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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/81c68546-552b-43fc-baad-a67845fbe998/hellebores+Jan+2018.JPG Media Articles - Everything you never thought you'd know about Hellebores The beautiful hellebore, so treasured for its sultry flowers that bloom during the bleak midwinter, is actually a native of Greece and Asia Minor, and is part of the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. The genus name Helleborus is directly translated as Food for Helle, helle referring to the Greek goddess Helle, goddess of the Hellespont, the body of water that bridges the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea and boros meaning food. A more sinister interpretation of the name Helleborus, derives from the Greek elein, to injure, and boros, meaning food, is indicative of the plant's toxic nature. Like all garden plants, hellebore has its fair share of common names. One such name is the Oracle Rose: In times past, they were used to predict the weather. Villagers would cut 12 stems each year on December 24th, one for each month of the year. The stems were then nominated a month and placed in vases. If the flower opened it was indicative of good weather, while a closed bloom meant poor conditions. https://www.garden-girl.co.uk/media-articles/blog-post-title-one-tt47d-cd3kw monthly 0.5 2024-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1732163509998-U40OCBSDSGTJ0MELQBMS/unsplash-image-L0RqBLzQq2c.jpg Media Articles - Everything you never thought you'd know about Poppies Now that we're approaching November it'll be no surprise to you that I've chosen the poppy as this month's flower. The poppy is of course synonymous with death and remembrance, and before that, opium, but that's been done to death! (If you'll pardon the pun!) I'm going to delve into the ancient myths and medicinal uses that are perhaps not as well known or recognised as our beloved remembrance symbol. There's a lot more to the common poppy than meets the eye! There are about 50 other species of Poppy that are grown for their attractive flowers and interestingly cut foliage.. Poppy, or Papaver to give it its posh Latin name, is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae. Good to know! Like all other common flowers, poppy has its fair share of colloquial names, although not very imaginative, I have to say: Common Poppy, Corn Poppy, Field Poppy, Flanders Poppy, Red Poppy and, you guessed it, Shirley Poppy. Slightly more adventurous is Corn Rose, Red Weed and Coquelicot. https://www.garden-girl.co.uk/media-articles/blog-post-title-one-tt47d-p4dap monthly 0.5 2024-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/aadbb00d-f3ff-4338-91b1-6297c55d6577/story53-1.jpg Media Articles - Who knows what The Lily of the Valley has in common with Foxgloves? Lily of the valley, so quintessentially English, is a woodland flowering plant with sweetly scented, pendent, bell-shaped white flowers borne in sprays in spring. It is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe. Convallaria majalis, to give it its botanical name, means 'that which belongs to May'. Also referred to as May Lily or May Bells, it typically blooms in May in the Northern Hemisphere, symbolising the onset of spring and the return of warmer weather. The beautiful fragrant bells of convallaria used to be quite common in the British Isles in shady woodlands. Apparently in the time of Nicholas Culpeper (who died in 1654), it was widespread on Hampstead Heath. Sadly, with the removal of tree cover the plant has disappeared from there. https://www.garden-girl.co.uk/media-articles/blog-post-title-one-tt47d monthly 0.5 2024-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d7f7adee-6131-4b46-8fe4-84b70b75228c/story51-2.jpg Media Articles - Everything you never thought you'd know about foxgloves Our native Foxglove, or to give it is proper name digitalis purpurea, is a biennial plant native to Europe, North Africa and Central Asia. In 1753, Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms, and known as the 'father of modern taxonomy', gave foxglove its Latin name simply because he thought the flowers looked like the fingertips of gloves. The name foxglove exists in a list of plants as far back as the 14th century. The prefix fox has most likely been derived from folks, who to our ancestors of that time were the fairies, but to speak of them explicitly was believed to get their attention & cause them to do mischief. Glove may have come from the Anglo-Saxon gliew, which was the name for a musical instrument consisting of many small bells, put the two together to make Fairy Bells. Some stories have told that the word foxglove is merely a misrepresentation of "folk's glove", gloves little people might wear. Others say fairies gave the flowers to the foxes to put on their paws to enable them to sneak silently into the hen house without being heard. This story is echoed in the belief that the mottled spots inside the flowers are actually fairy handprints. https://www.garden-girl.co.uk/media-articles/blog-post-title-one-tt47d-2bsxg monthly 0.5 2024-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/cfd4c133-38b0-4798-a456-83c984a80221/story50-1.jpg Media Articles - A New Favourite Garden. It's been a long winter, much of the time spent twiddling my thumbs, staring impatiently at the soil to see when, or even if, anything was going to grow this year. But here we are, in the midst of Spring, time racing past with indecent speed; it's time to get out there and enjoy the horticultural fest that is Garden Visiting Time! Over the years David & I have visited a lot of gardens in the UK, from Dunrobin Castle in North West Scotland to Trebar Gardens, towards the western tip of Cornwall. It occurs to me that, as I write this, these two gardens in particular are my all-time favourites. They have what is commonly referred to as the Wow Factor. After a two-hour drive from Invergarry's Glengarry Castle Hotel on the shores of Loch Ness, we drew up in front of this towering, imposing edifice that is Dunrobin Castle, family seat of the Earl of Sutherland and the Clan Sutherland. But it was when we ventured to the rear of the castle that my mouth formed a perfect O. A gasp of sheer delight at the drama of the terraced formal gardens, sloping towards a pair of magnificent iron gates. The whole garden was flanked by imposing brick walls which appeared to hold back the tempestuous North Sea. https://www.garden-girl.co.uk/media-articles/blog-post-title-one-tt47d-2bsxg-kltt7 monthly 0.5 2024-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/e550dad1-e58b-42e4-8d40-1c41ec87e254/snowdrops+Welford+Park.JPG Media Articles - There's a Spring in my Step I've been thinking! I've always scoffed at gardeners who claim to enjoy plunging their hands into the soil, getting in touch with the earth, as being akin to tree huggers (what's wrong with tree huggers?). Until recently. There's never been a month when I haven't spent time in our garden. Until this winter. Heavy snow mid-December, followed by persistent rain, the festive season, a brief hiatus between Christmas and new year when I pruned the climbing roses, sharp prolonged frosts in January and then Covid, kept me off my borders for almost two months. By early February the garden was looking the worse for wear. Patios and paths green and slippery with lichen, overgrown clematis Montana spread across the pergola plunging the Catio into darkness. Fern fronds collapsed, perennial top growth desiccated, dried ornamental grasses strewn all over the show. Instead of relishing my return I felt quite overwhelmed; where to start? https://www.garden-girl.co.uk/media-articles/blog-post-title-one-tt47d-2bsxg-kltt7-hnxa4 monthly 0.5 2024-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/49b90c13-eb07-474c-9205-61a2e98df92a/my+poor+hosta%21+Maude+seated..JPG Media Articles - Frolics with the Felines of Church Lane My two great loves in life, after my dearly beloved husband David, are my garden and my cats. Not known for their compatibility, I try to get them to work in harmony but the results are often unintentionally entertaining. The first thing we did when we moved into our house in 1997 (Tony Blair came to power as PM and Things Could Only Get Better!) was build the Catio. David erected a pergola that spanned the back of the house, then encased the entire patio with enclosure mesh. This area was to be a secure outside space for our six cats, with containerised sub-tropical plant displays, allowing the birds safe haven in our garden beyond. Several shelves were erected as viewing platforms for the cats to eye the outside world, as well as indulge in a spot of sunbathing. https://www.garden-girl.co.uk/media-articles/blog-post-title-one-tt47d-2bsxg-kltt7-hnxa4-tfdfd monthly 0.5 2024-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d64ff76d-5fba-4d5b-b7df-4cdf773d3104/pruning+the+climbing+roses.JPG Media Articles - Gardening is Not for Wimps Do you dread this time of year as much as I do? As the autumn gets into full swing, I feel the trepidation rising. No more casually stepping out into your garden in your t-shirt on a warm dry day to do some deadheading, a more determined approach is called for: I have to gird myself up to take that first step after