An Englishman's Garden Adventures
Aquilegia ‘Blue Star’ 18in (45cm) 14in (35cm) mauve / blue / white May-June Sun / Part-Shade This Aquilegia is one of the prettiest and most photogenic columbines I have grown. This year, ten years after planting, it provided me with …
Designing a planting scheme on a foliage-first basis is a sure-fire way to a classy garden. In this post I will show you how I have created beautiful designs that are stylish and dramatic despite being almost entirely green. … …
Read moreGive Green a Chance The importance of foliage in planting design
⇧ I’m not sure of the variety name of this double white oriental hellebore, but it is one of my favourites and has flowered prolifically in my woodland garden for over ten years. The petals start green but gradually turn …
There are many species of Dog’s Tooth Violets (Erythroniums) which make fantastic garden plants for dappled shade and woodland settings. Here are three species that I grow successfully.
I have three clumps of lily turf in one of my woodland beds in my permaculture mini-woodland. They have been there for well over five years, but have only ever produced a few sparse flower spikes each year, despite the …
This is the white form of the Willow Gentian, Gentiana asclepiadea alba. It is a choice, slow growing and long-lived and reliable plant for shade or part shade. Its natural blue-flowered form is native to central and Eastern Europe, where …
This is the white Marathon or Turk’s Cap Lily (Lilium martagon var. album). I grow these bulbs in the dappled shade of a cherry tree in my Woodland Permaculture garden. It is a notable late-flowering woodland plant (June), creating bright …
This little bed is about 8ft wide and 5ft deep. It sits below a window next to my desk at the front of our house. It is nestled between the porch (to the right) and the neighbour’s house (to the …
Foxglove and Hart’s Tongue Fern emerging in late spring in my woodland garden. Other photos from the same day:
