Wet days are best for seed sowing
Whenever there are rainy days on the menu, my thoughts turn to doing some more seed sowing. I’ve got a number of packets that my dear friend Matt Biggs sent me - we’ve been [...]
Grow Some Sunshine – raising money for NHS heroes
These are challenging times for all of us, particularly having to conform to social isolation, but any gardener will tell you that their biggest consolation is being able to nurture and grow plants that will [...]
Variegated, or not variegated: that is the question
A walk around any garden centre at this time of year will reveal a number of variegated, evergreen shrubs and perennials that catch the eye. And on a recent trip to my branch [...]
Camellias: love them or hate them?
I've decided that camellias are a 'marmite' plant. There are plenty of gardeners who love their rose-like blooms which are produced in spring over glossy evergreen foliage: and then those who hate them, likening the [...]
Make fruit part of your family history
When I was a small child, my parents – who weren't blessed with a green finger between them – had a loganberry trained on a fence at the end of their plot. It had been [...]
There’s no drop like a snowdrop
I love this time of year. Dark, cold days, punctuated by bursts of feeble winter sunshine, when the gems and jewels that appear in the garden are all the more welcome. And for the next [...]
