Last year, during the early Autumn I picked up a yellow Osteospermum (Cape Daisy) at a reduced price. At best it had about two months left outside before the first …

One of the plants given to me in a bucket from my partner’s parents was an iris. I’ve had it for a year or two now and recently discovered it …

The Clematis “Miss Bateman” is now in full flower: This is it – all of it – that lone, single, solitary flower. We had only one last year and only …

At the corner of the garden is a sizeable ornamental cherry blossom and it has beautiful double-flowers of the most delicate soft pink. It comes out rather late in terms …

Last summer I planted some blue Columbine seeds, also known as Aquilegia Caerulea or “Granny’s Bonnet”. They were so easy to sow and germinate that there’s not much point in …

I have a thing about Wisterias. We’re in a very good part of the UK to grow them and to see old specimens. A page of this site is even …

Though the rain hasn’t moved, the gardening year has. Several of the early spring flowering shrubs and plants such as the Skimmia and Spirea have finished. The ornamental red-currant is …

The daffodils for this year are pretty much over. We don’t have huge numbers of them and they’re mixed so they come out at different time and the last ones …