a night of heavy rain; to don waterproof clothing in order to shake excess water off shrubs and tall perennials now bent double under its weight. It occurs to me, as I peel off my sodden attire, that gardening is not for wimps! Don't get me wrong, I'm a year-round gardener, and regularly prune my climbing roses on New Year's Day. No doubt, there's something very precious about the bright sunny days of autumn, when you can relish the fresh air and have a real go at clearing summer borders. But the blustery, grey winter days hang heavy. Ornamental grasses have collapsed, their strappy leaves flying around the garden like streamers. The ivy has climbed into the apple tree and worked its way under the decking of the roof terrace when you weren't looking. The pull of the garden is as strong as ever but finding the motivation to get going is a Herculean task! https://www.garden-girl.co.uk/media-articles/blog-post-title-one-tt47d-2bsxg-kltt7-hnxa4-tfdfd-xs33s monthly 0.5 2024-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/ae91e6ec-6f3d-449b-b4b0-6c99283f4b20/Californian+garden+at+East+Ruston+Old+Vicarage.JPG Media Articles - Drought Resistant Plants This summer's unprecedented heatwave has been a steep learning curve for me, as I'm sure it has been for all gardeners who thought they knew their onions. Over the years I have adhered to the Right Plant Right Place principle, selecting perennials that would thrive in both the dry shade under the apple tree, to the full uninterrupted sunny border, and part shade in between. Pulmonarias and brunneras thrived in the shade, providing lovely blue flowers in the spring and a tapestry of foliage well into autumn. Rudbeckias, phlox and crocosmias pumped out bold colours in late summer. I pride myself on my careful choices to promote the survival of the fittest, I mulch the beds every spring religiously. In addition to our irrigation system, I water either early morning or in the evening, aiming the flow at the roots so as not to waste water, I apply the appropriate fertiliser, I deadhead regularly. What more can a keen gardener do to nurture her plot? https://www.garden-girl.co.uk/media-articles/blog-post-title-one-tt47d-2bsxg-kltt7-hnxa4-tfdfd-xs33s-sbzex monthly 0.5 2024-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/a1c963f2-e425-40ab-a22d-9ad2111016ce/story38-1.jpg Media Articles - Myddelton House Myddelton House Gardens is the hidden gem in the crown of North London gardens. The life-long home of E A Bowles was a recipient of the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2011 and restored to tell the story of the famous botanist's life and gardening style. Many of the features that Bowles created remain, such as the rock garden and an Alpine meadow, inspired by Bowles' plant hunting holidays in the Pyrenees mountains. The intriguingly curved lawn which runs down the middle of the garden, bookended by two bridges over grass, neither of them leading anywhere useful, was a branch of the New River running through Myddelton House to fill up the pond. Another feature is his so-called "lunatic asylum" of horticultural oddities, including the corkscrew hazel (Corylus avellana 'Contorta'), an unusually warped pine tree, extra spiky 'hedgehog holly', and an upright ivy bush. Once word spread, other gardeners sent Bowles cuttings of their own 'demented' plants for his collection. The old Enfield market cross was salvaged to become the centrepiece of the rose garden. Parts of the medieval London Bridge have been in the gardens for some time. Around the garden are a number of round stone balls that are in fact medieval shots, used in catapult-style weapons. 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It flowers on and off right through until new year. 31 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/281688c2-fd83-42b6-8a73-0d9fd5abfd68/IMG_8932.JPG 2025 I love my pittosporum Tom Thumb! Evergreen, easy to clip, new bright green shoots in spring. great frosted. What's not to like! 30 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/ea251c85-c74b-4557-9a44-fd35ab73fed1/wk+comm+08+dec+%281%29.JPG 2025 Common Polypody, Polypodium Vulgare or Jungle Fern. Love this fern, it grows and spreads gently under hedges and is virtually evergreen. 29 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/627e6b69-04d6-4a5b-b323-2b205b9ec8c7/2.JPG 2025 Bergenia or Elephant's Ears, not everybody's favourite. But its excellent for dry shade, cut off the dead leaves after autumn colour fades and it comes back fresh and green in spring, although mostly evergreen. Snap a stem off, shove it in the soil and it takes. 28 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/84119c99-839d-4418-89a5-f950aaf9d5d9/cotoneaster.JPG 2025 Cotoneaster - I always get this muddled up with pyracantha! This one is in my mother's garden and it's deciduous. Its been a good year for berries. 27 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/25622aee-b518-45b3-b122-364c3aa05cf9/IMG_8897.jpg 2025 Pyracantha or Firethorn, not a favourite but at this time of year its vivid berries provide much needed colour. 26 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/cca9f8ca-9c76-4dcf-b29e-8287ac1aff52/Festive+table+centre+using+bows+and+berries.JPG 2025 Season's Greetings! Foliage from my garden including cornus, ivy and spotted laurel. 25 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d584e28e-8d45-4945-9b26-cf9b7b2ae888/IMG_8579.JPG 2025 Sedum japonicum Tokyo Sun at Penny & Paul's. Brightens up a bare patio. 24 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/48d5d1d2-63b1-4c0c-857d-acc785d9fa90/cornus+stems.JPG 2025 For most of the year the dogwoods provide a green background in the border until the winter garden is pared back and their coloured stems shine. Cornus sericea 'Flaviramea' has chartreuse stems. 23 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/ed79bffe-4d34-4ac7-b6ed-a11845f1a60f/hydrangea+lacecaps.JPG 2025 Winter Solstice! Best to leave hydrangea flowers on over winter to protect the new buds below, and they look great frosted. 21 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/146384b2-25e1-4bb3-bc05-b7fd6163d8ca/coronilla+surviving+the+snow.JPG 2025 Coronilla glauca Citrina, a fragrant, winter flowering evergreen, hardy in frost and even snow. 20 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1fdab13b-cef9-4cea-a76f-40955285fc57/PB240031.JPG 2025 Euphorbia Silver Swan. Not as hardy as some of its cousins, this variety likes good drainage so incorporate grit in the planting hole if you've got heavy clay. 19 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/38f1d34d-8e60-4493-98a7-20794451e994/pulmonria.JPG 2025 Not quite evergreen, pulmonaria is one of the stalwarts of the shady border. Keeps its leaves until the last minute! 18 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/10537c4a-084f-4960-b8fd-ccc1391b525e/IMG_8739.JPG 2025 Festive shiny ivy with bright red berries at Yvonne & Peter's 17 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/b0d853a4-408e-4687-8f27-2ae02ace10ab/lovely+white+bark+of+birch.JPG 2025 Betula utilis doorenbos, feathered stem, perfect for our small garden. Shines out in the shady corner. Planted in memory of my late lamented sphynx cat Winky. Dec 16 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/a5fba86e-a287-477e-8eac-9b696592895a/wk+comm+08+dec+%281%29.JPG 2025 Polypodium vulgare - I think - is the best fern for difficult situations, it likes dry shade under hedges as well as damp conditions and creeps around to create great ground cover. Penny and Pauls' garden. 15 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/e5ad4715-617a-4d5f-9038-a49b52411bbe/IMG_8675.jpg 2025 I just love violas, their flowers are so jolly. A welcome addition to the bulb planters on the Catio. 14 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c0d9b696-d868-4c6a-b392-8f40f67c8bc4/wk+comm+08+dec+%282%29.JPG 2025 This lovely white vinca forms such dense growth that it can be pruned into a loose low hedge and flowers on and off for months. Penny & Paul's garden 13 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/41c44c2c-ec60-4cd3-965b-e0b2f8462cb3/wk+comm+08+dec+%284%29.JPG 2025 Often considered boring, viburnum tinus is a reliable evergreen shrub, easy to prune and beautiful flowers. Penny & Paul's garden 12 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/748fa877-66f9-4282-871d-260b61be76b5/IMG_8573.JPG 2025 Dwarf evergreen nandina Twilight really earns its keep at this time of year. penny & Paul's garden. 11 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/ac65cf64-76f5-4796-b5de-8b62611f9af9/IMG_E8371.JPG 2025 Beautiful marbled cyclamen leaves spreading throughout the borders in Ruth & Mark's garden. 10 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/8890b4c9-2664-4e69-bb2e-069ec323a3fb/IMG_8482.JPG 2025 Lovely primulas in Pat's garden multiply year on year. 9 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/e49eee01-eb0c-443c-a055-6937365c92d7/IMG_8496.JPG 2025 Nandina domestica or heavenly bamboo, a must for every garden. Evergreen, new foliage shaded red, white flowers, red berries. A good doer! Pat's garden. 08 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/9e616142-850e-40ed-a20b-7e6ec688211e/adorned+contorted+hazel.JPG 2025 Love it or hate it, this contorted hazel is a great focal point in the front garden, especially dressed in festive lights. 