Michael’s thoughts and ideas on planting perennial plants written over the past ten years.
In March the combination of Epimedium rubrum foliage and flowering Narcissus ‘Jetfire’ is one of the most striking features in my Amsterdam trial garden. The epimedium is dormant but its “dead” foliage takes on a …
If you have time between now and Christmas don't hesitate, just get outside and plant bulbs; it may not be too late.
A neat green mound of Aster ‘Johan’ foliage has served as a full stop on the corner of a flower border here all summer long. However, since last month, it has become the garden’s focal …
Cortaderia 'Tiny Pampa' is a new very low-growing Pampas grass ideal for meadow planting schemes and also container gardeners.
The combination of Luzula nivea and Persicaria bistorta ‘Superba’ is one of my standard planting partnerships. Luzula nivea is one of only two wood rushes I use regularly as most others are rather dull plants, …
Successful planting combinations, partner plants with comparable vigour and that are adapted to the same growing conditions. Phlox paniculata ‘Butonic’ is the focus of our attention here. Not only is its colour strong, but the …