The recent warm wet weather we’ve been experiencing has been a boon to our gardens after the hottest spring on record. Plants will have been thriving and isn’t it nice to wake up in the morning to the sound of rain signalling a restful day without having to worry about rushing around the garden hosepipe […]

A couple of years ago I bought some lovely lupines and delphiniums, unfortunately I forgot to note the exact breed so I would have difficulty buying more of the same – for that reason I decided to take my own cuttings and propagate more plants which will hopefully flower next year. How to Propagate Lupines […]

We are well into what is the most exciting and exhilarating part of the year for most gardening enthusiasts – the spring! To say a dampener has been thrown over the season would be an understatement to say the least! With the Corona virus wreaking havoc throughout the whole world leaving a trail of disease, […]

I’ve noticed a weird weather pattern over the last few years here in the UK. We seem to have had a somewhat mild winter with few frosts and no or very little snow and then suddenly just as our gardens are gearing up for March and the spring rush we are hit by ferocious storms […]

Many of us will have given or received houseplants over the festive period which as well as the ubiquitous Christmas poinsettia (which featured in one of my pre-Christmas articles) will frequently include indoor flowering plants such as indoor cyclamen and phalaenopsis orchids.Indoor flowering plants do not need to be seen as disposable and with a little […]

This week I did a final tidy up in my allotment  clearing the last fallen leaves and those stubborn weeds still sprouting even during the winter. The final tidy didn’t take much time so I had a look round my allotment shed to see if I could find anything suitable to plant in mid December. […]

Most of us will have experienced our first heavy frost of the winter this weekend. The frost will have finally killed off any remaining autumn flowers and foliage. I always find it quite eerie and even somewhat mystical when viewing my frost coated garden with the bare trees under their glistening frosty mantles and the […]

Upon recent visits to garden centres and even many of our all supplying supermarkets I’m sure your eyes will have been caught by the flashy red and green of the Christmas poinsettia. Who cannot help but be drawn after these stunning houseplants with their gaudy red and deep green leaves?! Smaller specimens can be picked […]

If you visit a garden centre this weekend you are more than likely to see an array of different skimmia shrubs, many of which will be exhibiting gorgeous looking lush red berries. Skimmias are not one of the cheaper plants to buy for your garden and a young two to three litre potted plant will […]