07 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/7a8133f5-7376-4d4e-b47c-7e14f267b8e1/IMG_8446.JPG 2025 The seedheads of fatsia japonica are like satellites! 06 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/9d63640a-a479-4d0d-a8f5-2f32123abf26/IMG_8432.JPG 2025 Ajuga in my Catio containers, evergreen and matches the heucheras. 5 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/a3c9260b-3013-4584-8a0f-fb5c0bb56dc4/trachelospermum.jpg 2025 Variagated form of trachylospermum looks good all year round in full sun. 04 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/bfa3d9f3-c31c-4668-8ca9-962105155c2e/Miscanthus+plumes.JPG 2025 Miscanthus gradually fading into softly crimped plumes. 03 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d3acd3c9-c21b-4dc6-9749-d916a86f3ab3/magnolia+underplanted+with+pachysandra+%283%29.JPG 2025 One of the best ground cover plants is pachysandra terminalis, here underneath Eunice's magnolia. It always looks the same and is good for formal designs. 02 Dec 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/453d27e1-a70b-42b1-82ff-54cd84150628/fuchsia+thymifolia.JPG 2025 Miniature fuchsia thymifolia is an amazing small shrub. It grows in the deepest shade, in rich, well drained but dry soil and flowers for months. Easy to take cuttings, quick to grow. And it's hardy here in London. 01 December 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/6c1b8c18-8b49-4614-a045-98c660f0209b/hellebore+foetidus+Wester+Flisk+and+hybrid+hellebores.JPG 2025 I make no apology for including another hellebore, this time helleborus foetidus Wester Flisk. Waxy, serrated leaves with cream bells tipped in red. 30 November 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/ea6ca2fb-e5ab-4cd9-acee-0f59860fecbc/IMG_E8243.JPG 2025 One of my favourite shrubby salvias, these little blooms are on a cutting taken this summer and overwintering in the greenhouse. 29 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/9e25661b-ebfb-44e1-8316-346b0cb2b81b/hakonchloa+.JPG 2025 Hakonechloa is a beautiful grass. late to change into its autumn colours. Self seeds freely. 28 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/aac3d189-e4b5-431a-96ee-f404dfab1fa2/IMG_E8210.JPG 2025 It's that time of year again! Hellebore season. this one was very much an impulse buy by Val for her new garden. 27 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/8079bcb4-6f36-4f44-9aea-60ce91eba6f1/Lords+and+Ladies.JPG 2025 I know arum maculatum is a thug but its also a wonderful semi-evergreen with beautiful marbled leaves. Also easy to dig up! 26 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/f2925bc0-c7dc-4058-8e7a-ea130452bfe2/IMG_8137.jpg 2025 Cornus Midwinter Fire at Penny & Paul's. Wonderful buttery yellow foliage then bright orange stems shine all through winter. 25 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c1736e1b-e4ba-4431-8c4b-c41e921485ae/IMG_1983.jpeg 2025 The Corsican hellebore or helleborus argutifolius is a must in dry shade. It has lovely clusters of bell shaped flowers in late winter that last for months. 24 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/2a94e6ba-9d4e-4cf4-b4ce-1179790382e3/cigar+plant.JPG 2025 Cuphea or Cigar Plant, such a sweet little perennial, but very late to flower and so fleeting. Got frosted this week so I've taken cuttings. Fingers crossed. 23 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/2b78ed01-d9ea-4c04-8a6e-af3cfa605678/beautiful+variegated+fatsia.JPG 2025 Fatsia japonica Camouflage, the star of the Catio now all the summer bedding has gone. 22 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c8e1b905-5b30-4aa0-b2be-08c199e77227/IMG_E8033.JPG 2025 The perfect rosebud with the perfect fragrance. Ruth & Mark's garden. 21 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/e5ce7f18-0e42-4152-8a7c-b67ead675e5b/Frosted+hydrangea.JPG 2025 frosted lacecap hydrangea in Gerald's garden. I think they look better like this than in full bloom! 20 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/daf82fcc-daaf-4132-abba-5ee14b30c848/hesperantha+19+nov.JPG 2025 Hesperantha or previously schizostylis, don't start flowering until September then can flower right up until Xmas. 19 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/27f318c9-2851-4718-a74f-ceb8246d55e4/IMG_7983.JPG 2025 Viburnum bodnantese Charles Lamont in Penny & Paul's garden. Delicious fresh winter fragrance. 18 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/27073713-d97f-42c2-8103-984425b3df71/IMG_E7930.JPG 2025 Osteospermum or Livingstone Daisy in Patricia's garden. Such a good doer. Forms a small rounded shrub which flowers all through summer and autumn, and if you're lucky it will get through the winter. 17 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/ee0cae3a-3b9a-4387-8199-c092a035328a/IMG_7882.jpg 2025 Jasmine Fiona's Sunrise's chartreuse yellow foliage is carried on these vigorous vines for most of the year, brightening up the dullest day. It does run through the back of the borders, sending roots down as it goes, so watch out! 16 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/440422f0-96c1-426b-b447-81216dd2e8f4/IMG_7844.jpg 2025 Monster it may be, but euphorbia mellifera or honey spurge, is a wonderful, vibrant evergreen here in the temperate suburbs. 14 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c60016ff-0dc4-48fd-89e9-7c0f1f13c398/IMG_E7843.JPG 2025 The humble hebe, in Rosie's front garden, always looks fresh, always seems to be flowering, in all seasons. 13 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/a3b8c991-ea40-423a-9880-bc0c13a36cad/IMG_7822.jpg 2025 Clematis cirrhosa Freckles flowering in Yvonne and Peter's garden, should keep on flowering through to spring on and off. 12 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/7a5486f1-e5eb-4c3e-9d7b-768cd7326e98/IMG_E7977.JPG 2025 Phlomis tuberosa or Jerusalem Sage in Penny & Paul's garden. This one is special - pink flowers and architectural seedheads that stay on most of the winter. 11 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/5a7cb566-d5c3-452c-ac0a-118ca548640c/IMG_7709%5B1%5D.JPG 2025 Wouldn't be without dryopteris affinis Cristata (The King) for brightening up shady areas. Semi-evergreen and tough as old boots! 10 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/56f4a931-0294-48bf-90f2-c12136937b53/IMG_E7438.JPG 2025 Hydrangea quercifolia Snow Queen in Patricia's front garden has stunning autumn colour that stays on the shrub for ages. 8 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/ad47bc6b-f20a-47da-95ec-97a7b1bd99aa/IMG_5055.JPG 2025 Golden Creeping Jenny or Lysimachia nummularia Aurea is mostly sold as an annual bedding plant, but in London and the South of England it is often reliably perennial, dying back in the winter and providing bright ground cover in the summer and autumn. 07 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/b25a2196-67da-4972-b068-ea4bddeab007/Westonbirt+Arboretum+%286%29.JPG 2025 How could you not include Japanese acer to the November portfolio! Terrific autumn colour this year. 06 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/b025d86b-c59a-4a3f-b6b4-ae13b6950e94/IMG_7583.JPG 2025 Helleborus niger Christmas Carol. Simply the purest white, ideal for shade, with ferns. 05 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/2be65879-a2e7-4b2d-b167-6867af5eb9b4/IMG_7510.JPG 2025 Nature doesn't get much better than this! Callicarpa bodinieri, the most unassuming shrub for the majority of the year until now! Penny & Paul's garden 04 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/76eedf73-04b4-47a0-90f8-6878dd1a5cb3/IMG_7486.jpg 2025 This tufty flower head has just appeared in my ornamental grass border. No idea what it is but it's very welcome! 03 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/e75e59f6-4ecc-4115-9171-5c8b8839b3dd/P1010684.JPG 2025 Heucheras are invaluable at this time of year, when all else is dying down. Beware vine weevil in containers though; change their soil at least once a year. 02 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/7776ca4b-7366-4f30-8ce0-ebb90f2ec1f3/hydrangea+Zorro+Pink.JPG 2025 Hydrangea Zorro, started life in my garden and ended up in Rosie's. 01 Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/5bc0e5bf-5b26-4aa2-becb-45e0f7107505/IMG_7376.jpg 2025 At long last, after having all its branches snapped off late summer, salvia involucrata has a flower. But will it achieve its 45cm flower spikes before the first frosts? 30 October 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/65ce30b4-f33a-4015-a06e-45abd13195db/euonymus+flowers.jpg 2025 I have never seen these berries on euonymus Emerald'n'Gold before! Rose & Ed's garden. 30 October 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/83149fb4-5245-4a08-a045-94b49d17582a/P1010109.JPG 2025 berberis thumbergii looks good most of the year, ending with good autumn colour and red berries. 29 Oct 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/71577f80-f36b-4ce7-a759-c2cf696a2c1a/P9280029.JPG 2025 Virginia Creeper; my little bit of autumn colour. 