Winter drags on and even when the Snowdrops kick of the growing season there are still a good few weeks of often miserable weather lurking around the corner. The arrival of each flush of flowers in these months is most welcome and if planned well you can suddenly find yourself with a burst of rich…
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Plant of the Month – December – Galanthus
December or is it really January when we expect to see those tiny white nodding heads lighting up the garden and heralding Spring, well at least the start of something moving underground. This year, 2016, it’s been a bitter December, admittedly with some highs but mostly frozen with a cold wind blasting through. My tiny…
Continue ReadingPlant Catalogue time
It’s that time of year when plant catalogue have begun dropping through the letter box, well they’ve been dropping through for a good few weeks now but I find time is now pressing to start ordering and getting things underway for autumn planting and planning some spring colour. I was waylaid by an offer at…
Continue ReadingRHS London Plant and Design show – Horticulture Halls 14/15th Feb 2012
Not having been to this RHS show before I was delighted to find out it was free to members, I knew that membership card would come in handy one day. Half term is not the best time to be schlepping down to the Big Smoke on the first ‘off peak’ train but beggars can’t be…
Continue ReadingGalanthus – more on the imminent SNOWDROP season
Since my last slightly concerned post about my teeny ‘collection’ of the White Gold they have finally begun to spring forth to much excitement and daily watching, although this fails to assist them in growing any faster, for a week or so it will entertain me at least! No flowers yet but nice healthy looking…
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