun vote, there was nearly 1000 votes placed, Thank you all very much! Right and…
Thomas Stone MCI Hort MPGCA 