28 October 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/993a4ac0-38fb-4ebc-ad7c-a9a1d0bf0d56/IMG_7152.jpg 2025 Lovely annual cosmos in Ruth's garden today, will keep on flowering until the first frosts. 27 Oct 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/3fd8aa63-3a79-4e20-9c7e-494af560a47b/IMG_7138.JPG 2025 Farewell begonia Starshine Calypso and Yellow. Last of the summer bedding will be seen off by imminent frosts. 26 October 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1710e4c6-16e7-4c51-ba58-3b6fa67ca19e/Abutilon+megapotamicum.JPG 2025 Abutilon megapotamicum has long lax stems that can be trained on a sheltered sunny wall. 25 Oct 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/aedaacfc-d88e-4898-a2d7-e3d13b51c258/IMG_7002.JPG 2025 Good old dependable mahonia, in Pat's shrubbery, looks fab at this time of year. 24 October 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/4c23a66c-016c-4af3-9b8a-80c3370492e7/IMG_6894.JPG 2025 This classic rose was a free gift from Garden News. Beautiful. 23 October 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/aefc6c65-10ae-4ca8-9861-8450ec8d08e7/IMG_6901.JPG 2025 Salvia Animo, a smaller version of Amistad and Black & Blue. Got it through the winter last year and its been flowering for months. 22 Oct 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1a312a9e-a073-4166-923e-e43232e670d3/IMG_6847.JPG 2025 Hydrangea Little Honey, chartreuse yellow in summer and now this lovely autumn colour. Magic! 21 October 025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c7c3841f-9660-4845-9250-c5fa1aff7aa0/IMG_6846.JPG 2025 Eupatorium rugosum Chocolate. Dark brown foliage with these delicate star bursts in autumn. Likes shade on the moist side. 19 Oct 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/6e3be5d9-2a1e-435b-a755-8bcbf1ca06d9/IMG_E6673.JPG 2025 Bidens Hannay's Lemon Drop. Semi-hardy perennial. Thought I'd lost it but lo and behold it appeared this morning! Foliage is identical to its partner salvia uliginosa. 18 October 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/31f94c32-723d-4813-a31b-ec869cbfe31e/IMG_6670.JPG 2025 Abelia Grandiflora Edward Goucher. Semi-evergreen shrub, perfectly happy in dry shade and flowers for months . 17 October 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d1590448-3441-4bfc-8947-39459b3fbc6b/rose+For+Your+Eyes+Only+.JPG 2025 Rosa For Your Eyes Only flowers on and off all through summer and autumn. Bees love its open centre. 16 Oct 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c84cabac-334d-468f-b802-39ddd9b6d6fa/accidental+combination+%282%29.JPG 2025 I just love this combination: salvia Black & Blue with rudbeckia Prairie Glow. Not reliably hardy in a cold, wet winter but wouldn't be without either. 15 Oct 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/f4449d3d-3bc2-4ea9-8dfb-739eea8fdbab/IMG_6529.jpg 2025 My second favourite rose, Jacqueline du Pre, in Penny & Paul's garden. 14 Oct 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/2438884a-d0aa-4c41-b3be-ee3021916691/IMG_6514.JPG 2025 The common primrose in abundance in Linda & Harry's garden. Quintessentially associated with spring but now flowering in autumn! 13 Oct 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/f6b28b95-310a-4ad6-8ec6-7cd9137ea0b6/rudbeckias.JPG 2025 Rudbeckia Goldsturm, stalwart of the late summer/ early autumn border. 12 Oct 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/67cb2958-a57b-44d8-95af-5d77db991187/IMG_6455.JPG 2025 Dainty little gaura, great companion for roses. Wonder if I'll get it through the winter. 11 OCtober 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/19f4a90e-6343-43ea-b57d-a2fad8f7edae/IMG_6448.JPG 2025 Lovely blue penstemon in Ruth & Mark's garden today. 10 Oct 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/aca3d2c1-9776-44c3-90a6-4747f1c3cf65/liberated+persicarias+in+central+bed.JPG 2025 Persicaria Golden Arrow doesn't mind drought or being crowded out by other perennials! 09 Oct 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d0736e27-870d-432f-b586-df0302542d08/8+Oct.JPG 2025 Unusual pink buddleia. 08 Oct 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/dca552fb-df58-4817-a13f-3d2a8538d2c3/IMG_6239.JPG 2025 Cirsium rivulare Atropurpuream - a loan flower very out of season - in Penny & Paul's garden 07 Oct 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/b87661f8-265c-49ee-84d3-0917b0e2a14c/IMG_6232.JPG 2025 Voluptuous fuchsia in Rosie's garden. 06 Oct 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/44c88abf-4df8-41d5-af74-5819c402119c/IMG_6215.jpg 2025 Erysimum, the perennial wall flower, wouldn't be without them, they flower for months at a time. 05 Oct 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/bdddbee0-0c8b-4714-951c-c9835edbe23a/IMG_6185.JPG 2025 Ajuga Burgundy Glow. But there are so many new colours. I'm going to fill my containers with them as the slugs get them in the borders. 04 October 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/a9603267-fa4b-4725-9e84-fe3cb5ee94ca/aster+calliope+and+foliage.JPG 2025 Aster Calliope, towering black stems with intensely purple star flowers, a late blooming perennial loved by bees and other pollinating insects. 03 Oct https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c6dfcbca-87ec-41d2-b1fd-6d8fcca3366e/IMG_5967.JPG 2025 Cotinus coggygria or the Smoke Bush. I just love its sultry leaves amongst all the lime greens and and reds. 02 October 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/16109844-9e6c-423e-a6a0-dd280edbe69f/tulburgia.JPG 2025 Tulbaghia or Society Garlic. A lovely clump in Gerald's garden. 01 October 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/6cb74d7d-adcf-4f48-be10-9cb5c086614f/IMG_E5606.JPG 2025 Strobilanthus atropurpurea, a late flowering shrubby perennial to about 1m tall, just getting into its stride. This is an unlikely relative of acanthus or Bear's Breeches! 30 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/f20a8699-be56-4b01-83e4-8b0a9c958b2a/coleus+Campfire.JPG 2025 Coleus Campfire certainly living up to its name. 29 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/14194a91-f9e5-4c11-830a-ef704c81bf1e/shoo+fly.JPG 2025 Another annual, nicandra, which I can grow. Just look at that flower! 28 September 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/3a5e11d4-0c3b-4b8d-b702-795427b276f9/tithonia.JPG 2025 Tithonia, can't grow it, but absolutely love the clear bright flowers. Yvonne's garden. 27 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/ce742dd5-e82f-405b-b4f2-73b188ff05ad/IMG_5883.jpg 2025 The humble ivy with flowers adored by pollinating insects. Kenwood arch 26 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/ed54aaea-bb8f-45c9-87ae-227685e333c0/IMG_E5877.JPG 2025 The perfect rosebud. Linda & Harry's garden. 25 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/14571d22-0559-4142-979b-3078a4fdd28e/exotic+ginger+lilies.JPG 2025 An exotic ginger lily picked up from a rare plant sale. Better late than never! 23 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/9e52c569-8bf5-4a46-b50c-ecfe5e55d1cb/IMG_5610.jpg 2025 Impatiens omeiana or hardy busy lizzie. Tough as old boots and great as a shade companion to ferns. Lovely tubular white or lemon flowers.22 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/7f109d2a-bd4d-4b43-acb0-a9458ca6b353/IMG_5752.JPG 2025 Mahonia Soft Caress thornless shrub thrives in full shade. Coming into flower two months early this year. 21 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/6565685e-489d-4ef6-80cc-e7b8d6b450b0/IMG_E5599.JPG 2025 Brunnera Alexander's Great, bold and bumptious ground cover. 20 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/b6f54802-b1b3-4db8-80b0-e8e07ccbdbb7/IMG_E5562.JPG 2025 Such intense colour! Buddleia at Kenwood 19 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/a49a02a3-051b-4bb1-9d45-ea7c839ea3de/IMG_5378.JPG 2025 Purest yellow Evening Primrose, looks like parachute silk, in Pat's garden 18 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/37760c1b-87a4-4d37-9771-9a7a3431bcd1/begonia+sutherlandii.JPG 2025 Dainty begonia Sutherlandii, tender perennial, keep it in a cool dry frost free shelter over winter. 17 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/b384380e-eb2e-48a1-92d5-a7ef70daccd9/miscanthus+centre+stage+%283%29.jpg 2025 Stunning miscanthus with its coppery crimped tassels. star of the late summer border! 16 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/47138c68-8a81-43e6-89b6-e7a4e6b46723/IMG_4829.JPG 2025 Phlox paniculata Norah Leigh. So dainty and dare I say it, feminine! 15 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/e03c59a5-a0a6-4ae6-8ac8-6265c8c323b7/Sept+salvia+confertiflora.JPG 2025 Big, bold salvia confertiflora, tender perennial, late developer, lift it before the first frosts. 14 September 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/935bd37a-e42d-483f-be76-b4ccb485442f/Sept+abutilon+Kentish+Bell+%26+thumbergii.JPG 2025 Lovely abutilon Kentish Belle with thumbergii or Black Eyed Susan. 13 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/f078acf3-556a-447f-a6d2-0b78007c5205/IMG_5198.jpg 2025 A prolific autumn for common or garden liriope in Liz's front garden, I cant get it to flower in mine! 12 Sept https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/afb0f946-a741-4ece-b228-646a3878d66f/Ricinus+Impala+CBROOME+2025.JPG 2025 Ricinus communis Impala or caster oil plant. Tender perennial, so easy to grow from seed but highly poisonous. A real show stopper! 