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January is generally colder and wetter than December in my part of the world, the mood of the garden sometimes changing from minute to minute affecting its plants and their design. Frost and snow sometimes …
Every month certain plants stand out and catch our attention including many late summer flowering perennials. Here are a few that have been delighting me in my own garden this year. Ornamental grasses and asters …
As spring arrives, early planting partners find associations that later will either disappear or change with perhaps just one plant dominating. The speed of growth in early spring is exciting changing the garden almost daily. …
Some plants are recommended time and again whilst others, even though they are better, are completely ignored. This is I suppose not only the province of plants, people are also victims of such narrow vision. …
Most daffodils flower in March and April, but there are a few early-flowering Narcissus that I find indispensable. Colours are muted in my winter garden, but just a few very special Narcissus, daffodils can make …
Theme plants dominate the garden in their season. Through repetition of a common characteristic such as colour, form or by planting different variations of the same plant species a garden theme can be created. In …