Everything comes…
Last year we had a catastrophe on the wisteria front. A late, harsh frost killed more than a hundred flower buds, just as they were elongating ready to bloom. Instead of nearly two hundred blossoms we had twe...
Tulips Galore
I have been impatiently waiting for the tulip season to start ever since we visited Attingham Hall last May Day. Their tulips were stunning.
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ne thing I learned - and managed to persuade my husband - was tha...
Tulips
Last May we visited the National Trust property Attingham Hall in Shropshire. The tulip display was in full bloom. The walled garden has been renovated and the tulips took pride of place.
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was inspired and t...
Six Months On
The pond and its flower border have been taking up much of my time this year so far.
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uilt in January and slowly planted up throughout the spring, it is beginning to take shape.
The pond sits in a comma sha...
Wisteria
It is no exaggeration that we have suffered a calamity in the garden.
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ur lovely, fledgling wisteria has had a serious setback. We planted it three years ago against the back of the house and have been pains...
Pond plants
We have been itching to plant up the pond since it was built in January.
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ost of the aquatic plants we wanted to buy die down in winter so we had to be patient and wait for the nurseries to get their spring ...
Spring Bulbs
One of the lovely jobs to do in the autumn is planting bulbs for the following Spring.
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always think I'll remember where I put them but I never do so it's a pleasant surprise when the crocus, daffodils and t...