11 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1b58d22c-ae89-4c3d-9fe2-4cf4dc5a1352/IMG_5090.jpg 2025 Scabious Butterfly Blue, sometimes named pincushion flower, wonderful bee magnet. Not reliably hardy in clay soil but wonderful for container displays. 10 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/f821caaf-17ae-4ac6-a183-e4e7bd5201d2/IMG_5144.JPG 2025 Not particularly keen on dahlias or the red and white combo, but this flower on the allotment is perfection. 09 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/f24d9426-c9e4-4824-90f9-7a43b9ff8754/IMG_5021.JPG 2025 Hesperantha, previously known as schizostylis. Marvellous lipstick colours right through until Christmas if you're lucky 08 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/8a370d07-9613-4a72-bd0a-b9561ad0caa8/IMG_E4969.JPG 2025 Verbena bonariensis. Everyone's favourite but I cant grow it in my garden for love nor money! 07 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/aaa677f5-0bfe-4d0c-9888-44432a804176/IMG_E4967.JPG 2025 Annual cleome or Spider Flower at Kenwood 06 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d8c17295-0197-4b96-92ab-27c1679e0561/IMG_E4961.JPG 2025 Nandina or Sacred Bamboo, marvellous evergreen, every garden should have one. 05 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/ca7517bd-32fb-44c8-8e32-5f3dedbcbd9b/IMG_4631.JPG 2025 Persicaria Painters Palette, it does flower but who cares with foliage like this! 04 September 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/edf8ad76-8b8e-4adb-95c7-42dda0683c54/IMG_4879.JPG 2025 Hardy fuchsia in Andrea's garden, an autumn stalwart. 03 September 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/8c847a37-7635-4608-8f28-96aadaa0bb53/miscanthus+centre+stage+%283%29.jpg 2025 Coppery miscanthus, centre stage in our prairie border. 02 September 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/60dd353c-5409-45dd-bfd3-c3cea7478819/IMG_4873.JPG 2025 Astrantia or the Pin Cushion plant, aptly named, in Andrea's garden today, this first day of autumn. 01 Sept 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/7f404c43-2e55-4906-9746-dda21a9b4d5c/IMG_4863.JPG 2025 Clematis Bill Mackenzie so special at this time of the year. 31 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/5f2a74f4-fd75-4c70-831c-f63a46c6be67/IMG_4759.JPG 2025 Clerodendrum bungei or Mexican Hydrangea, a big bumptious shrub widely used at Great Dixter. 30 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c1179a73-ded5-4653-acae-a7325148e99f/IMG_4792.JPG 2025 Such an intense blue! Blueberry Lily or dianella, at Great Dixter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/5ff5ab28-bfb8-4725-b6c2-2e0739aef469/wow+windowbox.JPG 2025 Fabulous foliage. Coleus Campfire and ipomoea batatas, or the sweet potato vine. 28 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/0150f321-8910-40b9-a41e-1152185c5c6c/IMG_4700.JPG 2025 The best Japanese anemone, Honorine Jobert, lights up the shady border 26 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/681ff875-e860-41e3-add2-0e2f8c918481/IMG_4688%5B1%5D.JPG 2025 Pelargoniums have the brightest colours! Still going strong on the Catio. 25 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/4546362d-1b75-4cb7-a8dc-f21db6ed628a/a+holiday+%284%29.JPG 2025 Sedum or hylotelephium telephium (Atropurpureum) 'Purple Emperor', to be precise! Drought resistant and insect friendly. 24 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/63c7f871-7d9d-4f09-972a-25c69b17faef/IMG_4622.JPG 2025 How about that for a showstopper. My beautiful cannas are terrific this summer. 23 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/3dc21f33-b3b3-47f1-ad41-e30e58d4a04d/IMG_4608.JPG 2025 No apologies for featuring another rose, this time in Linda & Harry's garden. Love the colour! 22 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/9f8d9518-dde3-4b06-85d1-ab22a8089bd0/21+Aug+2025.JPG 2025 My absolute favourite rose, a housewarming gift from my friend Sonja 28 years ago. Lemony fragrance, bronze new foliage, wish I knew what it was. 21 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/00a53559-6e4a-478f-9afb-0f37a6e729b9/IMG_4282.JPG 2025 A giant of the late summer border is this eupatorium maculatum Phantom. Much softer than the usual claret Joe Pie weed. 20 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/f4f5898c-cb7b-4ff0-a345-72157286b8c0/IMG_4552.JPG 2025 Happy tree fern, still sending up new leaves. 19 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/3d49a061-bc87-4a21-b4b9-8de3a09fc907/IMG_4532.JPG 2025 Hibiscus at Pat's, quite happy in full shade. 18 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1cda75c7-93d9-49d5-89c6-86660dd15a0b/IMG_4506.JPG 2025 Hedychium or ornamental ginger. I'm so excited! I didn't even know this ginger had got through the winter as it was so late appearing and now its rewarded me with a flower. 17 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/4f50ed51-f095-49ea-9f7d-41e4f2f74139/Rhapsody+In+Blue.JPG 2025 Lovely purple rosa Rhapsody in Blue. I don't think I would like a truly blue rose, it would look artificial. 16 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/37c9c974-2ff2-45dc-9eb5-9b96539d9765/IMG_4450.JPG 2025 It's not often you get this shade of blue in flowers, but salvia uliginosa, or bog sage, as it is so inelegantly nicknamed, gives me joy! 15 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/dd735c83-0dd7-4393-95b9-6e09fb6da00e/winning+combination.JPG 2025 Potentilla Miss Wilmott, one of my absolute favourites, lovely with rosa For Your Eyes Only. 14 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/8c39ad99-564e-4a50-b33f-0982fa9bfa2c/IMG_4422.JPG 2025 Rudbeckia Henry Eilers, from my garden to Yvonne & Peter's. It does much better with them than it did with me! 13 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d8089d17-2f95-4a2a-9b28-b0436c2a50e6/hydrangea+quercifola+Little+Honey.JPG 2025 Hydrangea quercifolia Little Honey, chartreuse in the shadiest spot, turns to bronze in autumn, semi-evergreen. 12 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/41c95b9e-71ec-4bfb-a636-c2f9775a5b34/a+holiday+%285%29.JPG 2025 Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Lisan' and several others too, add so much colour and oomph to the august borders 11 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/34853776-60fe-4b9a-afbc-e7d00fec4ba9/bees+on+ligularia.JPG 2025 Bees love ligularia, but I can't grow it, my garden is too dry. Bob & Patti have it around their pond in Devon. 10 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/5372e5ca-17f9-48f8-b3a4-0ea1547a77ba/rosa+rugosa+Rubra.JPG 2025 Rosa rugosa Rubra hips in Bob and Patti's garden bordering Dartmoor 9 Aug 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/208a366c-7a12-43d1-a190-49f131d2dd30/lapageria+or+chilean+bellflower.JPG 2025 Lapageria or Chilean bellflower in The Garden House, Devon 9 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d56e9ab3-e581-4346-a4e9-b0d674da936d/The+Garden+House+%2812%29.JPG 2025 Seedheads amongst the prairie borders of The Garden House, Devon 09 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1f5c38a6-1095-40a1-86ad-725ec1e96ed1/a+holiday+%282%29.JPG 2025 Bowman's root or gillenia trifoliata twinkles away in dry shade 8 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/cac393f4-ffd5-420e-ad2b-da54e9175300/a+holiday+%281%29.JPG 2025 Knifophia on the roof garden; looks like an ice lolly! 07 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/99dfc5cd-297f-4a67-bba2-c4ef7463a0ad/IMG_4194.JPG 2025 What could be more exotic than the flower of the canna lily - not a lily at all! 06 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/8d1db767-7751-4bf8-badb-7e30901ff680/IMG_4277%5B1%5D.JPG 2025 At long last, my absolute favourite perennial, rudbeckia triloba Prairie Glow, delicate star flowers on wand-like stems up to 6ft tall 05 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/59c8675e-40fd-47d1-84cc-a22829f4bcd6/IMG_E4260.JPG 2025 Stunning salvia involucrata, all real show stopper. Not easy to take cuttings from and is semi-hardy but, oh, so worth the effort! 04 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/3885e1e4-34a4-4613-9da3-f173091d494c/IMG_4250.JPG 2025 Fabulous fatsia japonica Spiders Web 03 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c6d6c129-a54d-467a-a714-59173a66f5c1/IMG_4249.JPG 2025 Marvellous melianthis major, hardy in our North London garden 02 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/92452b34-e7f7-429b-8372-40f937f870fc/IMG_4239.JPG 2025 Japanese anemones abound in Linda & Harry's garden 01 August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/a7355c85-5f8f-4c25-9f81-4e975f85d36e/IMG_4232.JPG 2025 Thalictrum delavayi 'Hewitt's Double' so delicate 31 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/aaf926ef-a3f9-4c0f-9d0e-bd93d1f6f7eb/IMG_4213.JPG 2025 Fiery crocosmia, one of many varieties in Yvonne & Peter's garden 30 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/3ee2b130-23f5-4d7e-a54d-255833664c17/IMG_4202.JPG 2025 Surprise hollyhock in Penny & Paul's garden 29 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/b030a895-dd13-45ee-b1dc-6089c97bb7d7/sanguisorba+Lilac+Squirrel.JPG 2025 Sanguisorba Lilac Squirrel, much admired by my garden visitors. 