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The glowing colour of winter stems can shorten winter! I find that the colour they provide is long lasting. And when coupled with trees with great bark colour, it transforms the off season in the [...]

Heavenly hellebores filled my old garden. Unfortunately I had to leave most of them behind when I moved. I was able to rescue a few of the most interesting ones and get them established in large [...]

Winter flowering heathers give tremendous value for money and are arguably the most reliable winter flowering low growing plant. This is the type of heather that will grow in the gardens [...]

Modular growing of plants is on the increase and there are many advantages to raising plants this way.   This frustrating season! Here we are in mid February and hardly a thing has been sown [...]

Colourful winter bark is a major plant feature that isn’t given the attention it deserves when selecting plants to grow in the garden. When most leaves have fallen and the only colour in [...]

Fashionable succulent plants are everywhere now! You’d be forgiven for thinking that gardening is unaffected by fashion. Indeed many gardens are laid out to reflect times past and to be a place [...]

Which seed potatoes to grow in your garden is a question foremost in many gardeners minds at the moment and so I thought that I’d give a bit of guidance. With so much rain this winter I [...]

Growing Camellia plants in your garden is really quite easy. Seeing Camellia plants in full bloom in a Cornish garden is truly unforgettable. It is one of the great spectacles of British gardens! [...]

It’s now time to sow chillies and peppers! Chillies and peppers have gone from a novelty vegetable to one of the most popular seeds and vegetable plants. This rise in popularity reflects [...]