Shade loving perennials to brighten up the dark garden The shady garden can be a pure heaven. Indeed, when I imagine a shade garden, I always picture something that would look like the forest floor…
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This is always a tricky one! It is Summer and the garden, or balcony, is bursting with colour but, yet, there is always that corner that gets barely any sun and plants just keep dying…
Salvias (ornamental sages) are amongst these rare plants that can do it all! These herbaceous perennials and sub-shrubs (they come back year after year) feature a long flowering season over the summer months, making it…
The hellebore is an undemanding and rewarding plant. We all have a dark corner in the garden that needs to be brightened up; the Hellebore is perfect for it. Tolerant of low light conditions,…
You don’t need to have a French garden to love topiary. These shaped shrubs and standard trees add structure to any design and help create that WOW factor at your front door. Not all evergreen…
A step-by-step guide to planting and decorating a Christmas trough After the gloomy days of November, nothing is more uplifting than to see the streets lighting up, announcing the start of the Christmas countdown and…
Skimmias are Japanese native plants with a dark-green, glossy foliage contrasting with the bright red berries of the female plants in Winter. Similar to our traditional holly, there are male and female plants, so you…
Autumn Jewels: Japanese Maples A guide to Japanese maples by colour A symbol of peace and serenity, the acer grows slowly and invites you to appreciate the subtle changes with wonder. Their delicate foliage…
The flowers are getting scarce and colours are changing in the landscape to take the warm shades of yellows, oranges and red. Autumn has arrived! So let’s celebrate the harvest season with some pumpkin spice…
The fresh mornings are back and, as we are getting ready to snuggle into the cosy season with all its treats by the roaring fire, there is a lot to plan ahead for next spring….
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