I have always so loved seeing wildlife around both within the garden and outside in. This love has been there since childhood, where I spent hours watching blackbirds nesting within the hedges that surrounded our house, spending ages within rock pools, seeing what would crawl out of the woodwork. Even during the times I was…
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Six on Saturday 2nd of June 2018
Six stunning plants from my own garden that are looking stunning this week
Plant of the week- Stachyurus praecox
Some plants knock you over with their beauty and this is one! Stachyurus praecox is a stunning shrub from Japan, learn more about this shrub and how to grow and care for it, in my plant of the week blog!
Plant of the week- Echinacea purpurea ‘Virgin’
My plant of the week is one of my favourite group of plants, Echinacea purpurea ‘ Virgin’
My 6 on Saturday 12/7/17
6 plants on Saturday that are looking beautiful in my garden this week
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
Plant of the week- Buddleja davidii ‘Black Knight’
My plant of the week is a firm favourite, the butterfly bush!
Welcome home Granddad!
The history of geranium phaeum ‘George Stone’ and how I managed to lose and find him once more
15ish eye catching plants at Hampton Court
Some of my plant highlights of Hampton Court Flower show, some new, some old but all stunning plants in their own right
Rose of the week- Stanwells perpetual
It’s Sunday morning and my rose of the week this week is an old favourite of Gertrude Jekyll! Stanwells perpetual is a delightful rose indeed