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Pretty in Pink

Continuing our weekly piece on the varying colour schemes of a garden and how best to compliment and consolidate them, this week the colour is pink – a colour that will bring a soft, warm glow to any border. The paler pinks can also be good in gardens used mainly in the evening, or in […]

Petal Poetry – how to say it with flowers…

Since Juliet first lamented, and earlier still, all manner of flowers, trees and shrubs have been used as a form of language due to either their appearance, or their meaning to the beholder – symbolic of every emotion and concept we could think of and one of the most frequent characters in all English literature […]

What’s in a Name?

Etymology, or the origin of words, is a fascinating subject, particularly where plants are concerned. Often named after the discoverer’s love interest, or for the characters of fables and fairy tales, or perhaps their origins are just anonymous and lost among the many languages that have tried to classify them. The quintessential English flower, the […]

Champion Trees – we have your winners…

We have only just become aware of the fact that there is a national tree register, whose patron is the Prince of Wales, which has compiled and maintained a list around 4,000 of the most superlative trees in the British Isles. The trees are judged based on a variety of different attributes, such as height […]

The Colour Purple

Continuing our weekly segment on different plant based colour schemes, we now address red and blues first child – purple. As usual our list includes cultivation dos and don’ts, where best to place these examples to appreciate their colour and, of course, a brief description of what you can expect from each of them. Buddleja […]