Roses are now gracing us with their splendid flowers once more. One of the biggest questions at this time of the year is can you identify my rose? So with this in mind, I have put together a small handy guide of what to look for when identifying roses . Like anything else in life…
Tag: plant blog
Dividing ferns
Dividing plants in our gardens is an excellent and cost effective way of increasing our stock of an existing group of plants. For herbaceous plants, most people are used to using the method of diversion to increase their stocks but when it comes to ferns, they are too sure what to do So here’s a…
Dividing and maintaining bearded iris
How to divide and look after bearded Irises
Six on Saturday 2nd of June 2018
Six stunning plants from my own garden that are looking stunning this week
Plant of the Week-Acer griseum
My plant of the week this week is one of my favourite trees, Acer Griseum, findout a bit more about it and how to grow it in my handy plant of the week
Plant of the week- Betula albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’
My Plant of the week is the most beautiful Betula albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’
Plant of the week-Miscanthus nepalensis
This weeks Plant of the week is a beautiful grass from the Himalayas, looking at how to grow it in the uk
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
Let’s not forget our heritage roses
With so many great modern roses around now it’s so easy to forget the old roses, heritage roses, so let’s have a look at why we should be growing them!