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• It's Hornbeam Trimming Time of Year

  

  Remeber that I recently said it was 'clippy clippy time? Well thankfully this clippy clippy task is a once a year task. Every year I think I dread it more... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Oh No Cercis!

  

  I am beginging to think what is it with Cercis trees and my garden. Seriously - what is going on with these trees that I love rather a lot and yet seem to all... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• The Beech Pillars

  

  Suddenly it is 'clippy clippy' time in the garden. The season has shifted just that little bit more when trimming the topiary (not a euphemism) is suddenly on... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• 100 Years of Southport Flower Show

  

  I have been going to Southport Flower Show for a couple of years now and it has quickly become a 'don't miss' on my calendar. We had a good journey... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Patience is a Virtue - the Cactus Flowers

  

  I think I have said previously that I am not the most patient of people generally, yet when it comes to plants and the garden I seem to have endless patience -... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Mr Fothergill's Press Day 2024

  

  I always think it is a privilege to be invited to Mr Fothergill's Press Day, an event I always look forward and hope I am on the list for. I could not go last... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following August 2024 - Hope

  

  There is some hope, as all the quincelets have remorselessly fallen from the Quince Brothers, there are signs of hope. Last month I reported that Quince Major... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• A Plas Brondanw Return

  

  Ah Plas Brondanw - how much do I love you? Oh so, so much. I just happened to be staying at Portmeirion the other day for what was pretty much a flying visit.... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - July 2024

  

  The month is ending up quite warm, nay, one might even call the weather hot! Though rain is never far away so far this year which means that there has been muc... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• The Smell Me and Dye Garden 2024 Update - Love Hurts

  

  Love hurts, as the Nazareth song says, it wounds and marks. Yes my dear readers, a dye garden is wonderful thing until ..... Let us not start at the pain -... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Letter to the Garden - July 2024

  

  Dear Garden Well here I am again writing you a quick letter. I have just read a book that is based largely around someone's mum's letters and it was a great... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Spong - is That You?

  

  There is a golden rule, if you are after a certain plant and you find certain plant, buy it when you see it. If you do not then you will regret it: usually... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Plant Review: Mangave Mad About Mangave Praying Hands

  

  RHS Chelsea Flower Show seems a long time ago now, but whilst there I saw the Mangave Mad about Mangave ® 'Praying Hands' PBR (short snappy title) and... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• A Rose Called Ginger

  

  Earlier this year my dearest ginger cat Bruce made his final journey It was time for him to take his rest. He was a fabulous cat and I still miss him. I... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Sweetpeas at Easton Walled Gardens

  

  Hurrah it is sweetpea time again, always a joy. I was thinking of where to go and spend an afternoon with a friend and suddenly Easton Walled Gardens sprang... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following July 2024 - Oh

  

  Oh, oh dear. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. The quest for a quince this year is not going well. This is Quince Minor, whom, when I went to go and check, has no... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review June 2024

  

  No, no, I refuse to believe that the end of June has been and gone already. This year has been ridiculously fast which means, of course, I am now getting rathe... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Rose of the Year 2025 - You're My Everything

  

  Yes I do mean 2025 as the announcement is always made the year before the actual year. This is for very practical reasons so that the nurseries can build up... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• An Abundance at Sezincote

  

  I think abundance is the right term for Sezincote, this is a house and garden of glorious abundance. I first visited way back in 2012. I teased I would write... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• The Catalpa

  

  I am not exactly certain when I bought my Catalpa aurea tree, but it is more than twenty years ago as for several years it lived in a container in the front... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2024 GARDENING, HOME