We sit in your garden trying to grow Dying of thirst in this heat With the summer around us And the dryness at peak You think it’d be time for a drink A drip and a drop hits the ground And makes its way to our roots The thunder comes crashing And the rain starts...Read More
While the weather started to take a frosty turn, we decided to take a trip to the tropical greenhouse in Wisley Gardens where it was currently home to many different species of exotic Butterflies. It was definitely a change in environment as you stepped into the greenhouse; you left the winters chill behind and felt a...Read More
Heucheras are evergreen clump forming perennials that can be used for borders, containers, ground cover and even hanging baskets, cultivated over many years, to produce many varieties of leaf colour and shape, their leaves come in an amazing range of colours from the deepest of greens and purples to the brightest of pinks and oranges....Read More
Slugs and snails live in damp, shady places among plants, plant debris and humus. They like to crawl beneath stones, pots, plastic and into crevices. Snails will hibernate in their shells during the winter, whereas slugs are more cold hardy and will remain active. Killing snails and slugs with pesticides (so called molluscicide pellets) may be very effective;...Read More
I have recently completed a planting plan for a very dark and dry corner of a garden. The client had tried and failed to grow a number of plants, and told me that nothing would grow there. However ivy, blue bells and snow drops were growing happily and they are clearly not nothing, weeds...Read More
