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• Discount Stores Get into Gardening

  

  I’ve been getting press releases from the discount stores promoting their ranges of garden products and accessories – some of them are well worth buying... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• It’s Looking Marvellous at Merriments

  

  I’ve just returned from Merriments Nursery (Hurst Green, East Sussex) where I was preparing for a guided walk I’m giving with Helen Yemm (from the Telegraph)... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Hornbeam & Hazel Sweet Pea Arbour

  

  The combination of coppiced hazel and hornbeam has made a wonderful arbour for the sweet peas which will soon be scrambling up their supports. Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• How to Choose A Good Quality Set of Folding Sliding Doors

  

  I love this time of year, the days are getting longer, the tulips are out in force and there’s plenty of opportunity to enjoy the garden. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Tomato Diary

  

  With the right conditions, tomatoes do love to grow and if you haven’t got going yet it’s not too late. The warmer weather and good light means that you won’t... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Bringer of Light to the Shady Borders

  

  Smyrmium perfoliatum is not the most attractive of plant names, but I’m delighted that I’ve finally established this delicate yellowy-green plant in the garden. Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Physic-al Beauties

  

  The Chelsea Physic Garden is looking glorious right now and visiting on a day of cloudless sunshine confirmed – yet again – what an amazing place this is. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Tulips on Parade

  

  The tulips are in their prime right now and this gallery is a reminder that all the effort involved in planting them is worthwhile. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Why Mess with Perfection?

  

  Green Pearl Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. It is very easy to cross breed narcissus – and daffodil breeders have a lot to answer for. Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Is Your Garden Gorgeous?

  

  If so, Alan Titchmarsh would like to know. To mark his 50th year in horticulture he is on the lookout for thirty of the nations best private gardens to feature... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Woodland Wonders

  

  Erythronium Bluebell – I suspect a hybrid between the wild bluebell and its Spanish cousin, both of which are in the garden. Spot the difference. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Useful Euphorbia

  

  E. myrsinites This is the time of year when euphorbias really come into their own as a perfect foil for spring bulbs. The larger varieties, including E.mellifer... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Tulip Colour Combinations

  

  by Daniel Carruthers I’d like to think I am fairly organised when it comes to the garden but last year I left my annual tulip shopping a little late. Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• May the Force(rs) Be with Me

  

  Great excitement the other day when I spotted a stunning collection of vintage rhubarb forcers in the window of one of our local antique shops. Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Plant Me Now to the Rescue

  

  I’ve had a spring delivery of plug plants from Plant Me Now and will be planting up some new containers and filling in gaps where the wet winter did it’s worst. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Buying Compost Direct

  

  As someone who once asked her husband for a ton bag of manure for her birthday (inexplicably he didn’t oblige) I am a great convert to the usefulness and... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Thriving Tomatoes

  

  Get the conditions right and nothing likes to grow quite as much as tomatoes – I started this year’s batch off in coir jiffies in a heated propagator and once... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Hellebore Futures

  

  I decided it was time to deal with the glut of self-sown hellebore seedlings and pot some up to grow on. Given that one trowel of seedlings produced 15 plants... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Spring at Gravetye Manor

  

  Back when I was a young stripling, I worked at Ingwersen’s Alpine Nursery (sadly no longer) which was next door to Gravetye Manor. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Muscari Moment

  

  I do love grape hyacinths – they are the perfect companions for dwarf narcissus – but only when grown in pots. Put grape hyacinths in the garden and they seem t... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME