Who needs flowers?
It is now ten years since I started work on my foliage garden. Yes, it has flowers, but the principal interest comes from...
Plants In The Foliage Garden
Following a request from Dottydaisy to list the plants in this photo, I thought it would be easier to put them into a blog
This...
Shrub Pruning
Once again, because of my rules, this post will of course be focussing on activity at the Horniman Museum Gardens, however,...
Strange Flowers in Wynberg Park
I've no idea what these flowers are called. I'm sorry about the blurred pictures, that's not artistic intent, but if I had...
Autumn
My garden may lack colour but it is still green so late on in the year.
grass cutting
Today was grass cutting day i dont think i could have picked a hotter day and there was a while i thought it was going to...
The Sky's the Limit!
As readers of my blog will know, I'm very fond of bamboo, and there are three in the garden: two yellow and one black stemmed....
Marvellous Mahonias
Mahonias are reliable shrubs for cheering us up in winter when many of them flower. Pictures of several different ones have...
Hidden Garden
The more observant among you may have noticed many parts of my garden are named. This makes it easier to record where plants...
PRUNING 2 – WHEN TO PRUNE?
So having said how to prune, the next question of course is when to do it? Shrubs and climbers generally fall into one of...
PRUNING 1 - WHY PRUNE?
Ask many gardeners why they prune their shubs (and climbers) and they will tell you it’s because they have got too big. But...