April’s a very busy month in gardening, there is so much work to do in the garden at the moment so I thought I would put together a blog featuring some of the jobs you can be doing during this time, just to try and help you all work out how to do things within…
Tag: flowering plants
Dividing and maintaining bearded iris
How to divide and look after bearded Irises
10 of the greatest Rambling Roses
10 of my favourite rambling roses to grow in your garden
Pruning Rosa Rugosa roses
Rosa rugosa group of roses are some of the hardest, toughest roses that we can grow here in the uk. They take north, south, east and west facing sites. Most soil types apart from very waterlogged soils, indeed, they will grow quite happily in pure sand on the high tide mark on the beach! They…
Six on Saturday 30th of June
Good morning folks, what a dry week that has been! Everywhere I look the grass is a shade of brown, pots seem to dry out within minutes of being watered, it’s more like late August than the last few days of June. The rain they forecast is always on the move isn’t, one day it’s…
Dead heading and summer pruning on roses
A brief look at summer pruning of roses and how to do it
Six on Saturday 23rd of June.
Well well good morning one and all and we are back to the weekend once more! Thankfully it’s a weekend I am seeing again, confused? Well last Saturday I did something rather silly but does show how dangerous gardening can be and how whatever you are doing, you need to think about it at all…
The glory of the moss roses
A look at the stunning world of moss roses including 10 cracking plants to enjoy
Six on Saturday, 9th of June 2018
A delightful weekly look into my garden, what’s happening and what’s looking stuning
The Gardens of Rhs Chelsea 2018
Take a look at some of my favourite gardens from RHS Chelsea flower show 2018