The Clematis “Miss Bateman” is now in full flower: This is it – all of it – that lone, single, solitary flower. We had only one last year and only …

At the corner of the garden is a sizeable ornamental cherry blossom and it has beautiful double-flowers of the most delicate soft pink. It comes out rather late in terms …

Last summer I planted some blue Columbine seeds, also known as Aquilegia Caerulea or “Granny’s Bonnet”. They were so easy to sow and germinate that there’s not much point in …

Well, this is the 100th Post. It’s kind of crept up on me. I haven’t really been keeping track of the numbers. This garden blog is still more about how …

I have a thing about Wisterias. We’re in a very good part of the UK to grow them and to see old specimens. A page of this site is even …

I’m quite sure that every day since the regional hose-pipe ban came into effect at the beginning of April, it has rained. Not just the odd bit of drizzle here …

For some time now I’ve been working my way through a really big pile of well-rotted manure that appeared at the end of the drive one evening in early March. …

The Dicentra Spectabilis or “Bleeding Hearts” that I divided into three about a month ago now have all come up and are beginning to flower. Mother and clone and other …