28 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/bce93939-4cad-47f1-81d8-c4624f8f711f/IMG_4179.JPG 2025 Bronze fennel and bog sage or salvia uliginosa, a perfect duet. 27 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/53770963-bcae-4d66-85e1-29614fdd5a8b/Tree+lilies+year+3+2013.JPG 2025 Glorious tree lilies over ten years old and tough as old boots. 26 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/a4df7124-153f-4d5b-8466-e0abbab22aad/IMG_4146.JPG 2025 Purple loosestrife in Gerald's garden today. 25 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d21d3ffd-aa4d-4a63-9e52-a90495d3902f/IMG_4118.JPG 2025 Nicandra or the Shoo-Fly Plant, an annual you see all over the West Country, but not often in domestic gardens. Easiest annual to grow from seed. Try it! 24 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/bf97aa9f-5ca4-4634-835a-a51c1e890287/IMG_4099.JPG 2025 Hydrangea Annabelle in Gerri's garden, loves our North London clay soil. 23 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/9e30c911-d902-4b60-9d04-16c48afe2ec6/IMG_4087.JPG 2025 Acanthus mollis or Bear's Breeches in Penny & Paul's garden. fantastic in dry soil. 22 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/b1b1e258-5df6-4bb5-9fec-0b06bf9d9fdc/IMG_4080.JPG 2025 Viburnum opulus or the gelder rose in Pat's garden. Luminous berries! 21 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/f807ac68-ff9e-4618-b424-ced17e670f15/lovely+lilies.JPG 2025 It's lily season at last! 18 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/a639f699-dc75-4cd5-bed0-494582526976/IMG_4056.JPG 2025 Self seeded poppy in Val and Mark's garden 17 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/7e23904e-7095-4aa7-a3c3-99fd69d94d17/IMG_3928.JPG 2025 Echinops - a magnet for bees and other pollinators 15 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/5bbe0cbb-ad9b-4e49-98f5-942c107ac5fb/IMG_3921.JPG 2025 Gunby Hall, Lincs 15 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/51d97007-116e-4e8a-9eb7-be87c9a50fde/IMG_3958.JPG 2025 Marigold Cottager in Sutton-on-Sea, Lincs 14 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/811776bd-ac05-447b-bac7-a15f5102a9f6/IMG_3916.JPG 2025 Geoff Hamilton's Barnsdale Gardens in Rutland 13 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/0764dc93-34bc-44a5-8fa6-6277fba341b3/IMG_3894.JPG 2025 Beautiful white begonias sparkle in the sun 12 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/0bee2c2d-996c-4e8d-bcd1-8ba42c4303fe/IMG_3878.JPG 2025 Nasturtium - floral sunshine! 11 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/04d179ff-667d-4dd8-84e9-784626331fd4/IMG_3853.JPG 2025 Eryngium or Sea Holly attracts scores of pollinating insects 10 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/a83b58da-cc08-47c4-ad6e-1493bd7651a8/IMG_3840.JPG 2025 Perfect harmony: rosa For Your Eyes Only, loved by bees, and salvia Strawberries & Cream. 9 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d9367593-b052-431f-864d-6cb7ec6978f3/IMG_3822.jpg 2025 Francoa, little pops of colour in full shade. 08 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c9ed48a6-505e-4654-a6fd-bd89d1019473/IMG_3800.JPG 2025 This Roselily is a pollen free double-flowering Oriental lily. Janet's garden 07 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/60d2e570-ba13-40b1-b2a8-69e209d162cd/IMG_3276.JPG 2025 Penstemon Dakota Burgundy - a real stunner! 6 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c90324ac-0e55-4159-b7d8-bae131cfa846/IMG_3778.JPG 2025 Shrubby salvia SoCool and lobelia laxiflora var. angustifolia. Subtle but winning combo. 05 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/4f1c7676-298a-4318-a7de-d740dabe0b79/IMG_3761%5B1%5D.JPG 2025 Dwarf hydrangea paniculata not happy in my sunny border but settled in well to a shaded patio container 04 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/e1704848-dbf3-4774-a526-6107add62209/IMG_E3758.JPG 2025 Perennial sweet pea in Ruth & Mark's garden 03 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/e97f0d07-4782-49b3-8376-e9bd2650cebc/IMG_3752.JPG 2025 These verbascum were never meant to be this size! Hey ho! 02 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/0d18eab9-33cd-4aef-9e9a-f43f74aba57f/IMG_3729.JPG 2025 Lots more butterflies this summer 01 July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/3c94598a-3df1-476d-8fe8-74197d824c0e/IMG_3732.JPG 2025 Sanguisorba Lilac Squirrel - a gorgeous monster! 30 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/638ab7bf-bb1f-4289-ab67-7b164f72722b/IMG_3696.JPG 2025 Mesembryanthemum - little jewels, they make me smile. 29 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d053f9ac-073c-414d-bc39-a61106756244/IMG_3676.JPG 2025 Salvia Animo - 'Cheer up' in Spanish - fully hardy and a good neighbour to Rufa Rasta 27 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/32f2277e-2cdd-46b6-8eec-f36270f7b223/IMG_3642.JPG 2025 I've been trying to grow this elegant kniphofia Rufa Rasta for four years, and finally here it is, and well worth waiting for. 26 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/27c5bbdd-2390-4f32-b2f8-a0c9c9bad78f/P8070037.JPG 2025 Morning Glory, the cultured version of bind weed! 25 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c6dd9b69-b60d-421a-935a-2ce4f52ce5e6/IMG_3622.JPG 2025 Hollyhock. Don't usually like them but this variety is the exception in Penny & Paul's garden 24 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/f33e5870-d55d-4cd2-878b-8ac07982aabd/IMG_3613.JPG 2025 Astilbe perfectly happy hiding under a tree peony. 23 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/ba8ffcfb-ebb5-4a9b-9468-aeffeb8d1b19/IMG_3611.JPG 2025 Is this the weirdest day lily ever? 23 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/fad767eb-149b-4da0-ac5a-3f21229c93f1/IMG_3592%5B1%5D.JPG 2025 Salvia Royal Bumble 22 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1c28d0da-8c78-4f40-95c3-d6ce061a7264/IMG_3591.JPG 2025 Summer Solstice & International Yoga Day 21 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/f64169eb-49ea-4871-9d1a-b90662f34c9b/IMG_3555.JPG 2025 Oenothera or Evening Primrose self-seeded in Ruth's walled patio. 20 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/319bf4b2-d1e3-45e5-ad91-4b68a666e963/IMG_3531.JPG 2025 I've managed to get my clematis to flower! 19 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/667d5fdd-3d33-4451-a9c1-66576d02090b/IMG_3526.JPG 2025 Passiflora growing on the front of Linda & Harry's house 19 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/729853e4-2a45-42c4-9082-86f89b8d9649/IMG_3506.JPG 2025 Thalictrum flavum glaucum, bee magnet. Yvonne & Peter's garden. 18 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1e804def-9575-40cd-a0e7-090924bb2c13/IMG_E3299.JPG 2025 Jewel coloured geranium at Penny & Paul's garden 17 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/4da890fa-85f4-40ef-90c8-36edb1575dbd/IMG_3496.JPG 2025 Circium rivulare atropurpureum. Beautiful1 17 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/9aa8d0a8-39f6-4e6d-8ba9-db5477bac946/IMG_3471.JPG 2025 Gazania or Livingstone Daisy. Potting up Pat's bright annuals for the summer. 16 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/f3961c9a-d23f-4e76-9e1e-3b5f4716cdfb/IMG_3381.JPG 2025 Pretty little wild strawberry at Victoria Embankment Gardens 15 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/baf2f23d-f00a-417f-b0b3-95e27b5c8252/IMG_3474.JPG 2025 Geranium Patricia. The brighter the better! 13 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/68f1de52-494c-4aab-9708-ffd7dc89506f/RGDA3147%5B1%5D.JPG 2025 Hydrangea Aspera Macrophylla in bud in Val & Mark's new garden. It's going to be a beauty! 12 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/8665630b-4800-4497-9475-5c5ebf6e6f43/IMG_3320.JPG 2025 Self sown hebe in Ian & Michela's garden; first time its flowered. 11 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/de7c6504-8529-42ae-96b4-fd28d1943192/IMG_3296.JPG 2025 Beautiful astilbe, perfect for damp borders, sun or shade. Penny & Paul's patio. 10 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1611b3cb-a101-46cd-b6eb-6a3a88badd76/IMG_3275.JPG 2025 The first day lily of the year, not a lily at all in fact! Hemerocallis. 09 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/97145b7f-340a-4eec-aecb-d855a55ff288/IMG_3273.JPG 2025 Dianthus carthusianorum. One of my favourite flowers, I've finally managed to grow it in gravelly compost in full sun. 08 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/acb7bfdd-4cd1-435a-9dbb-fbf3768a3c97/IMG_3237.JPG 2025 My favourite rose, a house warming gift from a special friend 28 years ago. Does anybody know what it is? 06 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c186bc3b-45c6-437b-aad1-135c57c3ba51/IMG_3203.JPG 2025 Astrantia, brilliant in shade, good alternative to geraniums. Rose & Ed's garden 04 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1fd80c60-0ebd-426d-a905-60139690e957/IMG_3189.JPG 2025 Intersectional peony Bartzella in Penny & Paul's garden 03 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/3bdfe1a9-8922-4c56-8d88-471a15c7c8c7/IMG_3187.JPG 2025 Canterbury Bells and agastache Golden Jubilee 02 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/fa4d942f-38f4-4cf6-a873-091dffb0341e/IMG_3171%5B1%5D.JPG 2025 Iris foetidissima or stinking iris. Invasive weed or native wild flower? It's a good doer in dry shade. 