My Gardening View #7
The latest gardening view from the potting shed window. My Gardening View this month is all about starting to get . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #185
This has been an unexpected delight. I was given the seeds for this at a press event and sowed them . . .
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Plant hunting at a Rare Plant Fair
Visiting gardens and buying plants have got to be two of my favourite occupations so a trip to a Rare . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #184
A hemerocallis to start the week. I was given this last year but this is the first time it’s flowered. . . .
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An invitation to Wortley House
I love a new garden to explore and was delighted to be invited to look around Wortley House. There’s little . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #183
A penstemon to start the week. I love the shades of colour on this – and the fact the slugs . . .
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How to grow hemerocallis
I’ve had a trip out to one of my favourite Cotswold gardens to find out more about growing hemerocallis – . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #182
A new dahlia to start the week. This is the rather strangely named ‘Karma Ying Yang’, which I was sent . . .
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Messages from RHS Hampton 2019
More than any other show I’ve visited this year, the gardens at RHS Hampton 2019 seem to be full of . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #181
The hemerocallis, or daylilies, are beginning to open, including this beauty. I’ve no idea where I got it, or what . . .
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