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January is generally colder and wetter than December in my part of the world. Frost and snow sometimes bring fleeting pleasure as does early morning mist. The mood of the garden sometimes changing from minute to …
October weather can be both wild and beautiful with storms and rain alternating with calm sunny days and dramatic, low-angled sunlight. Tall-growing perennials and grasses responding to these changes will attract attention within the stable …
In late summer, yellow begins to dominate the perennial borders in my garden. The bright yellow foliage of Spirea thunbergii ‘Ogon’ attracts all of our attention. working well with nearby yellow and orange flowered Helenium …
The garden’s transition from late spring into early summer can be spectacular when awash with flowering ornamental onions known as Alliums. For years the most popular ornamental onion was Allium ‘Purple Sensation’. This bold, round …
Lunaria rediviva is a perennial Honesty that you don’t see in many gardens. What a pity as it is such a fantastic early flowering perennial. The neat clumps with bold foliage are useful when other …
February is probably the most frustrating month of the year for a gardener. The winter pictures we so carefully planned are now beginning to fall apart. Those upright stems, seed heads, our so-called winter silhouettes, …