1 June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/32c3f61c-0934-4363-83f3-eda65928c693/IMG_3162.JPG 2025 Dainty sisyrinchium Dragons Eye or Blue Eye Grass growing in my dry river bed 31 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/040aa7bd-ced8-4d93-adb8-2744f0a00b0a/rosa+Eye+of+the+tiger.JPG 2025 It's all about the roses right now! Eye of the Tiger in my garden 30 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/a79bf923-1db4-42d6-abcf-97582d214c41/IMG_3135.JPG 2025 dog rose growing wild in Michela and Ian's garden 28 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/2a06f92f-6c58-466c-8bb2-798c62432b2c/IMG_3120.JPG 2025 Phlomis or Jerusalem sage in Penny & Paul's garden today 27 May 2025 and its raining at long last! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/b1803473-10c6-438b-8c74-1bf9ab410b61/IMG_3117.JPG 2025 A single variety of petchoa in a hanging basket creates instant impact. 26 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/f6d9f231-0e56-42b0-b80b-eea774970525/IMG_3060%5B1%5D.JPG 2025 Ruth's stunning iris- very Chelsea!................... 22 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/f5dd4a27-f1fa-4114-b6b1-72945e9bd02d/IMG_3059%5B2%5D.JPG 2025 .......and her lupins weren't half bad either 21 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c6b1cc65-ca40-4a5a-a262-90b98e5d8cc8/IMG_3045.JPG 2025 Stunning rose in Linda & Harry's front garden today 20 May 2025....... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/97bc3c60-7a7d-4bda-a6d9-1dde64e482c3/IMG_3044.JPG 2025 ................and another beauty 19 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/014dc5c7-5592-4715-a582-fa4e2e79dbf5/IMG_3025.JPG 2025 Elegant Cornus Kousa 18 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/0266e86d-859b-4954-867e-9d5e8dfe5fda/IMG_3013.JPG 2025 Biggest hosta I've ever seen - Penny & Paul's 17 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/10f5215b-a4d6-4162-af75-6e3d5efc2513/IMG_2943.JPG 2025 Prairie border in the centre of my garden 16 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/2124a905-47a3-4e8c-ab48-323ec9181c07/IMG_2952.JPG 2025 Tradescantia Sweet Kate - I love the colour combo 15 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1a600ab7-04bb-4047-99ce-6ccfba5e553d/IMG_2942.JPG 2025 Dutch iris in flower - summer truly here 14 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/2540919c-35fe-424c-9843-8bb8e0e331bf/IMG_2908.JPG 2025 The first rose of the year in Penny & Paul's garden 13 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1a499327-b7d1-440c-9b86-413c38bc5b9c/Tulbaghia+Society+Garlic+12+May.JPG 2025 Tulbaghia or Society Garlic 12 May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/fd66fc57-7043-44d9-916d-14ff428001de/IMG_2887.JPG 2025 hydrangea quercifolia Little Honey - a rare find, lights up the shady border 11 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/7dff6c30-8201-4cc6-85c6-b32c8e1d4a14/EIJW5739.JPG 2025 Helen & Nicholas's hanging baskets - Day One. 10 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/0d31aece-c74a-43ce-9878-cc55a4c019e8/IMG_2852%5B1%5D.JPG 2025 Pretty polemonium or Jacob's Ladder in Gerald's lovely garden 09 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/ba9c9cfb-cd3b-4377-a52c-bcbc481bc471/my+plants+gone+next+door.JPG 2025 ........and my favourite rosa Mutabilis has gone over to our other neighbours'. 8 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/0b5721f0-92ba-4d35-9045-c65681bbdd21/IMG_2845.JPG 2025 Next door's rose gracing our garden 7 May 2025.......... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/3cf41754-a6ec-42ed-9e7b-d09ec19653c2/IMG_2848.JPG 2025 Fresh faced ferns at Ruth & Mark's 6th May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/ec259f96-f6e4-4aec-ad6e-7febe3f366fc/IMG_2838.JPG 2025 Gorgeous variegated ceanothus at Penny & Paul's 5th May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d9e96e0b-156f-4e23-b6a9-e8dc65e8fd0c/IMG_2816.JPG 2025 Buglossoides purpurocaerulea - perennial ground cover. 4th May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c02ebe39-e641-46de-bb98-7f83b8b40bbb/IMG_2720.JPG 2025 Strappy leaves and variegation add colour and texture. 03 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/b5f46bca-4091-4aa9-8021-2b999812b4cd/IMG_2803.JPG 2025 Kenwood rhododendrons and azaleas stunning 02 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/8c9098f2-5545-4b0f-a640-5c16de3ae304/IMG_2826.JPG 2025 Petchoa 'Beautical' - who says bedding plants are boring? 01 May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/527f54a6-571c-489a-9d2a-d99da417d657/heavenly+hostas.jpg 2025 heavenly hostas at Penny and Paul's 30 April 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d5ddb363-8f09-40fd-962a-a0b327496a9b/IMG_2766.JPG 2025 Wisteria in Patricia's garden, all along her fence. 29 April https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/ef5a3c81-58e4-41c5-957f-d2a9d181f2b1/IMG_2744.JPG 2025 Wisteria at Kenwood House 28 April 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/2879fe87-206d-451b-8f64-5c283884e743/Sorbaria+Seb+%284%29.JPG 2025 Sorbaria Sem's spring foliage is a must for dry shade - 27 April https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/7e6f7067-c71a-45dd-acde-71c18ec3df5f/IMG_2736.JPG 2025 This fern in Penny and Paul's garden looks like a court jester's hat! 26 April https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/cdac4ab7-4ea2-4ade-9d8d-98918a7e57a1/IMG_2721.JPG 2025 Gorgeous tree peony - one of the spring's earliest treasures 25 April https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/40f00fb3-c8eb-465c-852d-68115d7862b6/4+may+2025.jpeg 2025 Auriculas are works of art. 24 April 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1a780727-b71a-47f8-9be2-d0956c64773a/IMG_2892.JPG 2025 a welcoming basket of dianthus at Pat's front door 23 April 2025 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1628c013-a516-4f81-8391-08ce2fe4b61a/EMERGING+SNOWDROPS.JPG 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/6043bac2-7798-432e-ac52-df96435be58a/IMG_9071.JPG 2025 Cotoneaster Cornubia, a great evergreen hedging shrub with a profusion of berries. 09 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/a37a0630-8d1e-4691-97a2-74a2878c02ec/IMG_9062.jpg 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1745220762246-VP4X39PMA8UDR6GRL409/gorgeous%2Bauricula.jpg 2025 Awesome auricula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/820d94ef-6637-4948-b878-c133d8b710c2/eleagnus.jpg 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/49161356-07db-43d9-be39-be09fc450962/Naomi+in+Cyprus+%289%29.JPG 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d10681a7-1c72-4726-8ae2-d663fc937ac9/spiraea+Pink+ICe.JPG 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/687c07a5-ee77-4f26-83b5-b1a5ff706bff/dainty+hellebore.JPG 2025 https://www.garden-girl.co.uk/2026 daily 0.75 2026-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/4e17cbae-df1c-4c0a-be5c-bb92229e8ad6/IMG_0547.jpg 2026 Week ending 29 March 2026. The new rosy foliage on this acer amongst all the greenery really sings! Penny & Paul's garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/23ce95c6-ae02-4d9a-a168-362e82bd92a5/IMG_0435.JPG 2026 Week ending 22 March. The bluest of blue hyacinths with yellow and orange narcissi just sing to me. And the fragrance, well, its delicious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/7de00ec6-1486-4ed4-bed0-9735e5f4993e/IMG_0375.JPG 2026 Week ending 15th March. This week's Winning Combination is berberis thunbergiii Pink Queen and spiraea Pink Ice with cool, variegated trachylospermum jasminoides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/e72cc4e9-6e1d-41a2-b034-8f2a2b05b0fa/IMG_9861.jpg 2026 Edgworthia, a highly fragranced, early flowering shrub, really eye-catching in the winter border. Seen here en masse at Europlants UK Ltd 18 Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/6bdb04ef-df39-4db2-8c1b-3596abf35556/IMG_9840.JPG 2026 Dainty but tough as old boots, Narcissus Tete a Tete in Penny & Paul's garden 17 Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/3ca16ceb-3b03-475b-acf5-949793a798ac/IMG_9789.JPG 2026 elegant Daphne in full fragrant flower at Stephens House 16 Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/81eecdfb-a761-4452-83d5-01cf5f85bb6d/IMG_2284.JPG 2026 Luzula sylvatica Solar Flair is the most accommodating grass. Simply pull off one of its offsets, shove it into dry shade and it thrives. 15 Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/74f1c40a-cff1-4584-98e6-02bc2d2dfcf5/IMG_9751.jpg 2026 Much maligned bergenia, aptly named Elephant's Ears, is great ground cover when little else is in flower. This large variety is in Ian & Michela's garden, but newer varieties have smaller, russet leaves. 