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…
Tag: wildlife gardening
Pruning back evergreen ferns
Evergreen ferns are one of those mainstays of the garden, they provide a dark green back drop for many plants within the woodland and shady parts of the garden. Keeping them looking their best is pretty simple and is done ideally in mid spring, such as now. It’s best to do it just as a…
Small changes can reduce our environmental impact-part 2, Peat
The first part of this series, I looked at the simple ways of helping to reduce the effects of climate change on our soils. Now I am going to take a look on how we can help reduce the effects when buying or growing plants for our garden. Choosing the type of plants and how…
Mistletoe and how to grow it
A look into the folk law and unusual habits of the mistletoe plant
National tree week-celebrating trees
For national tree week, a small look into what trees do for us in our everyday lives
October, the neither month!
My monthly look at the month gone by, what I have been doing as well as some thoughts then looking forward to the upcoming month
Six on Saturday 28/10/17
Well my 6 on Saturday this week features the looks of autumn pretty heavily with seeds, flowers, leaves and spiders making the cut! Hope you enjoy them
Wild about gardening week- a time to look at the basics of life in our garden?
It’s wild about gardening week this week but let’s have a think about the one thing that we all need to survive, the soil
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
The curse of the rose sawfly
My latest blog looks at the damage this rose pest can do, watch for and treat it
Thomas Stone MCI Hort MPGCA 