Category Archives: Hints and Tips
Goodbye Snowdrops.
I promise this will be my last post about snowdrops this year, or at least I think it will be!!! Galanthus nivalis, or the wild snowdrops, are now flowering away in the woodland and shady borders, making small drifts of … Continue reading
Attracting Butterflies.
Having been asked to write a post, by a couple of people, about the larval food for butterflies, I thought I had better start with how to attract the adults to the garden in the first place, because without the … Continue reading
Time to Tidy the Hellebores.
I don’t know if it is just us in the UK that have to tidy our hellebore leaves away so that they don’t spoil the flowers which will come in a couple of months time. Maybe it is because we … Continue reading
Preparing for Winter.
After last years bad winter that we had here, when we lost a few plants or had damage done in the garden due to the snow lying for so long, now is the time to begin preparing for winter and … Continue reading
Disaster strikes the Horse Chestnuts.
Horse Chestnut trees, Aesculus hippocastanum , are very large deciduous trees, 36m tall, found in the countryside, parks and gardens.They have bold divided leaves with white spires of flowers in the spring which later, in the autumn, turn into the … Continue reading
Countdown to opening for the N.G.S.
This is our 5th year of opening for the National Garden Scheme, we had to be asked 7 years in succession before we finally gave in and agreed to open for them, because we didn’t think the garden was ready … Continue reading
Time to clip the Box balls.
Any book or magazine that I have read concerning shaping the box plant, Buxus, says to clip them back on Derby Day.Not being interested in horse racing, it took me a while to work out when this was, it appears … Continue reading
Off with the Hellebore Heads.
Now is the time here in the UK to be tidying your Hellebores if you don’t want to be over run with seedlings.
Splitting time for Snowdrops
If you want to have drifts of beautiful snowdrops, just like the photos we see of the collections at stately homes in England – then now is the time to get busy. This beautiful drift was photographed at Colesbourne Park … Continue reading