14 Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/f492a7bf-6d0a-4f26-b531-42c68673702c/IMG_9735.JPG 2026 Hamamelis Ruby Glow is Ruth's garden. It's on fire! 13 Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/6dcf344f-43f9-4044-9292-bdb13b2c8e45/IMG_9720.JPG 2026 Val & Mark's sarcococca Winter Gem has vivid red stems and the fragrance is heavenly in the cool winter air. 12 Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/fe191ff7-5fe9-4f05-9bb9-2474ab8f1f1f/IMG_9682.JPG 2026 I just cant get enough hellebores this winter, fantastic year for them. This vivid pink at Penny and Paul's is a stunner. 11 Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/ee818a61-6f4b-444f-94d0-c30a142eba4e/IMG_9690.jpg 2026 Dainty little anemone blanda, the first of many in Penny & Paul's garden 10 Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/a5718e25-eee4-4cad-9d2f-00d4071b7def/pretty+narcissi+.JPG 2026 I prefer the pretty pastels to the sunshine yellows of daffs. 09 Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/5713310a-3daf-4345-a298-c77c8c371eb9/IMG_9645.jpg 2026 Bit of a Marmite plant, this! Photinia Pink Marble. I just love the bright new pink shoots. FIne in shade or sunshine. No fuss. 8 Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c97f7c52-aad7-4a46-9686-20f3f3bfc5e5/IMG_9601.JPG 2026 First iris reticulata of the year, Katharine Hodgkin, making a valiant effort to open in this incessantly wet weather! 07 Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1f590951-a7eb-4e10-9967-38547fd92913/flowering+heuchera.JPG 2026 Heucheras are indispensable at this time of year, their marbled foliage and dainty flowers brighten up the dullest corners. 06 Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/0d0c44e4-9500-4ecc-830d-408f48258532/Coronilla+in+flower+.JPG 2026 Coronilla glauca is a lax evergreen shrub with highly fragrance yellow flowers in late winter 05 Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/197ba390-a918-464b-89bb-171885ef9eb9/patio+evergreen+interest.JPG 2026 Ferns provide much needed greenery in containers in the dreariest month. Pteris umbrosa. 04 Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/2af6fe84-7d3c-45c7-8083-8347045e625a/IMG_9539.JPG 2026 What would we do without camellias at this time of year for a bit of bling? 3 Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/2d73953d-6ac0-491e-a75c-4826b7122d7f/IMG_9525.jpg 2026 Crocus are appearing, self-sown, each year brings surprises. 02 Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d8bad365-edd8-438a-8e05-558bd51a0ab3/IMG_9497.JPG 2026 The first chionodoxa or Glory of The Snow. Sweet little bulb in icy shades of blue. Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/72b753df-e82e-412e-8d27-8ca12dca10f0/IMG_9482.JPG 2026 Mahonia aquifolium or Oregon Grape. Bit of a thug, this one, but its winter flowers have a delicious fragrance 31 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/36a7837a-1799-484c-b05b-2f010f77c9a7/IMG_9468.jpg 2026 Carex Everillo, absolute must for areas that don't get much attention. I have four out front in tubs, must be 10 years old, never water, look good throughout the year. 30 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/943b6260-bfa8-42ad-bb06-579570807738/Feb+1.JPG 2026 Now, this is one shrub that I think is at o=its best in bud. Starbursts in the gloom! Sorbaria Sem loves dry shade but it does run. 29 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/5ff684ff-7a33-459c-8468-7093176db5a1/IMG_9460.JPG 2026 Lovely little Golden Blue viola is a firm favourite. 28 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/b2546c2e-5ae2-41c8-90c0-8ad3a4617248/IMG_9443.JPG 2026 At last some colour! Primulas for the auricular theatre. 27 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/5c994d86-8115-40ae-9a92-64261abfa259/IMG_9383.JPG 2026 Chaenomeles or ornamental quince at Kenwood. Usually reds and pinks, don't often se a white one.26 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d41fbc76-8298-4adb-8c73-4eeb55e3e935/IMG_E9386.JPG 2026 Snowdrops. At last. Long winter. 25 Jan 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/a35f3fb0-67f0-4f79-ba99-5b30a1acae4d/IMG_9402.JPG 2026 Sarcococca, or Christmas Box, is an unassuming shrub for 10 months of the year, great for dry shade, but in January its insignificant flowers pump out the most delicious fragrance throughout the garden. 24 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/6ec92934-d187-48d8-838e-3b009d5b5872/Garrya+Eliptica+James+Roof+Jan+2020.JPG 2026 A real winter beauty! Garrya eliptica James Roof or the silk tassel bush, in Pat's garden. 23 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/3978c46a-0244-44bd-98e8-345a305d4052/IMG_9359.JPG 2026 shrubby veronica or Hebe by Helen's front door, to cheer us on during all this rain. 22 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/6c89d97a-ede2-46de-be5f-37b18b93853b/IMG_9311.JPG 2026 Fragrant witch hazel or hamamelis at Penny and Paul's 21 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/32cbe403-550f-4f42-bf76-2ff7759a6b35/20+Jan.JPG 2026 Primroses in Linda and Harry's woodland garden 20 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1051c16c-8588-45d8-b19b-35aa65adc12e/IMG_9287.jpg 2026 Winter aconites in our front garden. We are on the cusp of spring! 19 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/e69a6cd5-8fc6-4864-9736-e35b26006d18/kenwood+18+jan.JPG 2026 Camelias at Kenwood. Think this one is alba simplex. 08 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/436b1306-517a-473a-9491-233130ca0856/IMG_9260.JPG 2026 Rhodo in bud at Kenwood 17 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/1768559664279-USV39KFG7WV8C3LECSAO/Salix%2BIntegra%2BHakuro%2BNoshiki.png 2026 The Flamingo willow or salix integra Hakuro Nishiki, usually sold as a standard for containers, sports lovely red stems in winter. But beware they don't stay small for long! 16 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/d7cd9418-2eed-4744-a132-75d10305d947/PA130006.JPG 2026 Euphorbia characias Wulfenii, a beast of s thing! Exotic evergreen that looks good all yar round and is tough as old boots. 15 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c1503809-26fb-48ae-ab21-8e9729e3cf24/IMG_9227.JPG 2026 Helleboreus Spring Promise Series at Penny & Paul's. 14 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/a29e3b51-2b86-4863-b6d4-3a9d50745d19/IMG_9192.jpg 2026 The brightest vinca of them all! Vinca minor Illumination. I don't grow it for its flowers but to brighten up a dull corner. Break bits off, poke them into the soil and off it goes. 13 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/60012186-13b1-4c46-8809-4f1e0cb8add7/IMG_9151.JPG 2026 Cornus alba sibirica makes a wonderful hedge when planted en masse, wish it was used more in municipal gardens.12 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/66c75dfe-e032-4521-9ff9-c2cf33be96d5/IMG_9058.jpg 2026 Carex morrowii Goldband or Goldband Grass Sedge is brilliant all year round, whether in pots or edging borders. It takes any situation in its stride. 11 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/43243073-55a7-4b39-b1c3-8a8344215ba6/IMG_9148.JPG 2026 Cyclamen Coum. Lovely leaves, pretty flowers when not much else is flowering. 10 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/52aae608-481b-4966-8b66-f21b0a630354/IMG_9071.JPG 2026 Cotoneaster cornubia, evergreen variety makes a great hedge and is heaving with berries. 09 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/66a4759d-69df-47df-b213-9f18a182e02b/IMG_9073.JPG 2026 Elaeagnus × submacrophylla 'Limelight' great evergreen hedging shrub. Fragrant flowers if allowed to grow as a freeform shrub. 08 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/79da0692-1b82-451d-8ef2-8b64a11a535f/IMG_E9120.JPG 2026 Golden Bamboo or Phyllostachys aurea makes for marvellous screening but may need keeping in check, as it has a tendency to run. 7 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/ba61c47a-7833-44d0-a0d7-78f581ca08a7/eleagnus.jpg 2026 Griselinia littoralis is a sturdy evergreen shrub, in this case growing into the canopy of my ancient apple tree. 06 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/4e7d9d59-ee38-47e7-b6f4-83e0e5616cf4/Clematis+Cirrhosa+var.+balearica.JPG 2026 Clematis cirrhosa var. balearica or the fern leaved clematis, is a scrambling, prolific, winter flowering climber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/bb9829bb-9fe3-4e67-9663-aba186be8786/IMG_0976.JPG 2026 Viburnum Bodntense Dawn in bud. 04 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/b0db9571-f0b2-4084-8de7-818db0cc649f/P1010768.JPG 2026 Can't believe I haven't put Erysimum Bowles Mauve on before. It flowers forever! Short lived evergreen perennial. Every garden should have one. 03 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/12d278fd-a646-4ef6-8951-e650080eba53/ab6f03bb-6f05-471e-a389-ed6914369c55.jpg 2026 Camellia, aptly named Yuletide, in Val & Mark's garden. 02 Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/dc9d9f13-6d28-4a1d-a1b3-054d0ffd6e3d/a+late+rose.JPG 2026 Happy New Year! A single red rose, what better way to start 2026. 01 January 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673bb4caaafc280f9a96af67/c29fe724-eacc-4b7e-a100-841ee17e5a2d/IMG_9682.JPG 2026