Planting ideas
Essential anemones for the autumn garden
Autumn seems to have arrived in a soaking, blustery rush this year and I've been really cheered by the welcome blooms of Japanese anemones which are standing proud despite the wind. In fact, while all the plants around them appear to be leaning and in various states of moist decay, the flexible stems and wafting petals help earn their .....
Essential anemones for the autumn garden
Autumn seems to have arrived in a soaking, blustery rush this year and I've been really cheered by the welcome blooms of Japanese anemones which are standing proud despite the wind. In fact, while all the plants around them appear to be leaning and in various states of moist decay, the flexible stems and wafting petals help earn their .....
Other seasonal plants to grow at home…
Take inspiration from some of the plants which David grows in his own house and garden.
What to plant for instant spring colour
Spring is a great time of year for accessing the gaps in your borders and doing some instant colour .....
Calathea ‘Network’ – easy to grow houseplants
While I have grown lots of plants indoors in my time, I'd never grown what I now think is .....
Snowdrops – essentials for the winter garden
I love this time of year. Dark, cold days, punctuated by bursts of feeble winter sunshine, when the gems .....
Easy gooseberries for bumper crops
To my mind, everyone needs to plant a gooseberry in their garden to ensure a delicious crop of fruit .....
Snake’s head fritillaries – great for bees
These classy bulbs deserve a place in everyone's garden, whether naturalised in grass, planted in a border or grown .....
Aprium ‘Cot ‘n’ Candy’ – great tree for small gardens
In the hunt to find trees suitable for small gardens, we often overlook the benefits of planting fruit. Not .....
Pulmonarias – perfect for sun or shade
Some of the most beautiful spring-flowering plants that grow well both in sun and shade are forms of pulmonaria. .....
Helleborus foetidus – elegant winter foliage
Helleborus foetidus Common name: Stinking hellebore The unappealing common name of this plant refers to the strong, pungent .....
