An Englishman's Garden Adventures
In this post I look at the amazing design potential of this wonderful perennial which has a very long season of interest from January until December… Some plants have the ability to just keep giving throughout the season with never …
Read moreMyrtle spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites)
throughout the year
Artemisia abrotanum (top-left) Artemisia alba ‘Canescens’ (top-right) Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’ (bottom-left) Artemisia schmidtiana ‘Silver Mound’ (bottom-right) The Wormwood family (Artemisia species) include some very garden-worthy plants which provide some of the best silver and grey foliage for the garden. These …
Read moreFour Artemisia varieties for Silver planting schemes
This pretty little alpine plant is Campanula cochlearifolia ‘Elizabeth Oliver’ also known as Fairy thimble bellflower, which is at its peak right now in my garden in late July. I planted two little pots of it in the spring in …
White Lavandin ‘Edelweiss’ is a beautiful summer flowering shrub that provides a long season of fragrant blooms later in the year than most lavenders. Lavandin is a cross between English lavender (L. anguvstifolia) and Portugese lavender (L. latifolia) leading to …
During lockdown, I’ve been learning how to use my camera (a Nikon D3300) to improve my garden photography, particularly how to use aperture priority to get better macro (close-up) shots. The idea of a good macro-shot is to capture some …
(Asteroid Field). I had a bed of over-wintered onions (Alliums cepa) that all bolted before they matured. I decided to leave them as their flower heads are as good as any ornamental onion, and a whole bed of them — …
△ Photo of the team at Avon Bulbs courtesy of Neil Hepworth At the beginning of lockdown, with all the local garden centres and nurseries closed, I went online to find mail-order suppliers to get my spring gardening started. Unfortunately, …
△ My woodshed, before and after renovation Pages in this post Page #1: Structural Repair ► Page #2: CladdingPage #3: Renovating the roofPage #4: Paving In this four-part post I detail how I renovated a 14 year old rustic garden …
Ox-Eye Daisyis just one among many common wild species that has flowered in lockdown, unimpeded by the council mowers this year. During the Coronavirus lockdown, there have been many reports of wildlife returning to towns and cities. In our little …
One of the joys of garden photography is that it makes you look more carefully, not only when seeking out a good shot, but also afterwards: Once the photos are uploaded to the computer, details become evident that we’re previously …